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Comparative & Superlative

Comparative & Superlative. As… as. Objects equal or the same in some way Rosa is as smart as Aurelie. Dawoon writes as well as Dee. Not quite as … as – a small difference Tafere is not quite as tall as Zemen. Not nearly as … as – a big difference Wei is not nearly as old as Miss P.

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Comparative & Superlative

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  1. Comparative & Superlative

  2. As… as • Objects equal or the same in some way Rosa is as smart as Aurelie. Dawoon writes as well as Dee. • Not quite as … as – a small difference Tafere is not quite as tall as Zemen. • Not nearly as … as – a big difference Wei is not nearly as old as Miss P.

  3. Forming Comparative & Superlative • Comparative – Use “-er” or more “-er” with one syllable adjectives and Two syllable adjectives ending in “y” More with adjective of 3+ syllables • Superlative – Use “-est” or most “-est with one syllable adjectives and two syllable adjectives ending in “y” Most with adjectives of 3+ syllables

  4. Forming Comparative & Superlative Adjectives

  5. Er/est or more/most • Some two syllable adjectives can be formed with either er/est or more/most clever cleverer/more clever cleverest/most clever • Able, angry, clever, common, cruel, friendly, gentle, handsome, narrow, pleasant, polite, quiet, simple, sour

  6. Forming Comparative & Superlative Adverbs • Use more & most with adverbs ending in “ly” • Use “er/est” with one syllable adverbs

  7. Irregular Comparative & Superlative • Irregular adjectives • Irregular adverbs *Farther/further refer to distance. Further only can also mean “additional”.

  8. Let’s practice • Feven scored 90 on her paragraph. • Hanh’s score was 95 & Cole’s 98. Feven writes well. Hanh writes better than Feven. Cole writes the best of all. • Lee scored 90 on the test, Raheel 92 & Gina 95. Lee is smart. And Raheel and Gina? Raheel is smarter than Lee. Gina is the smartest of all.

  9. Less… than, Not as… as • Less/not as… as + opposite of –er/more • Less… than used with adjective of more than one syllable. He is less intelligent than his brother • Not as… as used with one or more syllable adjectives. He is not as intelligent as his brother. He is not as smart as his brother.

  10. Comparing with Nouns • Yin has $5, Yanna $10 and Jackie $15. Yanna has more money than Yin. Jackie has the most money. Yanna has less money than Jackie. Yin has the least money of all.

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