1. February 9, 2012 Agenda:
-Grammar, Chapter 4
->Lesson 6: Comparing with More and Most
->Lesson 7: Comparing with Bad and Good
Spelling & Vocabulary: Unit 11
-Vocabulary Option #3 due Friday, 2/10
Homework:
pg. 334 #11-25
pg. 335 #1-10
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2. Lesson 6: Comparing with More and Most
Use more and most to compare with most adjectives that have two
or more syllables.
Use more to compare two nouns or pronouns. Use most to compare
three or more people, places, things, and ideas.
The San Diego Zoo is more colorful than the London Zoo.
Is the San Diego Zoo the most colorful zoo in the world?
When you use more or most, do not use the -er or -est form of an
adjective.
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3. Choose the correct form of the adjective in parentheses.
1. It is (more hard, harder) to fly to Taos than to Houston.
2. Flights are (more numerous, numerouser) on Fridays.
3. El Paso is the (more unusual, most unusual) city of all.
4. This city is (closer, more closer) to Mexico than to Dallas.
5. The (most splendid, more splendid) Mayan art of all is in Mexico.
6. New York City's traffic is (more terrible, most terrible) than
Boston's.
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4. Use the correct form of the adjective.
8. Tokyo is the (crowded) city in the world.
9. Rome has (unusual) buildings that a newer city.
10. San Francisco is (attractive) than that European city.
11. San Francisco is one of the (popular) tourist spots of all.
12. New York may be the (entertaining) city in the world.
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5. Lesson 7: Comparing with Good and Bad
The word good has two forms for comparing: better and best.
-Use better to compare two nouns or pronouns.
Today's weather was good. Yesterday's weather was better.
-Use best to compare more than two people, places, things, or
ideas.
Last week's weather was the best of the month.
The word bad has two forms for comparing: worse and worst.
-Use worse to compare two nouns or pronouns.
That storm was bad. It was worse than the one last week.
-Use worst to compare three or more.
Some people thought it was the worst storm of all.
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6. Circle the correct form of good or bad in each sentence.
1. A tornado is (worst, worse) than a hailstorm.
2. A hurricane is the (worse, worst) storm of all.
3. Fog is (worse, worst) for driving than a light rain.
4. A steady rain is (better, best) for plants that a quick, hard
shower.
5. Sunshine is the (better, best) weather of all.
6. A thunderstorm is the (better, best) of all measuring tools.
7. Satellites are (better, best) than ships for detecting conditions.
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7. Use the correct form of each adjective in parentheses.
8. During a tornado, it is (good) to be in a ditch than under a
tree.
9. A cellar is the (good) shelter during a tornado.
10. Some tornadoes are (bad) than others.
11. This is one of the (bad) tornadoes we have ever had.
12. The (good) thing you can do is to stay clear of tornadoes.
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