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Comparatives

Comparatives. Page 278 Realidades 1. Comparatives. You have learned más and menos in certain expressions. Comparatives. Me gusta el tenis pero me gusta más el fútbol. Te gustan las manzanas? Sí, más o menos . Comparatives.

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Comparatives

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  1. Comparatives Page 278 Realidades 1

  2. Comparatives • You have learned más and menos in certain expressions.

  3. Comparatives • Me gusta el tenis pero me gusta más el fútbol. • Te gustan las manzanas? Sí, más o menos.

  4. Comparatives • We also use más / menos + adjective + que (‘than’) to make comparisons.

  5. Comparatives • mas / menos + adjective + qué • Los discos compactos de Los Toros son más populares que los discos compactos de Los Lobos.

  6. Comparatives • más / menos + adjective + qué • Jorge es menos serio que María.

  7. Comparatives • The adjectives agree with the nouns they refer to. (ie…the adjective in front)

  8. Comparatives • The adjectives bueno, malo, viejo, and joven have irregular comparative forms. We do not use más with them.

  9. Comparatives • bueno, a • malo, a • viejo, a • joven mejor (que) peor (que) mayor (que) menor (que)

  10. Comparatives • Mejor, peor, mayor, and menor have plural forms ending in -es. However, they don’t have a different feminine form:

  11. Comparatives • Las hermanas de Pedro son menores que las de Juan.

  12. Comparatives • Mejor (better) is also the comparative form of bueno (well), and peor (worse) also the comparative form of malo (badly).

  13. Comparatives • When used in this sense, mejor and peor have only two forms…singular and plural.

  14. Comparatives • Graciela y Fabián son mejores que Susana y Gustavo en tenis.

  15. PRACTICE Write four sentences usingcomparisons of inequality. Two using más and two using menos.

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