Summer Intensive
Summer Intensive - Index Subject Pronouns Singular and Plural To Be Present Simple There is Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns Prepositions Have Got Have Got (interrogative form) Adjectives Question Words Like Summer Intensive Index
Can Present Simple Present Continuous 1 Present Continuous 2 This/ These/ That /Those How Articles Adjectives A little- a few Much Many A lot of One- Ones What -Which Comparatives Prepositions Linkers Summer Intensive Index
Summer Intensive Class Lesson 28 - Comparatives and Superlatives Forming regular comparatives and superlatives 1. We use comparatives to compare two things or two people. (ex. She is taller than her husband.) 2. Superlatives are used, however, to compare to show the difference between more than two things or more than two people. (e.g Paris is the biggest city in France) 3. To form comparatives and superlatives you need to know the number of syllables in the adjective. Syllables are like "sound beats". For instance: "find" contains one syllable, but "finding" contains two find and ing. The rules to form comparatives and superlatives: 1. One syllable adjective ending in a silent 'e' nice Comparative add 'r' nicer Superlative add 'st' nicest 2. One syllable adjective ending in one vowel and one consonant big Comparative the consonant is doubled and 'er' is added bigger Superlative the consonant is doubled and 'est' is added biggest 3. One syllable adjective ending in more than one consonant or more than a vowel high, cheap Comparative 'er' is added higher, cheaper Superlative 'est is added highest, cheapest Summer Intensive Class Lesson 28 Comparatives and Superlatives Pag. 1
4. A two syllable adjective ending in 'y' happycomparative 'y' becomes 'i' and 'er' is added happier Superlative 'y' becomes 'i' and 'est' is added happiest 5. Two syllable or more adjectives without 'y' at the end exciting Comparative more + the adjective + than more exciting than Superlative more + the adjective + than the most exciting Examples: The Nile River is longer and more famous than the Thames. Egypt is much hotter than Sweden. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. This is one of the most exciting films I have ever seen. Irregular comparatives and superlatives Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives bad worse Worst far(distance) farther Farthest far(extent) further Furthest good better Best little less Least many more Most much more Most How to use comparatives and superlatives Comparatives Comparatives are used to compare two things or two people: Alan is taller than John. Superlatives Superlatives are used to compare more than two things or two people. Superlative sentences usually use 'the': Alan is the most intelligent. Summer Intensive Class Lesson 28 Comparatives and Superlatives Pag. 2
Summer Intensive Class Worksheet 28 - Adjectives Name Date Long and short form Exercise: Choose and write into gaps the correct word My ribbon is (cheap/cheaper) than yours My present is (beautiful/more beautiful) than yours Summer Intensive Class Worksheet 28 Adjectives (Comparing people/things/ category etc ) Pag. 1
Your sandwich is (big/bigger) than mine You are (tall/taller) than your brother Your apple is (big/bigger) than my orange The school is (close/closer) than the shop Summer Intensive Class Worksheet 28 Adjectives (Comparing people/things/ category etc ) Pag. 2
Exercise: Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative). My house is (big) bigger than yours. This flower is (beautiful) than that one. This book is (interesting) than that book. Non-smokers usually live (long) than smokers. Which is (dangerous), the wolf or the tiger? A holiday by the sea is (good) than a holiday in the mountains. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) than a beer. Who is (rich) a famous footballer or a famous singer? The weather this summer is even (bad) Than last summer. He is (clever) than his father. Summer Intensive Class Worksheet 28 Adjectives (Comparing people/things/ category etc ) Pag. 3
Exercise: Comparative adjectives,choose the correct answer. 1. I think London is more than New York. expensive/expensiver 2. Is the North Sea than the Mediterranean Sea? more big/bigger 3. Are you a student than your sister? Better/good 4. My dad's than your dad! Funny/funnier 5. Physics is than chemistry. badder/worse 6. Cars are than motorbikes. cheap/cheaper Summer Intensive Class Worksheet 28 Adjectives (Comparing people/things/ category etc ) Pag. 4