Comparatives and SuperlativesVersion en ligne Students will show an understanding of comparatives and superlatives and in which situations they can use them. par Giovanna Sánchez Andrade 1 To compare two things in English, we need to use ... Selecciona una o varias respuestas a that b than 2 What are comparatives? Selecciona una o varias respuestas a Are adjectives that compare only two things. b Are adjectives that compare only three things. c Are adjectives that compare more than two things. (3, 4, 10, 100, etc) 3 What is the clue word for comparatives? Selecciona una o varias respuestas a that b most c more 4 The word 'more' is abbreviated like 'er' and it is combined with an adjective. An example is: Selecciona una o varias respuestas a She is younger than you. b She is more young than you. c more 5 What are superlatives? Selecciona una o varias respuestas a Are adjectives that compare only two things. b Are adjectives that compare only three things. c Are adjectives that compare more than two things. (3, 4, 10, 100. etc) 6 What is the clue word for superlatives? Selecciona una o varias respuestas a that b most c more 7 The abbreviation of most is 'est', so you can say: Selecciona una o varias respuestas a Peter is the most tall boy in the classroom. b Peter is the tallest boy in the classroom. c more 8 If the adjective has more than two syllables, we can say: Selecciona una o varias respuestas a My house is beautifuller than yours. b My house is more beautiful than yours. c more 9 Choose all the irregular comparatives. Selecciona una o varias respuestas a better b best c worse d worst e farther f farthest - less - least 10 Choose all the irregular superlatives. Selecciona una o varias respuestas a better b best c worse d worst e farther f farthest - less - least 11 This house is the worst in the city. Selecciona una o varias respuestas a comparative b superlative c worse d worst e farther f farthest - less - least 12 Martha is better in math than Peter. Selecciona una o varias respuestas a comparative b superlative c worse d worst e farther f farthest - less - least Explicación 1 Than is used in comparatives. 2 Comparatives are only used to compare TWO things. 3 More is the clue word in comparatives and its abbreviation is "er". 4 Adjectives that have one syllable or two syllables need the "er" at the end of the adjectives. For example: young - younger old - older hot - hotter cheap - cheaper 5 Superlatives are used to compare three, four, five, or more things. Example: I am the oldest in my classroom. 6 "Most" is the clue word of superlatives and its abbreviation is "est". 7 "est" goes at the end of the adjectives and they need "the" before it. Example: old - the oldest / young - the youngest. Mary is the youngest in her family. 8 The adjectives that have more than two syllables don't need abbreviations er or est. Example: beautiful, expensive, handsome, etc. They need to use more or most. Example: She is more beautiful than you. (comparative) She is the most beautiful in the school. (superlative) 9 Irregular adjectives and their comparatives are: good - better bad - worse fast - farther little - less 10 Irregular adjectives and their superlatives are: good - best bad - worst fast - farthest little - least 11 Irregular adjectives and their superlatives are: good - best bad - worst fast - farthest little - least 12 Irregular adjectives and their superlatives are: good - best bad - worst fast - farthest little - least
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