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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES CONCEPTS: I. Comparative Form: use it when you talk about two people or things. Use adjective + er than. 1- Add er than to short adjectives like: calm, clean, cold, cool dark, full, great, hard, high, light, long, low, new, old, poor, proud, quiet, rough, smooth, short, smart, tall, warm, young, etc. Examples: Rosa: 12 years Rita: 15 years

Rosa is younger than Rita. Rita is older than Rosa. 2- Double the last letter and add er than to adjectives with this pattern: consonant vowel consonant like: big, fat, hot, sad, thin, wet, etc. Example: The blue ball is bigger than the red one.

3- Change y to i and add er than to adjectives such as: angry, busy, cloudy, dirty, early, easy, empty, foggy, friendly, funny, happy, heavy, lucky, noisy, pretty, sunny, thirsty, ugly, windy, etc. Examples: Box C is heavier than Box A. Box A is uglier than Box B. A B C

4- Add r than to adjectives that end with letter e like: brave, handsome, huge, large, late, little, nice, safe, etc. Examples: The white star is littler than the green one.

5- Irregular superlative forms: good = better than bad = worse than far = farther than / further than. Examples: Fernando: 6,5 Andrea: 5,2 Rose: 4,3

Fernandos grade is better than Andreas grade. Roses grade is worse than Andreas grade.

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6- Use more than- with long adjectives such as: awful, beautiful, boring, careful, clever, dangerous, delicious, difficult, excited, exciting, expensive, famous, frightened, helpful, important, intelligent, interesting, un/popular, scared, terrible, tired, unfriendly, unhappy, unlucky, wonderful, worried, etc. Examples: bronze ring $4 silver ring $ 8 gold ring $16

The solver ring is more expensive than the bronze ring. The gold ring is more beautiful than the silver ring.

II. Superlative Form: use it when you talk about more than two people or things. Use the + superlative. 1- Add est to short adjectives like: calm, clean, cold, cool dark, full, great, hard, high, light, long, low, new, old, poor, proud, quiet, rough, smooth, short, smart, tall, warm, young, etc. Examples: Rosa: 12 Rita: 15 Jenny: 17 Rosa is the youngest girl. The youngest girl is Rosa. Jenny is the oldest of the three. The oldest of the three is Jenny.

2- Double the last letter and add est to adjectives with this pattern consonant vowel consonant like: big, fat, hot, sad, thin, wet, etc. Example: The grey ball is the biggest one. The biggest ball is grey.

3- Change y to i and add est to adjectives such as: angry, busy, cloudy, dirty, early, easy, empty, foggy, friendly, funny, happy, heavy, lucky, noisy, pretty, sunny, thirsty, ugly, windy, etc. Examples: A B C Box c is the heaviest of the three. The heaviest box is C.

4- Add st to adjectives that end with letter e like: brave, handsome, huge, large, late, little, nice, safe, etc. Examples: The white star is the littlest one. The littlest star is the white one.

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5- Irregular superlative forms: good = the best farthest / furthest. Examples: Charles: 96 Jack: 75 Charless grade is the best one. Pattys grade is the worst.

bad = the worst Patty: 43

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6- Use the most- with long adjectives such as: awful, beautiful, boring, careful, clever, dangerous, delicious, difficult, excited, exciting, expensive, famous, frightened, helpful, important, intelligent, interesting, un/popular, scared, terrible, tired, unfriendly, unhappy, unlucky, wonderful, worried, etc. Examples: bronze ring $4 silver ring $ 8 gold ring $16

The golden ring is the most expensive of the three. The most expensive ring is the gold one. III. Other Comparison forms: 1. Asas: (tan... como /tanto... como)when similar things are the same in an aspect. Pattern: As + adjective + as. Examples: John is 21 years old. Mary is 21 years old. John is as old as Mary. This watch is $5200. That watch is $5200.

This watch is as expensive as that watch. Negative Examplesverb be + not + as + adj. + as Fred is 20 years old. Jean is 21 years old. Fred is younger than Jean.

Fred isnt as old as Jean.

This book costs $3.

That book costs $5.

This book isnt as expensive as that book. This book is cheaper than that book. 2. Less than: (menos... que) its the opposite of more. Its used with adjectives that have two or more syllables, except adjectives that end in y; its not usually used with one syllable adjectives. Example: This book costs $3. That book costs $5. This book is less expensive than that book. A cat is less dangerous than a lion. 3. Too: (demasiado) is used before adjectives or adverbs. Examples: My jeans are too old. He drives too fast.

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It may be followed by an infinitive with to. Example: The weather was too cold (for me) to swim. 4. Enough: (suficiente) After adjectives and adverbs. Example: The bananas werent ripe enough. Before nouns as determiners. Example: He hasnt got enough time. It may be used alone as a pronoun. Example: Would you like some wine? No, thanks. I have enough.

ACTIVITIES
(not) as + adjective + as / too+ adjective / (not) +adjective + enough
I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. II. MATCH THE SENTENCES WHICH MEAN THE SAME Carol isnt as tall as Ruth Carols is as tall as Ruth Carol isnt as short as Ruth Carols isnt as old as Ruth Carols is as old as Ruth Carols isnt as young as Ruth a. Ruth is 1.20 m and Carol is 1.25m b. Ruth is 15 years old and Carols is 14 years old c. Ruth is 10 years old and Carol is 11 years old. d. Ruth is 1.65m and Carol is 1.58m. e. Ruth is 1.65m and Carol is 1.65m f. Ruth is 15 years old and Carol is 15 years old.

LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND WRITE SENTENCES USING

1.____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ (tall) Mike(1.90m) John(1.78) 2. _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ (expensive) $700 $300 3. ______________________________________________ _________________________________________________ (good)
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4. _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ (thin)

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LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE ONE OF THE ADJECTIVES + ENOUGH big long strong tall

1. He isnt tall enough to reach the shelf. 2. The car _____________________________________________to get in. 3. His legs arent ______________________________________to ride the bike. 4. He ______________________________________to lift the weights. IV. LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE TOO + ONE OF THESE WORDS big crowded loud fast low heavy

1. The radio is ___________________________to listen to. 2. The box is ____________________________to lift. 3. The net is ___________________________to play tennis correctly. 4. Shes driving _______________________________________. 5. The ball is _____________________________________to play football. 6. The restaurant is _________________________________to get in. English is a useful tool use it!
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V.

REWRITE THE SENTENCES USING (NOT )AS..AS Example :

1. Your bags lighter than my bag. Your bag _____________________________________my bag. 2. My computer is slower than her computer. My computer _________________________________her computer. 3. My bike is dirtier than your bike. My bike ___________________________________your bike. 4. This weeks puzzle is more difficult than last weeks. This weeks puzzle _______________________________last weeks. 5. October is colder than September. October ______________________________________September. VI. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH TOO/ENOUGH/ AS 1. Linda isnt tall ____________________to be a model. Shes only 1.60. 2. The soup is __________________hot to eat. 3. He isnt _______________hardworking as Doug. 4. Suzie is ______________young to stay at home by herself. She is only 6. 5. Bill isnt well ____________________to go back to work. 6. She is __________________tall as her sister.

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