Comparatives and superlatives
Contents
Comparatives and superlatives
Irregular forms
Comparatives examples
Expressing similarities
How are they formed?
Superlatives examples
comparatives and superlatives
Compare two people/ things
Compare three or more people/things
how are they formed?
To form comparatives and superlatives we need to know the number of the syllables in the adjective: 1. Big: (1 syllable) SHORT adjective 2. Happy: (2 syllables, adjective ending in "y") SHORT adj3. Beautiful: (2/3 syllables) LONG adjective
THE + ADJECTIVE
ADJECTIVE + THAN
comparatives examples
Cats are smaller than lions
Elephants are more intelligent than rhinos
comparatives examples
Penguins are faster than dolphins
Grasshoppers are bigger than ants
superlative examples
Cheetahs are the fastest land animals
Koalas are the most sleeping animals
superlative examples
Giraffes are the tallest animals
The poison dart frog is the most poisonous animal
Irregular forms
expressing similarities
As...as
To compare two things that are equal
Not as...as
To compare two things that are not equal
Let's practice!
Write the correct comparative form.
1. A rock is________________than a leaf. (heavy) 2. Our house is______________than yours. (big) 3. Mary is a ____________student than Tom. (good) 4. Bycicles are __________than motorbikes. (safe) 5. July is __________than January. (hot) 6. A lion is_______________ than a cat. (dangerous) 7. Computers are___________than telephones. (expensive)
Write the correct superlative form.
1. It is the ________ shop in the town. (large)2. Monday is the________ day of the week. (bad) 3. Ben was the _______ person in his family. (noisy) 4. Sam is the in the_________ in the class. (popular) 5. Which is the__________subject at school? (difficult) 6. Jim is the ________player in the football team. (good) 7. Mary is the__________ girl in the class. (tall)
Write comparative or superlative.
1. This armchair is_________than the old one. (comfortable)2. Trains are_________than aeroplanes. (slow) 3. I bought___________souvenir I could afford. (expensive) 4. Ann is_________child in the family. (young ) 5. That TV set is ____________of all. (cheap) 6. You are____________ than there. (safe) 7. Fifi is _____________than Kate. (smart) 8. This is___________ film I have ever seen. (exiciting) 9. Tim is __________than Peter. (talented)
Thanks!
Any questions?
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Comparatives and superlatives
Contents
Comparatives and superlatives
Irregular forms
Comparatives examples
Expressing similarities
How are they formed?
Superlatives examples
comparatives and superlatives
- Comparatives:
Compare two people/ things- Superlatives:
Compare three or more people/thingshow are they formed?
To form comparatives and superlatives we need to know the number of the syllables in the adjective: 1. Big: (1 syllable) SHORT adjective 2. Happy: (2 syllables, adjective ending in "y") SHORT adj3. Beautiful: (2/3 syllables) LONG adjective
THE + ADJECTIVE
ADJECTIVE + THAN
comparatives examples
Cats are smaller than lions
Elephants are more intelligent than rhinos
comparatives examples
Penguins are faster than dolphins
Grasshoppers are bigger than ants
superlative examples
Cheetahs are the fastest land animals
Koalas are the most sleeping animals
superlative examples
Giraffes are the tallest animals
The poison dart frog is the most poisonous animal
Irregular forms
expressing similarities
As...as
To compare two things that are equal
Not as...as
To compare two things that are not equal
Let's practice!
Write the correct comparative form.
1. A rock is________________than a leaf. (heavy) 2. Our house is______________than yours. (big) 3. Mary is a ____________student than Tom. (good) 4. Bycicles are __________than motorbikes. (safe) 5. July is __________than January. (hot) 6. A lion is_______________ than a cat. (dangerous) 7. Computers are___________than telephones. (expensive)
Write the correct superlative form.
1. It is the ________ shop in the town. (large)2. Monday is the________ day of the week. (bad) 3. Ben was the _______ person in his family. (noisy) 4. Sam is the in the_________ in the class. (popular) 5. Which is the__________subject at school? (difficult) 6. Jim is the ________player in the football team. (good) 7. Mary is the__________ girl in the class. (tall)
Write comparative or superlative.
1. This armchair is_________than the old one. (comfortable)2. Trains are_________than aeroplanes. (slow) 3. I bought___________souvenir I could afford. (expensive) 4. Ann is_________child in the family. (young ) 5. That TV set is ____________of all. (cheap) 6. You are____________ than there. (safe) 7. Fifi is _____________than Kate. (smart) 8. This is___________ film I have ever seen. (exiciting) 9. Tim is __________than Peter. (talented)
Thanks!
Any questions?