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Rey Lehi Aguirre Rios Clare Maro Media and Materials

Rey Lehi Aguirre Rios Clare Maro Media and Materials. Superlative and Comparative. Superlatives and Comparatives.

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Rey Lehi Aguirre Rios Clare Maro Media and Materials

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  1. Rey Lehi Aguirre RiosClare MaroMedia and Materials Superlative and Comparative

  2. Superlatives and Comparatives • Comparatives and Superlatives are special forms of adjectives. They are used to compare two or more things. Generally, comparatives are formed using -er and superlatives are formed using -est. This page will explain the rules for forming regular comparatives and superlatives, and also show some basic ways of using them.

  3. Superlative and compative • Only one syllable, ending in E. Examples: wide, fine, cute • Only one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end. Examples: hot, big, fat • Only one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end. Examples: light, neat, fast • Two syllables, ending in Y. Examples: happy, silly, lonely • Two syllables or more, not ending in Y. Examples: modern, interesting, beautiful

  4. Comparative • Add-er: wider, finer, cuter • Double the consonant, and add -er: hotter, bigger, fatter • Add -er: lighter, neater, faster • Change y to i, then add -er: happier, sillier, lonelier • Use “more” before the adjective: more modern, more interesting, more beautiful

  5. Superlative • Add -est: widest, finest, cutest • Double the consonant, and add -est: hottest, biggest, fattest • Add -est: lightest, neatest, fastest • Change y to i, then add -est: happiest, silliest, loneliest • Use “most” before the adjective: most modern, most interesting, most beautiful

  6. Howto use comparatives • Comparatives are used to compare two things. You can use sentences with “than”. • Israel is taller than Raul. • Israel is more intelligent than Raul. • Florida is hotter than New York.

  7. Superlatives • Superlatives are used to compare more than two things. Superlative sentences usually use “the”. • Hugo is the tallest in the class. • Píndaro is the most inteligente in the class.

  8. Comparative and superlatives. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/english_lessons/comparatives-and-superlative-exercises

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