Ingles 2 - Adjetivos Comparativos

Similarities& Differences

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Adjectives

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What are they?

Adjectives describe or modify nouns, giving more information about an object or person (e.g., size, color, shape).Answer questions like: What kind? Which one? How many?

TYpes of Adjectives

Descriptive

tallbeatifulangry

Quantitative

manyfewsome

Demostrative

thisthatthose

Possessive

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myhisyour

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Temperament Characteristics (Nature)

Adjectives

Temperament adjectives describe a person's nature or personality.Common Temperament Adjectives:

• Positive: kind, brave, optimistic, creative, curious
• Negative: lazy, stubborn, arrogant, jealous, careless

She often travels alone, to remote places. She is brave and adventurous.Dave got 100% in his exam, but he didn’t tell me! He is both intelligent and modest!I think my teacher is quite bossy! She is always telling everyone what to do.Daniel is rather clumsy. He’s always dropping things in the kitchen or tripping over the chairs.

Equality Adjectives: "As... as"

The structure "as... as" is used to compare two things that are equal in some way.Affirmative: The adjective is placed between "as" and "as."Example: "She is as tall as her brother."Negative: "Not as... as" shows inequality.Example: "This book is not as interesting as the movie."

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Short adjectives

more

long adjectives

Comparative Form of Adjectives

Used to show the difference between two nouns.The comparative form depends on the number of syllables in the adjective.

To make comparative forms with one-syllable adjectives, we usually add -er:old → older clean → cleaner slow → slowerIf an adjective ends in -e, we add -r:safe → safer nice → nicerIf an adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we usually double the consonant:big → bigger hot → hotter

We use more to make comparative forms for most other two-syllable adjectives and for all adjectives with three or more syllables:crowded → more crowdedstressful → more stressfuldangerous → more dangerous

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Irregular adjectives

Superlatives

Superlatives are used to express the highest or lowest degree of a quality when comparing three or more things.For short adjectives, add -est (e.g., "fast" → "fastest").For long adjectives, use "the most" (e.g., "intelligent" → "the most intelligent").Examples:"This is the biggest cake I’ve ever seen.""She is the most talented singer in the group."

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Her name is Jenna.My car is very old.He's broken his armOur apartment is on the top floor

This shirt is too small.Where are those people from?That cafe's open.These plants are thriving

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short adjective

If a two-syllable adjective ends in a consonant and -y, we change -y to -i and add -er:noisy → noisierhappy → happiereasy → easier

Would you like some cake?She has five siblings.Several flowersThere isn’t much time left.

I love that big purple house.The tiny dog and the large cat were best friends.It is the most beautiful park in the city.