COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

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Comparatives and Superlatives - Review Lesson

Comparativi di Maggioranza

Comparativi di Uguaglianza

Comparativi di Minoranza

Superlativi

Comparatives

Comparatives - Comparativi di Maggioranza - ADJECTIVES

Il grado comparativo dell'aggettivo serve per esprimere un confronto fra due termini, in relazione a una qualità posseduta da entrambi o in relazione a qualità diverse da un unico termine.SUBJECT + VERB + COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE + THAN + THE OTHER TERM

Comparatives - Comparativi di Maggioranza - EXCEPTIONS

Comparatives - Comparativi di Maggioranza - NOUNS AND VERBS

Comparatives - Comparativo di Uguaglianza

Con il comparativo di uguaglianza la qualità espressa dall'aggettivo è presente in misura uguale nei due termini di paragone.

Comparatives - Comparativo di Minoranza

Con il comparativo di minoranza il primo termine di paragone possiede la qualità indicata dall'aggettivo in misura minore rispetto al secondo termine di paragone.

Superlatives

SUPERLATIVES - ADJECTIVES

Gli aggettivi superlativi sono utilizzati per descrivere una qualità posseduta al massimo o al minimo grado. Gli aggettivi superlativi sono usati in frasi nelle quali un'unità viene comparata a un gruppo di persone o cose. SUBJECT + VERB + THE + SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES + OTHER TERM

SUPERLATIVES - EXCEPTIONS

SUPERLATIVES - NOUNS AND VERBS

REFERENCES ON THE BOOK GRAMMAR FILES GOLD: COMPARATIVI DI MAGGIORANZA, MINORANZA, UGUAGLIANZA CON AGGETTIVI, AVVERBI, SOSTANTIVI E VERBI (Grammar reference on the book Grammar Files Gold pp. 184, 188, 190).

Formula frasi con il comparativo di minoranza basandoti sulle informazioni date. we / go to the cinema / often now / a couple of years ago We go to the cinema less often now than a couple of years ago. 1. Manchester United / scored / goals / Arsenal / this season 2. this month / Mary / go to the gym / often / last month 3. people / come to his birthday party / he expected 4. a crossbreed dog / is / expensive / a pure-bred one 5. Robert / studies / other boys

Riscrivi frasi con lo stesso significato usando il comparativo di uguaglianza. EX Both the Robsons and the Wilsons have four children, two sons and two daughters. The Robsons have as many children as the Wilsons, two sons and two daughters. 1. Last Sunday we had forty guests in our restaurant. This Sunday we have forty guests too. ................................................................................................................... 2. It took us a lot of time to clean the house for the party and a lot of time to prepare dinner. .................................................................................................................. 3. There are fifty seats in the Blue conference room and fifty seats in the Red one. ................................................................................................................... 4. There are twelve fish in the pond and twelve fish in the aquarium. ................................................................................................................... 5. Both Rosie and Mia won three medals in the school games last term. .....................................................................................................................

Completa le frasi con la forma corretta del superlativo degli aggettivi tra parentesi. 1. Who is the _________(tall) person in your family? 2. My mum is the _________(good) cook in the world. 3. December is the _________(cold) month of the year in my country. 4. What's the _________ (dangerous) animal in the world? 5. Ethan is the _________ (happy) boy that I know. 6. Where are the _________ (nice) beaches in your country? 7. She bought the _________ (big) cake in the shop 8. Who is the _________(famous) singer in your country?

Completa con i comparativi di maggioranza degli aggettivi tra parentesi.

1. French is __________________ (easy) than English.
2. Sofas are __________________ (comfortable) than chairs.
3. Your laptop is __________________ (modern) than my laptop.
4. Patrick is __________________ (tall) than me.
5. Snowboarding is __________________ (dangerous) than football.
6. Turin is __________________ (far) from Rome than from Milan.
7. My father is __________________ (old) than my mother.
8. I’m __________________ (bad) at Maths than you.
9. Italy is __________________ (hot) than Britain in summer.
10. I think Sue is __________________ (intelligent) than her brother.

Scegli l’alternativa corretta. 1. I have had ................... free time since I retired from work. a)many b)more c)a lots of much 2. He has got ................... toy cars than my brother and me. a)more b)more of c)many more 3. Do you think I’ve got a lot of clothes? Lisa’s got ................... me. a)many than b)much more than c)many more than

Sophie is working in Rome this week. Oliver, Alfie and Daisy have decided to eat out tonight. Watch the video then answer the following questions:

• Does Daisy think that Pietro’s pizza is the most delicious?
• Where is Daisy’s mum?
• Did Sophie eat her the worst pizza ever or the best one?
• Does Alfie ask the others to go eat some fish and chips?
• Does Daisy still want to have some pizza?
• Does Oliver think that La Bella Napoli is the cheapest restaurant?