COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

• RAQUEL BLAT
• ANABEL GALLEGO
• 1ºA Bachiller

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THREE FORMS

• POSITIVE Is the adjective in his simple, basic
  form nice, big, happy
• COMPARATIVE The relation or comparison between
  two things.
• SUPERLATIVE It denotes the highest degree of a
  quality.

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• COMPARATIVE OF
  EQUALITY
• COMPARATIVE COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY
• COMPARATIVE OF
  INFERIORITY

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COMPARATIVE

• COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY
• -This book is as interesting as that magazine.
• -Charles isnt as tall as John.

AS adjective AS TAN adjetivo COMO
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COMPARATIVE

• COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY
• 1 SYLLABLE big bigger than
• tall
  taller than
• nice nicer
  than
• -y happygthappier
  than
• -ow
  narrowgtnarrower than
• 2 SYLLABLES -er clevergtcleverer than
• O modern
  more modern than
• polite
  more polite than

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COMPARATIVE

• COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY
• -3 SYLLABLES confortable more confortable
  than
• intelligent more
  intelligent than

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COMPARATIVE

• COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY
• Your car is less expensive than her car.

LESS adejctive THAN MENOS adjetivo QUE
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SUPERLATIVE

• 1 SYLLABLE small est gt smallest
• - The ant is the
  smallest insect.
• cool est gt coolest
• - It is the
  coolest winter.
• hot est gt hottest
• - Brazil is the
  hottest country.
• -y happy gtthe
  happiest
• -ow narrow gtthe
  narrowest
• 2 SYLLABLES -er clever gt the
  cleverest
  
• O modern gt the most
  modern

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SUPERLATIVE

• 3 SYLLABLES beautifulgt the most beautiful
• dangerousgt the most
  dangerous
• - The most beautiful animal is butterfly

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IRREGULARS ADJECTIVES
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
GOOD BETTER THAN THE BEST
BAD WORSE THAN THE WORST
FAR FARTHER THAN THE FARTHEST
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ACTIVITIES

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