Which caption would you use for the sentence below? Read on p. 77 and find out

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Grammar Reflections The most dangerous road in the world. The Yungas Road is more dangerous than any other road in the world. How do we call them? How do we form them?

Comparatives and Superlatives p. 76

Comparatives and Superlatives p. 76 Bigger The biggest Longer The longest Wider The widest Busier The busiest More dangerous The most dangerous More popular The most popular

Grammar Reflections How do we form the comparatives and superlatives of adjectives? What are the rules? Inglese 1999-2000

Comparative & superlative forms 1 Adjectives in the base form Comparatives Superlatives (THE +) 1 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES TALL SMALL NICE Double Consonant (CVC) THIN FAT + -ER TALLER SMALLER NICER THINNER FATTER + -EST THE TALLEST THE SMALLEST THE NICEST THE THINNEST THE FATTEST 2 SYLLABLES ADJS WITH Y HEAVY TASTY TINY + -IER HEAVIER TASTIER TINIER CRAZIER + -IEST THE HEAVIEST THE TASTIEST THE TINIEST THE CRAZIEST 2/3/4 or MORE SYLLABLES COMFORTABLE DANGEROUS + MORE MORE COMFORTABLE MORE DANGEROUS + MOST THE MOST COMFORTABLE THE MOST DANGEROUS

Irregular comparatives and superlatives GOOD – BETTER – THE BEST BAD – WORSE – THE WORST FAR – FURTHER – THE FURTHEST MUCH/MANY – MORE – THE MOST Remember: ALWAYS use than after the comparative! E.g., John is taller than Jim. London is more expensive than Cagliari.

We use comparatives to compare things or people. Julia is more fascinating than her sisters. Mr. Foreman is friendlier than his colleagues. Superlatives are used to compare one person or thing to a group. Julia is the most fascinating of the three sisters. Mrs: Foreman is the friendliest in the office.

E.g., she is less tall than her brother. Lower degree comparatives & superlatives. They are introduced by less and the least. E.g., she is less tall than her brother. That is the least bright colour. Same degree comparatives: as … as, so … as E.g., Tom is as intelligent as his sister Tom’s sister isn’t so intelligent as he is.

Ex. 9C-a Pag.141

Ex. 9C-a Pag.141

Grammar Bank ex. 9C – b Pag.141

Grammar Bank ex. 9C – b Pag.141

Grammar Bank Superlatives ex. 10A –a/b p. 143

Grammar Bank Superlatives ex. 10A-a p. 143

Grammar Bank Superlatives ex. 10A-b p. 143

Geographical quiz Superlatives 1) What’s the world’s largest island Geographical quiz Superlatives 1) What’s the world’s largest island? a) Greenland b) Madagascar c) New Guinea 2) What’s the most spoken language in the world? A) Spanish b) English c) Chinese 3) Which is the furthest planet from the earth? a) Mercury b) Pluto c) Jupiter 4) What is the highest waterfall in the world? a) Espelands, Norway b) Angel, Venezuela c) Yosemite, U.S 5) The deadliest volcanic eruption occured in 1815 killing 92,000 people. Which volcano erupted? a) Mount Pelee, Martinique b) Mayon, Philippines , c) Tambora, Indonesia Inglese 1999-2000