Comparatives vs Superlatives

Comparatives vs Superlatives

Poll

Which one is cooler in your opinion?

Open Ended

What have you just done?

You've just made a comparison. What is a comparison?

When you COMPARE two different nouns. They can be better or worse among them and it differs from person to person.

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Poll

Which one is the most delicious?

You've just made a superlative sentence. What is a superlative sentence?

It's when you decide wether something is very or nothing awesome at all - according to YOUR opnion.

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Making comparative and superlative sentences:

Making comparatives or superlatives is quite simple since they have rules in common, but you still have to pay a lot of attention.

All you have to focus is: the LENGH of the adjective.

Multiple Choice

Sponge Bob is.............. than The Simpsons.

• more funny

• funnyer

• funnier

Multiple Choice

Sponge Bob is ............. cartoon of all times.

• most funny

• funniest

• funnyest

Sponge Bob is FUNNIER than The Simpsons. / Sponge Bob is THE FUNIEST cartoon of all times.

Funny = 2 syllables

Shorter adjectives = +er or +ier as suffix in the COMPARATIVE FORM

Shorter adjectives = +est or +iest as suffix in the SUPERLATIVE FORM

Multiple Choice

Today is..... than yesterday.

• more hot

• hoter

• hotter

Multiple Choice

Today is..... day of the year.

• hottest

• the hottest

• the most hotest

Today is HOTTER than yesterday. / Today is the hottest day of the year.

HOT = 1 syllable adjective

Consonant Vowel Consonant adjective

CVCs adjectives = CVC + C (copia a última consoante) e adiciona ER ou EST

Multiple Choice

Her backpack seems ....... than his.

• heaviest

• heavier

• heavyier

• more heavy

Multiple Choice

Her backpack seems to be ........

• heaviest

• heavier

• heavyier

• more heavy

Her backpack seems HEAVIER than his. / Her backpack seems to be THE HEAVIEST.

Adjective ending: Consonant + Y = - Y + IER in the comparative or +IEST in the superlartive.

SHORTER (2 syllable) adjectives=

CVC adjectives = 2x the last consonant + er in the comparative or +est in the superlative.

C+Y adjectives = -Y + IER in the comparative or + IEST in the superlarive.

Multiple Choice

This is ...... movie I've ever watched.

• interestinger

• most interesting

• the most interesting

• more interesting

Multiple Choice

Nescal is ...... than Toddy.

• most delicious

• more delicious

• delicouser

• the more delicious

Long adjectives= +2 syllables and beyond

Comparative form: more + LONG ADJECTIVE + than

Superlative form: THE most + LONG ADJECTIVE

yo won't change the form of the adjective, ok? Just copy it and that's allright!

Multiple Choice

Netflix is..... than Amazon (bad)

• badder

• more bad

• worse

• worst

Multiple Choice

Netflix is..... than Amazon (good)

• better

• more good

• worse

• gooder

Open Ended

Write here a comparative and a superlative sentence comparing nouns of any subject you want. Please, mind your content and words.

Multiple Choice

Netflix is..... than Amazon (bad)

• badder

• more bad

• worse

• worst