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Comparatives

Comparatives. Match an adjective with its opposite. Cheap Slow Friendly Clean Quiet Old Safe Boring small. Fast Big Dirty Dangerous Noisy Modern Unfriendly Exciting expensive. Match sentences comparing city and country life. than the country than the city. The city is

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Comparatives

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  1. Comparatives

  2. Match an adjective with its opposite Cheap Slow Friendly Clean Quiet Old Safe Boring small • Fast • Big • Dirty • Dangerous • Noisy • Modern • Unfriendly • Exciting • expensive

  3. Match sentences comparing city and country life. than the country than the city. • The city is • The country is cheaper safer noisier dirtier more expensive more exciting

  4. Grammar • Complete these comparatives. What are the rules? • I’m ________ (old) than you. • Your class is _________ (noisy) than my class. • Your car was ______________ (expensive) than my car. older noisier more expensive

  5. Formation • Rule 1 • Short adjectives add the suffix –er • small + er • fast + er • strong + er

  6. Formation Rule 2 • If the adjective ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel, the consonant is doubled • Big + ger • Fat + ter • Wet + ter

  7. Formation Rule 3 • Adjectives ending in –y and preceded by a consonant • Crazy craz + ier • Ugly ugl + ier • Lazy laz +ier

  8. Formation Rule 4 • Adjectives with more than two syllables we add “more” for the comparatives • more attractive • more dangerous • more interesting

  9. Irregular adjectives • There are some irregular adjectives

  10. faster cheaper What are the comparative forms of these adjectives? Cheap Slow Friendly Clean Quiet Old Safe Boring small bigger slower dirtier more friendly • Fast • Big • Dirty • Dangerous • Noisy • Modern • Unfriendly • Exciting • expensive more dangerous cleaner noisier quieter more modern older more unfriendly safer more exciting more boring more expensive smaller

  11. Comparatives lead iron 1. _____ is heavier than _____. Lead iron

  12. Comparatives Venus the Earth 2. _____ is further from the Sun than _____. Earth Venus

  13. Comparatives Christianity Islam 3. _____ is an older religion than _____. Christianity Islam

  14. Comparatives Canada China 4. _____ is bigger than _____. Canada China

  15. Comparatives a jet engine a diesel engine 5. _____ is more powerful than _____. A jet engine a diesel engine

  16. Comparatives Rio de Janeiro Cairo 6. _____ is closer to the equator than _____. Rio de Janeiro Cairo

  17. Discuss • Yesterday was more hot than today. Yesterday was hotter than today.

  18. Discuss • She’s taller that her brother. She’s taller than her brother.

  19. Discuss • Last week was busyer than this week. Las week was busier than this week.

  20. Discuss • My homework is more good than your homework. My homework is better than your homework.

  21. Talking about the class • Write 10 sentences comparing someone in the class. • He / She is younger than Elena. • I think he /she is more intelligent than the teacher. • In my opinion, he / she is taller than me.

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