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English IV Communication …. Unit 10. In Unit 10, you’re going to learn how to …. Make comparative and superlative sentences with adjectives . Use more and less with nouns and verbs . Use just to soften things you say. Comparative and Superlative adjectives.
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English IVCommunication… Unit 10
In Unit 10, you’regoingtolearnhowto… • Makecomparative and superlativesentenceswithadjectives. • Use more and lesswithnouns and verbs. • Use justtosoftenthingsyousay.
Comparative and Superlativeadjectives Whatis a Comparativeadjective? Itistheadjectivewhich shows usthedifferencesbetweentwoelements.
Comparative and Superlativeadjectives Whatis a Superlativeadjective? Itistheadjectivewhichshows uswhatelementisthe top, among more thantwo.
Grammar Rules: Comparative and Superlativeadjectives 1.Onesyllableadjectives. Low Big Hot Tall …
Onesyllableadjectives • RomanColiseumisolderthan Eiffel tower. • Eiffel towerisold. • But, thePyramidof Egyptistheoldest.
Onesylableadjectives • The soccer ballisbiggerthanthe rugby ball. • The rugby ballisbig. • But, thebasketballoneisthebiggest.
Grammar Rules: Comparative and Superlativeadjectives 1.Onesyllableadjectives. Low Big Hot Tall … Tiny … Curly 2. Short adjectivesending «Y». Silly Happy
Adjectivesending «Y» • French iseasierthan English. • English lenguageiseasytolearn. • But, German istheeasiest.
Adjectivesending «Y» • A guitar isnoisierthana keyboard. • A keyboardisnoisy. • But, thedrums arethenoisiest.
Grammar Rules: Comparative and Superlativeadjectives 1.Onesylableadjectives. Low Big Hot Tall … Tiny … Curly Happy 2. Adjectivesending «Y». Silly 3. Long adjectives and adjectivesendinged, ing, ful, ish. Tired Boring Useful redish …
Long adjectives: endinged, ing, ful, ish. • French art ismore beautifulthanSpanish art. • Spanishart isbeautiful. • But, Italian art isthemostbeautiful.
Long adjectives: endinged, ing, ful, ish. • ChemistryislessdifficultthanMath. • Mathisdifficulttounderstand. • But, Biologyistheleastdifficult.
Long adjectives: endinged, ing, ful, ish. • Russian culture ismore interestingthanArabic culture • Arabic culture isinteresting. • But, Irish culture isthemostinteresting.
Grammar Rules: Comparative and Superlativeadjectives 1.Onesyllableadjectives. Low Big Hot Tall … Tiny … Curly Happy 2. Adjectivesending «Y». Silly … Tired Redish Useful Boring 3. Long adjectives and adejctivesendinged, ing, ful, ish. 4. Irregular adjectives. Good Well Bad
Irregular adjectives • Soccer isbetterthanVolleyball. • Volleyballis a goodsport. • But, Basketballisthebest.
Irregular adjectives • MexicanfoodisworsethanArabicfood. Chinese Mexican Arabic • Arabicfoodisbad. • But, Chinesefoodistheworst.
Grammar: more, less and fewer • I getmorecallsthanyou do. • Yougetfewercallsthan I do. Countablenouns Uncountablenouns • I spendmore time onthephone. • Youspendless time onthephone. • Shetalksmorethan he does. • He talkslessthanshedoes. Verbs
Strategy plus: just You can use justtomakethingsyousaysofter I wascallingtoaskyousomething…
Strategy plus: just You can use justtomakethingsyousaysofter I wasjustcallingtoaskyousomething…
English IVCommunication… Unit 10