Comparisons

What is a comparison?

• It is how we tell the difference between things.

• It is how we tell stories for children.

• It is how we look for information in encyclopedias.

• It is how we tell how something or someone looks.

What is a small adjective?

• An adjective with 1 syllable.

• An adjective with 2 or more syllables.

• An adjective that looks strange.

• An adjective that is a baby still.

What is a long adjective?

• It is an adjective with two or more syllables.

• It is an adjective with 1 syllable.

• It is an adjective that sounds nice.

• It is an adjective that looks funny.

Choose the correct comparison: Luis is 1.76 mts. Out teacher is 1.67 mts.

• Luis is taller than our teacher.

• Our teacher is taller than Luis.

• Luis is tall.

• Our teacher is short.

Choose the correct comparison: Our classmate Karla can run 10 meters in 2 seconds. Her friend can run 10 meters in 15 seconds.

• Our classmate Karla is faster than her friend.

• Karla's friend is faster than her.

• Our classmate Karla is fast.

• Karla's friend is slow.

Choose the correct comparison: Elizabeth knows many amazing things. Our neighbor doesn't know many things.

• Elizabeth is more interesting than our neighbor.

• Our neighbor is more interesting than Elizabeth.

• Elizabeth is interesting.

• Our neighbor is not interesting.

Choose the correct comparison: Donaldo can cook, tell nice stories and be a good friend. Ron can't do those things.

• Donaldo is more talented than Ron.

• Ron is more talented than Donaldo.

• Dolando is talented.

• Ron is not talented.

Complete the comparison with the correct form of the adjective in parenthesis: "People say that the hot dogs from Hermosillo are ______________(good) than the hot dogs of Monterrey."

Complete the comparison with the correct form of the adjective in parenthesis: "Our teacher says that Spanish is _____________(difficult) than English."

Complete the comparison with the correct form of the adjective in parenthesis: "The weather in Winter is ___________(nice) than the weather in Summer."