Comparatives And Superlatives 101o6c

WEATHER REPORT Do you pay attention to the weather reports? Do you belive them? Can you foresee the weather conditions? How do you prepare for bad weather?

WEATHER REPORT rain

very cold

chilly

too many clouds

to clear up

temperature goes down

cloudy

international scale of temperature

cold

clouds go away

to cool down

low temperature

Fahrenheit

drops of water from the clouds

WEATHER REPORT fog freezing

An atmospheric disturbance with strong winds and rain, snow, thunder, and lightning.

lightning

a current of air

storm wind spell

a period of weather of a particular kind

rays in a storm Liquid water droplets suspended in the air 0°C temperature

Comparatives and Superlatives One syllable adjectives: Adjective

Comparative

tall

taller

small

smaller

short

shorter

smart

smarter

hot

hotter

thin

thinner

Comparatives and Superlatives One syllable adjectives: Adjective

Comparative

big

bigger

large

larger

fine

finer

cold

colder

nice

nicer

warm

warmer

16-3 THE COMPARATIVE: USING -ER AND MORE

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES WITH ONE SYLLABLE

big cheap old

er g

ADJECTIVES THAT END IN -Y

funny pretty

funn ier y y prettier

er er

Nicolle is taller than Bradley.

old

Ivana is older ____ than Paris. Paris 17 Ivana 19

Justine 15

(a) Nicolle is taller than Bradley. Nicolle is more tall than Bradley.

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Cali is hotter than Bogotá. hot Bogotá is bigger big than Cali. Cali’s people are warmer warm than Bogotá’s ones.

Bogotá is rainier than Cali. rainy

Short quiz in pairs On a piece of paper

1. Ed is ___________________ Joe (tall) 2. Al is ___________________ Ed (short) 3. Ed is ____________________ Al (thin) 4. Al is ____________________ Joe and Ed (fat) 5. Joe is ____________________ Ed (happy) 6. Joe is __________________ Al (old)

Comparatives and Superlatives Two or morene syllable adjectives: Margaret Adjective They interesting My son intelligent Mountain climbing beautiful I important English dangerous The UAO nervous Physics III Love

Comparative is isn’t are aren’t

more interesting more intelligent more beautiful more important more dangerous

am more nervous am not

than

(b) Happiness is more important important than money. Happiness is importanter than money.

(a) Nicolle is taller than Brad. (b) Happiness is more important than money. To compare two persons or things:

adjective +

-er + than more

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE famous ADJECTIVES WITH important TWO OR MORE Interesting SYLLABLES dangerous

IRREGULAR COMPARATIVE FORMS

good bad far late much

more famous more important more interesting more dangerous

better worse farther/further later more

16-3 Let’s Practice

important

more important than money. Family is _________________

happy

happier than Barbara. Vicky looks ___________

Barbara Vicky

We have a big family. My brother is older than me. Grandpa is the oldest of all. My brother

Me

(a) COMPARATIVE

My brother is older than me. (b) SUPERLATIVE

Grandpa is the oldest of all.

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

ADJECTIVES WITH ONE SYLLABLE

old

older

the oldest

big

bigger

the biggest

large

larger

the largest

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

ADJECTIVES THAT END IN -Y

pretty

prettier

the prettiest

easy

easier

the easiest

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES WITH TWO OR MORE SYLLABLES

more the most expensive expensive expensive more important important

the most important

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

IRREGULAR FORMS

good

better

the best

bad

worse

the worst

far

farther/ further

the farthest/ furthest

tall taller Justine is ______than Paris. tallest of all the sisters. Ivana is the ____________ Paris Ivana Justine

expensive A good bicycle is expensive. A motorcycle is more expensive. A car is ______________________. the most expensive (of all)

heavy

A horse is ________than a dog. heavier An elephant is __________ the heaviest of all.

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Kyung is one of the cutest babies I know.

(a) Kyung is one of the cutest babies I know. (b) Angel Falls is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. (c) Jackson is one of the best students in school. one of + superlative + plural noun

Tahiti in the world

beautiful places most

_________ is one of the __________________ Tahiti most beautiful places ______________. in the world

Bo’s Barbeque in this town restaurants worst ____________ worst restaurants Bo’s Barbecue is one of the ______________ _________________. in this town

buildings the Eiffel Tower tallest in

_____________ The Eiffel Tower is one of the ______________ tallest buildings _________________. in