Comparative and Superlative Mr Jaramillo
Adjectives Strong Heavy light Slow Fast Tall short weak
Beautiful Empty Small Big Funny Boring Ugly Full
Low High Wet Dry Close Far Short Long
Difficult Easy Light Dark New Old Clean Dirty
Adjectives Can you identify the opposite? Tall  ____________   Interesting  ____________ Fat  ____________   Funny ____________  Good   ____________   Modern ____________ beautiful  ____________  happy ____________ thin ____________   clean ____________ dangerous  ____________  lazy ____________ intelligent  ____________  boring ____________ easy ____________   difficult ____________ bad ____________   far  ____________ Short ____________   ugly   ____________
Comparative  How the comparative is formed? Short adjectives add the termination  –er.  (short – short er  long – long er ) My hair is long er   than  yours Adjectives ending in  y , prececed by a consonant, change the for  i  and add  er  (craz y  – craz ier , ugl y  – ugl ier ) Those shoes are  uglier than  the boots Adjectives with more than two syllables write the word  more  before the adjective (intelligent –  more intelligent , beautiful –  more beautiful ) Thalia is   more attractive   than Paulina Irregular adjectives (good –  better ,  bad –  worse , far –  farther/further ) My school is  better than  yours Snakes are  worse than  spiders
Practice Complete the sentences writing the adjective in comparative form. 1.- Mexico City is ______________________________ than Monterrey. Dangerous 2.- Thalia is  _______________________________ than Paulina Rubio. Good 3.- My father is ______________________________ than yours.   Tall 4.- That house is _____________________________ than this one.   Comfortable 5.- Laura is ________________________________ than Karla. Intelligent Write the comparative form  of the next adjectives. Tall ________________   interesting __________________ fat  ________________   Funny __________________ good  ________________   modern   __________________ beautiful  ________________  happy __________________ thin ________________   clean __________________
Superlative How the superlative is formed? Short adjectives add the termination  –est.  (short – short est  long – long est ) My car is  the oldest  in the town. Adjectives ending in  y , prececed by a consonant, change the for  i  and add  est  (craz y  – craz iest , ugl y  – ugl iest ) My students are  the craziest  in the school. Adjectives with more than two syllables write the words  the most  before the adjective (intelligent –  the most intelligent , beautiful –  the most beautiful )   I am the  most intelligent  of the class. Irregular adjectives (good –  the best ,  bad –  the worst , far –  the farthest )   My school is  the best  of the city   Rayados is  the worst  soccer team
Now, practice the superlative! Write the comparative and superlative form  of the next adjectives, as the example. Comparative   Superlative Tall  ___ taller than ________   ______ the tallest __________ Fat  ____________________  _________________________ Good  ____________________  _________________________ Beautiful  ____________________  _________________________ Happy  ____________________  _________________________ Dangerous  ____________________  _________________________ Intelligent ____________________   _________________________ Easy  ____________________   _________________________ Complete with the superlative form. 1.- Which is the biggest  A, B or C? ________________________________________________________ 2.- Which is the  heaviest A, B or C? ________________________________________________________ 3.- Which is the smallest  A, B, or C? ________________________________________________________ 4.- Who is the most beautiful: La chilindrina, Ninel Conde or Lucero ? ________________________________________________________ 5.- What is the easiest: Mathematics, Biology or Physical Education? ________________________________________________________ a b c
Answer the questions about your classmates. Who is the tallest in your class? _________________ Who is the funniest? _________________ Who is the shortest? _________________ Who is the most intelligent? _________________ Who is the most serious? _________________ Who is the youngest? _________________ Who is the oldest? _________________ Who is the best at sports? _________________ Who is the worst dancing? _________________
Now you are ready to start in your book!

Comparatives n Superlatives

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    Adjectives Strong Heavylight Slow Fast Tall short weak
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    Beautiful Empty SmallBig Funny Boring Ugly Full
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    Low High WetDry Close Far Short Long
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    Difficult Easy LightDark New Old Clean Dirty
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    Adjectives Can youidentify the opposite? Tall ____________ Interesting ____________ Fat ____________ Funny ____________ Good ____________ Modern ____________ beautiful ____________ happy ____________ thin ____________ clean ____________ dangerous ____________ lazy ____________ intelligent ____________ boring ____________ easy ____________ difficult ____________ bad ____________ far ____________ Short ____________ ugly ____________
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    Comparative Howthe comparative is formed? Short adjectives add the termination –er. (short – short er long – long er ) My hair is long er than yours Adjectives ending in y , prececed by a consonant, change the for i and add er (craz y – craz ier , ugl y – ugl ier ) Those shoes are uglier than the boots Adjectives with more than two syllables write the word more before the adjective (intelligent – more intelligent , beautiful – more beautiful ) Thalia is more attractive than Paulina Irregular adjectives (good – better , bad – worse , far – farther/further ) My school is better than yours Snakes are worse than spiders
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    Practice Complete thesentences writing the adjective in comparative form. 1.- Mexico City is ______________________________ than Monterrey. Dangerous 2.- Thalia is _______________________________ than Paulina Rubio. Good 3.- My father is ______________________________ than yours. Tall 4.- That house is _____________________________ than this one. Comfortable 5.- Laura is ________________________________ than Karla. Intelligent Write the comparative form of the next adjectives. Tall ________________ interesting __________________ fat ________________ Funny __________________ good ________________ modern __________________ beautiful ________________ happy __________________ thin ________________ clean __________________
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    Superlative How thesuperlative is formed? Short adjectives add the termination –est. (short – short est long – long est ) My car is the oldest in the town. Adjectives ending in y , prececed by a consonant, change the for i and add est (craz y – craz iest , ugl y – ugl iest ) My students are the craziest in the school. Adjectives with more than two syllables write the words the most before the adjective (intelligent – the most intelligent , beautiful – the most beautiful ) I am the most intelligent of the class. Irregular adjectives (good – the best , bad – the worst , far – the farthest ) My school is the best of the city Rayados is the worst soccer team
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    Now, practice thesuperlative! Write the comparative and superlative form of the next adjectives, as the example. Comparative Superlative Tall ___ taller than ________ ______ the tallest __________ Fat ____________________ _________________________ Good ____________________ _________________________ Beautiful ____________________ _________________________ Happy ____________________ _________________________ Dangerous ____________________ _________________________ Intelligent ____________________ _________________________ Easy ____________________ _________________________ Complete with the superlative form. 1.- Which is the biggest A, B or C? ________________________________________________________ 2.- Which is the heaviest A, B or C? ________________________________________________________ 3.- Which is the smallest A, B, or C? ________________________________________________________ 4.- Who is the most beautiful: La chilindrina, Ninel Conde or Lucero ? ________________________________________________________ 5.- What is the easiest: Mathematics, Biology or Physical Education? ________________________________________________________ a b c
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    Answer the questionsabout your classmates. Who is the tallest in your class? _________________ Who is the funniest? _________________ Who is the shortest? _________________ Who is the most intelligent? _________________ Who is the most serious? _________________ Who is the youngest? _________________ Who is the oldest? _________________ Who is the best at sports? _________________ Who is the worst dancing? _________________
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    Now you areready to start in your book!