Comparative & superlative adjectives in English

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COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH AIMED TO: ESO/BACHILLERATO STUDENTS ©2014.Mayte Garrido. ESL Teacher. Spain

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Comparative and Superlative adjectives in English aimed to ESO and Bachillerato students.

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COMPARATIVE &SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

IN ENGLISHAIMED TO: ESO/BACHILLERATO STUDENTS

©2014.Mayte Garrido. ESL Teacher. Spain

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COMPARATIVE

SUPERIORITY

MÁS…QUE

EQUALITYTAN…COMO

INFERIORITY

MENOS…QUE

ONE-TWO SYLLABLES

TWO SYLLABLES OR

MORE

AS EXPENSIVE AS(NOT) SO TALL AS

LESS BEAUTIFUL THAN

LESS BIG THANLESS POPULAR THAN FUNNIER THAN

CUTER THANBIGGER THAN

MORE BORING THAN MORE SERIOUS

THAN

IRREGULARS: GOOD- BETTER THAN

BAD-WORSE THANFAR- FURTHER/FARTHER THAN

OLD-ELDER LITTLE-LESS

MUCH/MANY-MORE

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Gap filling1. My brother is 18 years old, I am 14 years old, so my brother is _______(old) than

me.2. Sarah’s car is _______(big) and ________(expensive) than Marta’s car. 3. Today’s ___________(hot) than yesterday. 4. I am 60 kg and Jessica is 59 kg. I am a bit _________(fat) than Jessica. 5. I am good at Maths. John is good at Maths too. I am ____________(good) as John. 6. Yesterday I was very happy. Today I am sad. I am not ___________(happy) as

yesterday. 7. For __________(far) information, call us on 7858 5958. 8. This situation is _________(bad) than I expected!9. Ann is beautiful. Mary is prettier. Ann is ___________(beautiful) than Mary. 10. My English book is ____________(thick) than my Music book.

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CONSTRUCTIONS WITH COMPARATIVES (Bach)

A) GRADUAL INCREASES

The rent of our house is getting more and more expensive

Those cars are cheaper and cheaper

B) PARALLEL INCREASE (The+ comparative…The+comparative)

The more I see you, the more I love you

The hotter, the better

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ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION /ə/ shwa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_5.shtml

better[ˈbetər] bigger [‘bɪgər] smaller[‘smɒlər]

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Compare these three people

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SUPERLATIVEEL/LA MÁS…DE

ONE-TWO SYLLABLES

TWO OR MORE SYLLABLES

THE FATTESTTHE LARGESTTHE SHYEST

THE MOST INTELLIGENTTHE MOST PLEASANT

THE MOST INTERESTING

IRREGULARS: GOOD- THE BESTBAD- THE WORST

FAR- THE FURTHEST/FARTHEST

OLD- THE ELDEST LITTLE- THE LEAST

MUCH/MANY- THE MOST

“Emma is the most beautiful girl in the world”

“Dan is the tallest of all”.

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DISCUSS WITH YOUR PARTNERDISCUSS WITH YOUR PARTNERWho’s the tallest?Who’s the best?

Who’s the most handsome?Who’s the richest?

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USEFUL LINKS

• http://recursostic.educacion.es/malted/web/curso.php?id=10&sec=unidades • http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/

learnit/learnitv140.shtml • http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/

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