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- 1. Comparative Adjectives WRITE READ MAN OLD FOR INTERESTING CAN TO FAST BEAUTIFUL YOUNG APPLE TABLE ERASER BLUE BALL HAPPY PENCIL SHORT SMALL AND ANGRY THE EASY What do the words in red have in common?
- 3. Comparative Adjectives Adjectives are words used to describe nouns. They give information about size, color, shape, age, origin, etc. Adjectives come in three forms, absolute, comparative and superlative.
- 4. Comparative Adjectives Comparative Adjectives are used to compare two people, animals, things or situations. Depending on the number of syllables adjectives become comparative. Ex: Bogotá is a large city in Colombia. Cali is another large city in Colombia. Bogotá is larger than Cali.
- 5. Comparative Adjectives Adjectives with one or two syllables. Adjective Comparative Big bigger than Fat fatter than Sad sadder than Nice nicer than Large larger than Wide wider than Examples Elephant is bigger than cat. Today Jaime is sadder than yesterday. English teacher is nicer than Spanish teacher.
- 6. Comparative Adjectives Adjectives with one or two syllables.
- 7. Comparative Adjectives Adjectives ending in letter “y”. Adjective Comparative Happy happier than Easy easier than Funny funnier than Examples Karen looks happier than her sister. To me, math is easier than science. Comedy movies are funnier than adventure movies.
- 8. Comparative Adjectives Adjectives ending in letter “y”. A: 20 + 20 = 40 B: 27154 + 2498 + 7456 = 37108 Operation A is easier than operation B
- 9. Comparative Adjectives Adjectives with more than two syllables Adjective Comparative Interesting more interesting than Difficult more difficult than Important less important than Expensive less expensive than Examples Reading is more interesting than writing. Driving a car is less difficult than flying a plane. Vegetables are less expensive than fast food.
- 10. Comparative Adjectives Adjectives with more than two syllables which is more / less expensive?
- 11. Comparative Adjectives Irregular Adjectives Adjective Comparative Good better than Bad worse than Far farther/further than Examples Mike is better than Robert in tennis clases. Being absent to class is worse than coming late to it. Today I ran for 3 miles, yesterday I just ran 2 miles, today I ran farther than yesterday.
- 13. Comparative Adjectives Remember… Compare only two people, things, etc Have in mind number of syllables of adjectives Use –er + than when apply Use more / less when apply Be carefull with irregular Adjectives Now practice: Martha got 95 on her English test, Maria got 65 on her English test. Martha´s score is (high)______ than Maria´s. Maria´s score is (low) ______ than Martha´s. Martha is (good) ______than Maria in English.