Comparatives and superlatives 1Bach

Comparatives and superlatives 1Bach

by Rahma M.T

​Things to know about adjectives

1. ​You always place the adjective before the noun: an impressive car NOT a car impressive.

2. ​The order of the adjectives is very important: Opinion (beautiful), size (little) age (young), color (brown) origin (Chinese).

3. ​When the adjective is followed by a verb, the verb always goes in TO infinitive. It is amusing to go on holidays in summer.

4. ​In many cases you can substitute the noun by ONE or ONES instead of repeating it. For instance: I lost my bag. It’s a big blue one.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence.

• She is a beautiful Scottish young girl.

• She is a beautiful young Scottish girl.

• She is a Scottish beautiful young girl.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence. 

• I have a big brown dog. 

• I have a brown big dog.

​COMPARATIVES

• COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY : -ER / MORE THAN

  • ​The apartment that I bought is smaller than yours.

  • ​The series I’m watching now is more interesting than the one I watched before.

• ​A bit- quite- much - way - far + comparative for emphasis.

  • ​My sister’s phone is way better than mine.

  • ​My dog is much more intelligent than yours.

  • ​Her students are a bit quieter than mine.

Fill in the Blanks

The computer my dad bought for me is much…………… the one he bought for himself (expensive). 

​Comparative of equality

​something or someone is as…………as someone or something else.

It means that they have the same quality.

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• ​My two siblings are as tall as I am.

• ​They are just as tall as I am.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option. 

• Mario isn’t as younger as me 

• Carmen is as younger as Mario

• Carmen isn’t as young as Mario. 

​Comparative of inferiority

​To show that something is less……than another thing. The first element is inferior to the second element compared.

• ​My dad is usually less busy than me.

• ​My brother is less clever than me.

• ​That name is less catchy than the one I thought of before.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option. 

• She’s less taller than my sister

• The Eiffel Tower is less taller than Burj Khalifa. 

• French is less interesting than English. 

• S

​SUPERLATIVE- Est / the most

​It’s used to highlight that someone or something stands out above all the rest of that category.

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• ​Ros Giner high school has the most hard-working students in Lorca.

• ​She’s the cleverest student in the class.

• ​Spain was the most visited country of 2017.

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​The most….. IN + place

​The most…… OF + time

Multiple Choice

She has the longest hair…………the world. 

• Of

• In

• At

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that most resembles this one:

Iron isn't as hard as a diamond. 

• A diamond is less hard than iron

• A diamond is harder than iron

• Iron is harder than a diamond

Fill in the Blanks

This school has some of ………………………….. students of all times. (Outstanding)

Fill in the Blanks

Your daughter isn’t as pretty as mine.

My daughter is…………

Fill in the Blanks

Staying at home is better than going out.

Going out is not………….

Fill in the Blanks

This sentence is incorrect. Please write it correctly. 

For me, England is the more beautiful country of the world. 

Multiple Select

Choose the sentences that are correct. More than one is possible.

• The house was so beautiful that they bought it.

• It was so a beautiful house that they bought it.

• The house was such beautiful that they bought it.

• It was such a beautiful house that they bought it

• I

Multiple Choice

Rewrite the following sentence so that it means the same: 

His feet are so big that he needs custom-made shoes. 

He has...........................

• so big feet that he needs custom-made shoes

• such big feet that he needs custom-made shoes.

​So.... what can we learn about SO and SUCH from these examples?

​The house was SO BEAUTIFUL THAT they bought it.

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​It was SUCH A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE that they bought it.

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​His feet are SO BIG that he needs custom-made shoes.

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​He has SUCH BIG FEET that he needs custom-made shoes.

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​SO + ADJECTIVE

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​SUCH + (A/AN) + ADJECTIVE + NOUN

Fill in the Blanks

Rewrite this sentence using SO.

It was such a dangerous job that nobody would do it. 

Fill in the Blanks

Now, translate this sentence:

The weather is getting colder and colder.

Fill in the Blanks

Translate the following sentence.

I am playing football better and better each day. 

​more and more / -er and- er

​* More and more intelligent

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​* cleaner and cleaner

​Let's review

​What comparatives are there?

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​What's the superlative?

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​More and more...?

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​So and Such