1. COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISHAIMED TO: ESO/BACHILLERATO STUDENTS2014.Mayte Garrido. ESL Teacher. Spain

2. COMPARATIVE SUPERIORI TYEQUALITY TANCOMOMSQUEONE-TWO SYLLABLES FUNNIER THAN CUTER THAN BIGGER THANTWO SYLLABLES OR MORE MORE BORING THAN MORE SERIOUS THANINFERIOR ITY MENOSQUEAS EXPENSIVE AS (NOT) SO TALL ASLESS BEAUTIFUL THAN LESS BIG THAN LESS POPULAR THANIRREGULARS: GOOD- BETTER THAN BAD-WORSE THAN FAR- FURTHER/FARTHER THAN OLD-ELDER LITTLE-LESS MUCH/MANY-MORE 3. Gap filling 1. My brother is 18 years old, I am 14 years old, so my brother is _______(old) than me. 2. Sarahs car is _______(big) and ________(expensive) than Martas car. 3. Todays ___________(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. 4. CONSTRUCTIONS WITH COMPARATIVES (Bach) A) GRADUAL INCREASES The rent of our house is getting more and more expensive Those cars are cheaper and cheaperB) PARALLEL INCREASE (The+ comparativeThe+comparative) The more I see you, the more I love you The hotter, the better 5. ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION // shwa http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_5.shtmlbetter[ bet r]bigger [bgr]smaller[smlr] 6. Compare these three people 7. SUPERLATIVE EL/LA MSDEONE-TWO SYLLABLESTWO OR MORE SYLLABLESTHE FATTEST THE LARGEST THE SHYESTTHE MOST INTELLIGENT THE MOST PLEASANT THE MOST INTERESTING IRREGULARS: GOOD- THE BEST BAD- THE WORST FAR- THE FURTHEST/FARTHEST OLD- THE ELDEST LITTLE- THE LEAST MUCH/MANY- THE MOSTEmma is the most beautiful girl in the world Dan is the tallest of all. 8. DISCUSS WITH YOUR PARTNER Whos the tallest? Whos the best? Whos the most handsome? Whos the richest? 9. 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/grammarvocabulary/grammar-videos/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives 10. 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/grammarvocabulary/grammar-videos/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives