COMPARATIVES

Short and long adjectives

OBJECTIVE:

Students will be able to compare people, animals, things, etc., using short and long adjectives.

LIST OF ADJECTIVES

big boring safe friendly

dangerous tall famous pretty hot

short fast beautiful expensive

delicious new cheap heavy

young expensive long interesting

small important popular nice

Paulina

young

thin

nice

pretty

attractive

popular

Belinda

younger

thinner

nicer

prettier

more

attractive

more popular

RULES FOR SHORT ADJECTIVES

Adjective Comparative (add er + than)

young younger than thin thinner than (double the final consonant)

nice nicer than (only add -r)

pretty prettier than (change –y for –i and add er)

RULES FOR LONG ADJECTIVES

Adjective Comparative (use more and than)

attractive more attractive than

popular more popular than

Chevy / Stratus

Movies

Mexico city

Poza Rica city

Rafa Márquez

Ronaldinho

TV programs

La oreja

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