IE3.2 Comparatives and Superlatives pp.26-27

Comparatives and Superlatives

IE3.2A Grammar p.136

LISTEN TO THE EXAMPLES

Comparative Structures

• A + be + SHORT ADJ-ER + THAN + B

• A + be + MORE/LESS + LONG ADJ + THAN + B

Multiple Choice

What is the comparative form of BIG?

• biger

• bigger

• more big

• more bigger

Multiple Choice

What is the comparative form of BAD?

• WORST

• WORSE

• BADDER

Multiple Choice

What is the comparative form of STRESSED?

• MORE STRESSED

• STRESSEDER

Fill in the Blanks

I think skiing is

horseback riding. (fast)

Fill in the Blanks

She can’t stay (long) …………………….than 30 minutes.

Fill in the Blanks

Being a firefighter is (dangerous) ……………………. being a builder.

Fill in the Blanks

Your accent is (bad) ………………….. mine.

A + be + AS ADJ AS + B / A + be+ THE SAME AS + B

Multiple Choice

RIGHT OR WRONG:

Lan sings more sweetly than I.

• right

• wrong

Multiple Choice

RIGHT OR WRONG:

Carol doesn't sing as beautifully as we are.

• Right

• Wrong

Multiple Select

Choose ALL CORRECT sentences:

• He’s as tall as his father.

• You should go to bed more earlier.

• He wears as nicely as we do.

• His shoes are the same at mine.

• This car is less expensive than yours.

Multiple Choice

Ann works ______ than most of her friends.

• harder

• a lot more hardly

• many harder

Multiple Choice

You speak ______ than a loudspeaker.

• more loudly

• more loud

• louder

Multiple Choice

Sirius shines ________than all the other stars.

• brighter

• more brightly

• more bright

Multiple Choice

It’s a long journey by train. It’s much………by road.

• quickly

• more quickly

• more quick

• quicker

Multiple Choice

Carol sings as …………………….as Mary.

• more beautifully

• beautiful

• beautifully

LISTEN TO THE EXAMPLES

Superlative structures

• S + be + THE + SHORT ADJ-EST (+N).

• S + be + THE + MOST/LEAST + LONG ADJ (+N).

Multiple Choice

Of all the girls, your sister sang ________.

• most sweetly

• the sweetliest

• the most sweetly

Multiple Choice

This turkey is ______ ___the farm.

• the oldest in

• the oldest on

• the oldest of

Multiple Choice

This has to be _______ I have____ walked in my life.

• the farthest - never

• the farthest - ever

• the farther - ever

Do exercises a & b on page 136

Time: 4 minutes