Transcript COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

COMPARATIVE
AND
SUPERLATIVE
COMPARATIVE
INFERIORITY
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SIMILARITY
SUPERIORITY
INFERIOTITY
(menos.......que)
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LESS + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB (+ THAN)
Mary is less attractive than Susan
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LESS + PLURAL/UNCOUNTABLE NOUN (+
THAN)
I have less cars than you
My coffee has less sugar (than yours)
SIMILARITY
(tan/tantos/as/o/a......como)
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(NOT) AS + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB + AS
She is not as strong as me
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(NOT) AS MANY + COUNTABLE PLURAL
NOUN + AS
Jane has got as many friends as Mary
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(NOT) AS MUCH + UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
+ AS
Paris has as much traffic as Madrid
SUPERIORITY
(más......que)
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SHORT ADJECTIVE/ADVERB-ER (+ THAN)
My house is smaller than Peter's (house)
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MORE + LONG ADJECTIVE/ADVERB (+
THAN)
This car is more expensive than that one
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MORE + PLURAL/UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
(+ THAN)
You have more cars than me
Short vs. Long
Adjectives/Adverbs
SHORT ADJECTIVES
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One or two syllables (pronunciation): small, nice, big, warm, common
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Two syllables ending in -y: happy, busy, easy, funny
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Two syllables ending in -er, -le, -ow can take the short or the long form:
narrow, clever, simple
LONG ADJECTIVES
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More than two syllables (pronunciation): elegant, expensive
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Two syllables ending in a suffix: careful, boring, hopeless, interesting
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Two syllables ending in -er, -le, -ow can take the short or the long form:
narrow, clever, simple
Spelling rules
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When adding the suffix -er
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e → eer
nice → nicer
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y → yier
happy → happier
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CVC → CVCCer
hot → hotter
SUPERLATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
(El más/la más/lo más...)
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THE + SHORT ADJECTIVE/ADVERB-EST
My house is the smallest house in the village
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THE MOST + LONG ADJECTIVE/ADVERB
This car is the most expensive car of the year
Short vs. Long
Adjectives/Adverbs
SHORT ADJECTIVES
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One or two syllables (pronunciation): small, nice, big, warm,
common
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Two syllables ending in -y: happy, busy, easy, funny
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Two syllables ending in -er, -le, -ow can take the short or the
long form: narrow, clever, simple
LONG ADJECTIVES
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More than two syllables (pronunciation): elegant, expensive
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Two syllables ending in a suffix: careful, boring, hopeless,
interesting
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Two syllables ending in -er, -le, -ow can take the short or the
long form: narrow, clever, simple
Spelling rules
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When adding the suffix -est
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e → eest
nice → nicest
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y → yiest
happy → happiest
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CVC → CVCCest
hot → hottest
Irregular adjectives and adverbs
ADJECTIVE/ADVERB
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
GOOD/WELL
BETTER
THE BEST
BAD/BADLY
WORSE
THE WORST
FAR
FURTHER/FARTHER
THE FURTHEST/
FARTHEST
LITTLE
LESS
THE LEAST
MUCH/MANY
MORE
THE MOST
ILL
WORSE
THE WORST
OLD
OLDER
ELDER (when talking
about members of a
family, not used with
than)
THE
OLDEST/ELDEST
SPECIAL USES
Superlative + Present Perfect + ever
- This is the most beautiful place I have ever
seen
- Este es el lugar más bonito que jamás he
visto
Present continuous + comparative + and +
comparative
- He is getting taller and taller
Él es cada vez más (y más) alto