Comparatives and superlatives. Making comparisons
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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVES
MAKING COMPARISONS
SUPER HEROES TEACHING UNIT
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVESONE SYLLABLE OR ENDING IN “Y”
COMPARATIVE ADDS “ER”:• STRONG STRONGER• TALL TALLER• WEAK WEAKER• PRETTY PRETTIER
SUPERLATIVE ADDS “EST”:• STRONG STRONGER (THE)
STRONGEST• TALL TALLER (THE) TALLEST• WEAK WEAKER (THE) WEAKEST• PRETTY PRETTIER (THE) PRETTIEST
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVESTWO OR MORE SYLLABLES
COMPARATIVE: MORE + ADJ• CLEVER MORE CLEVER• COWARD MORE COWARD• GENEROUS MORE GENEROUS• HONEST MORE HONEST
SUPERLATIVE: MOST + ADJ
• CLEVER MORE CLEVER (THE) MOST CLEVER• COWARD MORE COWARD (THE) MOST
COWARD• GENEROUS MORE GENEROUS (THE) MOST
GENEROUS• HONEST MORE HONEST (THE) MOST
HONEST
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVESDIFFERENT FORMSSOME ADJECTIVES HAVE VERY DIFFERENT FORMS OF COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
GOOD BETTER (THE) BESTBAD WORSE (THE) WORST
LITTLE LESS (THE) LEASTMUCH/MANY MORE (THE) MOST
FAR FURTHER (THE) FURTHEST
MAKING COMPARISONS
YOU CAN USE “THAN” TO COMPARE TWO THINGS• PETER IS MORE INTELLIGENT THAN PETER• DANNY IS QUICKER THAN HIS BROTHER• I HAVE LESS FREE TIME THAN YOU DO
USING SUPERLATIVES
SUPERLATIVES ARE USUALLY USED WITH “THE”• PARIS IS THE MOST ROMANTIC CITY IN EUROPE• PETER IS THE OLDEST IN OUR GROUP• WE TOOK THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE STATION