Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde CdL Economia e Gestione Aziendale UNIT 8 a.a. 2013/2014

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  Review of Unit 7: pp Unit 8:  Comparative & superlative forms  Personality adjectives  The weather  Would like to / like  Future tenses: to be going to (plans & predictions

1.B 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.B 10.A

1.Dessert(meals) 2.Strawberries(vegetables) 3.Sugar(drinks) 4.Tomatoes(potatoes) 5.Coffee (desserts)

1.in 2.Of 3.for 4.with 5.on

1.T 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.F 8.F

healthier than hotter than more popular than better than shorter than safer than more common than RULE Subj. Verb (mono/bi-syllable) adj. + -er than Obj.

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde Adjectives in the base formComparativesSuperlatives (THE +) 1 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES TALL SMALL NICE Double Consonant (CVC) HOT THIN FAT + -ER TALLER SMALLER NICER HOTTER THINNER FATTER + -EST THE TALLEST THE SMALLEST THE NICEST THE HOTTEST THE THINNEST THE FATTEST 2 SYLLABLES ADJS WITH Y HEAVY TASTY TINY CRAZY + -IER HEAVIER TASTIER TINIER CRAZIER + -IEST THE HAVIEST THE TASTIEST THE TINIEST THE CRAZIEST 2/3/4 or MORE SYLLABLES COMFORTABLE DANGEROUS + MORE MORE COMFORTABLE MORE DANGEROUS MORE COMMON + MOST THE MOST COMFORTABLE THE MOST DANGEROUS THE MOST COMMON

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde 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 to introduce the second element to compare. E.g., John is taller than Jim. London is more expensive than Cagliari. Superlatives are used to compare one person or thing to a group

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  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

careful serious quiet generous stylish aggressive

friendly whitecareful blackserious red blue aggressive green silverstylish quiet generous

What color is your Car?

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  Careful  Serious  Quiet  Generous  Stylish  Aggressive  Friendly  Rude  Careless  Funny  Nervous  Kind  Polite  Ruthless  Unfriendly  Fashionable

Bolivia Mali Siberia Bolivia

The weatherThe weather Very hotVery hot the highest the hottest the most dangerous the best the worst

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  Q.: What’s the weather like?  A.: It’s …  Adjectives: cold, hot, cool, warm, good, bad, nice, rainy, sunny, cloudy, windy, snowy, wet, dry, foggy, misty, humid

WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE IN CAGLIARI?

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  A. Would you like to go to a pizzeria?  B. I love eating pizza!!!  I’d like to drink a cup of coffee vs.  I like drinking (a cup of) coffee : what is the difference?

I’d like … to expresses something I’d like to do in the future or now While: I like a general statement In the interrogative form: to expresses an offer: e.g., Would you like to go shopping?

ContractedNegativeInterrogativeInterrogative negative I’d like to …I wouldn’t like to … Would you like to …? Wouldn’t you like to …? You/he/she/it /we/they’d like to You/he/she/it /we/they wouldn’t like to Would I/he/she/it/w e/they like to? Wouldn’t I/he/she/it/w e/they like to?

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  Adverbs express manner (how): quickly, slowly - Adjectives qualify nouns: brown hair - Adverbs qualify verbs: go slowly e.g., you speak English very well

 form adverbs by adding – ly to the adjective: e.g., sad-ly, bad-ly  Some adjectives go through a morphological change: e.g., happy – happily  Irregular adverbs:  Fast fast,  Goodwell,  Hardhard

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde ADJECTIVESADVERBS aggressive stylish nicely dangerous polite carefully quiet healthy wealthily well bad badly COMPLETE THE TABLE aggressively stylishly dangerously politely nice careful quietly heartly wealthy good

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  Making a reservation: complete the three exercises on p. 97 & write an Send it to me: