Master English. Comparatives and Superlatives. Learn how to use comparatives and superlatives correctly. Download this handbook to your mobile phone

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1 Master English Comparatives and Superlatives Learn how to use comparatives and superlatives correctly Download this handbook to your mobile phone Practice with the Hewitt English Grammar House

2 3. Future Perfect Continuous: Duration before something; reason 2. Future Perfect: Completed action before another; Duration of time before an action. 1. Past Perfect Continuous: Before a completed action; reason 3 Hewitt Grammar 5. Past Perfect: Earliest action; reason 4. Future Continuous: In progress; same time; before another action House 3. Present Perfect Continuous: Hasn t finished; result. 2. Will: Not certain; offer or promise; decision while speaking 1. Going to: Personal plan; certain 2 5. Present Perfect: Experiences; results; hasn t finished 4. Present Continuous: In progress; temporary; near future 3. Past Continuous: In progress; same time; before another action 2. Past simple: Finished action 1. Present simple: Facts; timetable; routines 1

3 Comparatives Uso: comparar. Example: Mike is bigger than Tom. Forma: Si un adjetivo solo tiene una síliba, termine in er. Examples: Short = Shorter Slow = Slower Examples: Big = Bigger Quick = Quicker Nota: Si un adjetivo termine en un vocal y un consonante, escribe el constante otra vez. Example: Big = Bigger - Esta regla no funciona para w. Example: Slowwer (NOT correct). Si un adjetivo tiene dos sílabas y termine en y, cambia el y a I. Después agrega er. Examples: Funny = funnier Silly = sillier Hay unos adjetivos que son irregulares. Examples: Good = Better Bad = Worse Far = Further

4 Instructions: write the Comparative forms of the adjectives: 1. Quick 2. heavy 3. dangerous 4. large 5. strong 6. light 7. rare 8. common 9. bad 10. good

5 Answers: 1. Quicker 2. Heavier 3. More dangerous 4. Larger 5. Stronger 6. Lighter 7. Rarer 8. More common 9. Worse 10. Better

6 Instructions: fill in the blanks. 1. I am (tall) my sister. 2. My mum thinks that cats are (good) pets than dogs. 3. Cycling is one of the (dangerous) sports. 4. I want to have (big) car. 5. A blue whale is (heavy) twenty-five elephants. 6. You look (thin) last month. 7. Bicycles are (slow) cars. 8. She is (nice) than Peter. 9. What is (good) film you ve seen? 10. Computers are (cheap) mobile phones. 11. Is your brother (tall) you? 12. I think Spanish is (easy) Japanese.

7 Answers: 1. I am taller than my sister. 2. My mum thinks that cats are better pets than dogs. 3. Cycling is one of the more dangerous sports. 4. I want to have a bigger car. 5. A blue whale is heavier than twenty-five elephants. 6. You look thinner than last month. 7. Bicycles are slower than cars. 8. She is nicer than Peter. 9. What is the best film you ve seen? 10. Computers are cheaper than mobile phones. 11. Is your brother taller than you? 12. I think Spanish is easier than Japanese.

8 Superlatives Uso: decir lo que es lo más grande, rapido, etc. Example: I m the tallest in my class. Forma: Nota: escribe the antes de los superlatives. Una sílaba termine en est. Examples: Tall = Tallest Examples: Fast = fastest Big = Biggest Funny = Funniest Si un adjetivo termine en un vocal y un consonante, escribe el constante otra vez. Examples: Big = Biggest Thin = Thinnest - Esta regla no funciona para w. Example: slow = slowest (NOT correct) Si un adjetivo tiene dos sílabas y termine en y, cambia el y a iest. Examples: Funny = funniest Silly = silliest Si el adjetivo tiene dos o más sílabas, escribe most antes del adjetivo. Example: Common = The most common

9 Hay unos adjetivos que son irregulares. Examples: Good = the best Bad = the worst Far = the furthest

10 Instructions: fill in the spaces using the appropriate superlative adjective. 1. That tree is the (tall) in the city. 2. Aunt Sally is the (old). 3. My bicycle is the (nice) thing I own. 4. The komodo dragon is the (large) lizard in the world. 5. Mt. Denali is the (high) mountain peak in North America. 6. Her house is the (expensive) in the neighborhood th st. is the (dangerous). 8. Billy is the (courageous) person I know. 9. The blue one is the (beautiful) of the three. 10. Alaska is the (northern) state in the US.

11 Answers: 1. That tree is the tallest in the city. 2. Aunt Sally is the oldest. 3. My bicycle is the nicest thing I own. 4. The komodo dragon is the largest lizard in the world. 5. Mt. Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America. 6. Her house is the most expensive in the neighborhood th St. is the most dangerous. 8. Billy is the most courageous person I know. 9. The blue one is the most beautiful of the three. 10. Alaska is the most northern state in the US. Importante

12 Los siguiente adjetivos usan more y most" in vez de "-er" y " est". Son excepciones. Real more real most real Right more right most right Wrong more wrong most wrong Ill more ill most ill Worth more worth most worth Prime ( main, important ) more prime most prime Loath ( not willing to ) more loath most loath Fun more fun most fun Lo siguiente puede tener los dos formas er / more y est / most. Drunk ( intoxicated ) more drunk / drunker most drunk / drunkest Cross ( bad-tempered, angry ) more cross / crosser most cross / crossest Like (as in they have like [similar] minds ) more like / liker most like / likest