Academia: Idiomas Inglés VI Unidad 2 Tema: 2.2 Comparación de dos o más elementos Profesora: Lic. Katya Gabriela Ortega Mendoza Periodo: Julio – Diciembre 2015

Tema: Comparisons Resumen (abstract) We have the possibility to use the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives whenever we want to sum up different characteristics that two or more people, things, animals, places, etc. have. Palabras clave (keywords): adjectives, comparative form , superlative form.

Pay attention to these images... But this elephant is bigger than the dog. This dog is big. So the elephant is the biggest of all. So the dog is smaller than the elephant. This mouse is the smallest of all.

Comparative – Superlative form We use the comparative form to compare two people, animals or things. An adjective in comparative form is usually followed by the word than. (Mitchell, 2006)

We use the superlative form to compare one person, animal or thing with others of the same kind. The article The comes before an adjective in superlative form . (Mitchell, 2006)

Comparisons To use the adjectives in comparative or superlative forms, we are going to divide again the ADJECTIVES in two groups according to their sounds Long adjectives Short adjectives

(2 or more syllables / sounds) We are going to divide the ADJECTIVES in two groups according to their sounds: Short Adjectives (1 syllable / sound) Small Big Safe Fat Long Adjectives (2 or more syllables / sounds) Beautiful Expensive Horrible Interesting

Spelling rules With adjectives of one syllable (short adjectives) we add –er to form the comparative, and –est to form the superlative Tall – Taller than- The Tallest With adjectives of more than 2 syllables (long adjectives) we add more to form the comparative and most to form the superlative. Beautiful – More beautiful than – The most beautiful

With two-syllable adjectives ending in –y we drop –y and add –ier and -iest Happy – Happier than – The happiest With short adjectives ending in a vowel + a consonant we double the consonant and add –er and -est Big – Bigger than Irregular adjectives Good – Better - Best Bad – Worse - Worst Little – Less - Least Far – Further - Furthest

Let’s practice

Complete with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets Tim is the ___________ (good) driver in his family. The metro is ________ (crowded) than the train. Fay thinks Maths is the ____________ (easy) subject of all. Bill wears __________(modern) clothes than Jack. This is the _________ (hot) day of the year.

Let’s check your answers Tim is the best (good) driver in his family. The metro is more crowded (crowded) than the train. Fay thinks Maths is the easiest (easy) subject of all. Bill wears more modern(modern) clothes than Jack. This is the hottest(hot) day of the year.

Referencia bibliográfica, infográficas y/o cibergráficas Mitchel, H. Q. (2006). Top grammar elementary 2. UK: MM publications.