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Área Académica: Inglés
Tema: Comparative and superlative form
Profesor: Adriana González Canto
Periodo: Enero – Junio 2012
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Tema: Comparative and superlative form
Abstract
This material can be as warm-up, for practising
vocabulary, and as a support for teaching and
or practising comparative and superlative form.
Keywords: Comparative and superlative
form.
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Comparative form:
it is used to campare two people,
things, places, etc.
Superlative form:
it is used to campare a person, thing
or place with the whole group they
belong to.
USE
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Learn phrases and expressions used to
describe people, things and places in order to
compare them.
OBJECTIVE
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Warming up
bad
good
tall
short young
Old
mean
optimistic
intelligent
silly
happy
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Warming up
bad
good
tall
short young
Old
mean
optimistic
intelligent
silly
happy
sad
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EXPLANATION
• We form the comparative form with ADJECTIVES.
We use the comparative form to
compare two people, things,
places, etc. We usually use than
with comparative adjectives.
Example:
Lily’s skirt is longer than Mary’s
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How to form a comparative
• One syllable adjectives we add (e)r, er.
• Eg.: large larger
• cheap cheaper
• Adjectives ending in “y” drop it and and “ier”
• Eg.: easy easier
• With two or more syllables add “more”
• Eg.: intelligent more intelligent
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Warming up
bad sad
good
tall
short
young
Old
mean
optimistic
intelligent
silly
happy
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Warming up
bad sad
good
tall
short
young
Old mean
optimistic
intelligent
silly
happy
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• We form the superlative form with ADJECTIVES.
• We use the superlative form to compare a person, thing or place with the whole group they belong to. We use the … of/in with superlative adjectives.
• Example:
• The giraffe is the tallest animal of all
EXPLANATION
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How to form a superlative
• One syllable adjectives we add (e)st, est.
• Eg.: large the largest
• cheap the cheapest
• Adjectives ending in “y” drop it and and “i est”
• Eg.: easy the easiest
• With two or more syllables add “most”
• Eg.: intelligent the most intelligent