Presentation of comparative, superlative forms and quantifiers.

1. UNIT 5
- Comparative and superlative adjectives
and adverbs
- Quantifiers: too many, too much, too,
enough.

2. Comparative and superlative –
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
A2. EOI

3. 5.A) COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVES
RULES

4. There are two ways to "form" a
comparative adjective:
• short adjectives: add "-er"
• long adjectives: use "more” or “less”

9. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES - RULES

10. COMPARATIVE ADVERBS
RULES

11. 1. One-syllable adverbs: add -er
If an adverb has
only one syllable,
we usually just add
-er to make it
comparative

12. 2. Two-syllable adverbs: use more
When an adverb has
two or more syllables
(like all -ly adverbs),
we can make it
comparative by adding
more in front: quickly
→ more quickly. Look
at these examples

13. 3. IRREGULAR ADVERBS
A few adverbs
have irregular
forms, for
example:

14. EXAMPLES OF COMPARATIVE ADVERBS
● Trains go fast but planes go faster.
● Planes go faster than trains.
● Trains don't go faster than planes.
● Trains go more slowly than planes.
● Planes go less slowly than trains.
● Joe won because he played better than Jane played.
● Joe won because he played better than Jane.
● Joe won because he played better.
● Did cities grow more quickly after the Industrial Revolution?
● He hit the ball more powerfully than his competitor.
● As we get older we remember things less easily.
● Could you talk a bit more quietly please?
● Could you talk a bit less loudly please?
● I can't hear you. Please speak louder/more loudly

15. As… as
We use as + adjective/adverb + as to make
comparisons when the things we are comparing are
equal in some way:
The world’s biggest bull is as big as a small
elephant.
The weather this summer is as bad as last year.
It hasn’t stopped raining for weeks.
You have to unwrap it as carefully as you can.
It’s quite fragile.
We use not as … as to make comparisons
between things which aren’t equal:
It’s not as heavy as I thought it would be,
actually.
Rory hasn’t grown as tall as Tommy yet.
She’s not singing as loudly as she can.
They didn’t play as well as they usually do.

16. 5.B) SUPERLATIVE
RULES

17. SUPERLATIVE
As with comparative adjectives, there are two ways to form a superlative adjective:
● short adjectives: add "-est"
● long adjectives: use "most"
We also usually add 'the' at the beginning.
We use a superlative adjective to describe one thing in a group of three or more things. Look at these
examples:
● John is 1m75. David is 1m80. Chris is 1m85. Chris is the tallest.
● Canada, China and Russia are big countries. But Russia is the biggest.
● Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

18. SUPERLATIVE - short adjectives

19. SUPERLATIVE - long adjectives

22. MORE THEORY AND PRACTICE
● Video explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGr7l3q7SMI
● Theory: https://www.britishcouncil.es/blog/como-formar-comparativos-superlativos-ingles
● Activities: https://agendaweb.org/grammar/comparison-exercises.html

23. 5.C) Quantifiers
- too much, too many
- too
- (not) enough

26. MORE THEORY AND PRACTICE:
● Theory: https://test-english.com/explanation/a2/too-too-much-too-many-enough/
● Explanatory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M9pekHd2So
● Too many, too much, too, enough: https://test-english.com/grammar-
points/a2/too-too-much-too-many-enough/
● Too and enough practice: http://www.english-practice.at/b1/grammar/adjective-
adverb/ad012-too-enough.pdf

27. SPEAKING ACTIVITY
Too much
Too many
Not enough
What can you say about
these pictures?

28. People

29. Sleep/ work

30. Water / drink

31. Books

32. Babies

33. Homework

34. Dishes

35. Money/ pay

36. Cats

37. Place/ to live

38. Bricks/ to build a house

39. Milk

40. Shoes

41. People

42. Work/ finish

43. Pens

44. Cheese

45. Food

46. Time