ESL 0823M Intermediate level week 8- comparatives and superlatives

1. Comparatives
COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVES
(with short adjectives)

2. Look at these pictures
Piggy bank A Piggy bank B

3. What can you say about those pictures?
Piggy bank A is bigger thanpiggy bank B
Piggy bank B is smaller than piggy bank A
Aha…I
know the
answer!

4. How to form comparative adjectives?
 Adjectives of one syllable, add –er:
long – longer short – shorter
 Adjectives of one syllable end in –e, add –r
only:
nice – nicer late – later
 Adjectives of one syllable and in consonant-
vowel-consonant, double the last consonant
and add –er:
big – bigger hot - hotter

5. Attention!
 Adjectives of two syllables that end in –y, we
drop the ‘y’ and add –er:
pretty - prettier easy – easier
 Some adjectives have an irregular
comparatives:
good – better bad – worse

6. Let’s practice!
HAPPY ANGRY LAZY

7. Fast or Slow?
A horse is faster than a turtle
A turtle is slower than a horse

8. Hot or Cold?
Coffee Syrup
The coffee is hotter than the syrup
The syrup is colder than the coffee

9. Irregular adjectives

10. Grammar Pit Stop
COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVES
(with long adjectives)

11. Remember this!
In adjective with two or more syllables, we use “more”
before the adjective:
delicious more delicious

12. Try this!
Palace – expensive Rose – beautiful

13. Superlative adjectives
Use the + superlative adjective to say
which is the (biggest, most intelligent,
fastest, etc.) in a group.

14. Superlative adjectives
In your opinion, who is the best actress?
Which is the most dangerous sport?
Fairbanks is the coldest town in the US.