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Modal verbs Rules – They are followed by a verb in the base form I can run very fast – They are the same for all the pronouns She/they/I/ you could make it better – They do not need auxiliars. They take direct negative and qestion forms You can’t smoke here / Can you repeat that? – They never combine with another modal verbs You can’t must read**
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Can and could Can expresses ability I can speak English You can’t play the guitar Where can you play tennis? Could expresses ability in the past tense. It is also like CAN but in a formal way I could touch my nose with the tongue when I was six She couldn’t speak properly when she was 2 years old Could you pass me the salt, please? STRUCTURE SUBJECT + CAN/COULD + BASE FORM OF THE VERB without to SUBJECT + CAN’T /COULDN’T + BASE FORM OF THE VERB CAN/COULD + SUBJECT + BASE FORM?
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Questions with HOW How far is your house? – It’s …… kilometres How strict is your mother? – She is …. How often do you wash your hair? – I wash my hair …. How many people are there in your class today? – There are …. How much is the cinema today? – It is… How tall is your partner? – He/She is … How funny is your best friend? – He/ She is …
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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE What can we find? SHORT ADJECTIVES Short, small, heavy, pretty, big… LONG ADJECTIVES Expensive, intelligent, amazing… IRREGULAR FORMS Good, bad, far…
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SHORT ADJECTIVES Long Short Fat Thin Happy Pretty Heavy Big Rare Noisy Small Cheap Light Fast
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LONG ADJECTIVE Interesting Handsome Expensive Intelligent Artistic Aggressive Peaceful IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES Good Bad Far
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COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES compare two things SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES Compare just one thing with the rest of things SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES Compare just one thing with the rest of things It’s the fattest giraffe in the world!!
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SHORT ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVE We add ………adjective – er – Fast – fast er – Wild – wild er – Long – long er – Quiet – quiet er One syllable words ending with VOWEL + CONSONANT. – Big – big ger – Fat – fat ter One sylable words ending with Y – Heavy – heav ie r – Pretty – prett ier – Happy - happ ier SUPERLATIVE We add the.. adjective -est Fast – the fastest Wild – the wildest Long – the longest Quiet – the quietest One syllable words ending with VOWEL + CONSONANT Big – the biggest Fat – the fattest One sylable words ending with Y Heavy – the heaviest Pretty – the prettiest Happy – the happiest We add ………..-ER THAN
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LONG ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVE We add……. MORE THAN – Artistic She is more artistic than me – Intelligent Elephants are mo re intelligent than dogs – Interesting The film is more interesting than the book – Creative My brother is more creative than his girlfriend – Peaceful I’d like to live in a more peaceful world SUPERLATIVE We add……. THE MOST Artistic She is the most artistic in the family Intelligent Dolphins are the most intelligent animals in the world Interesting This film is the most interesting I´ve ever seen Creative My brother is the most creative in the school Peaceful Which is the most peaceful place in the world? We add MORE ………..THAN
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