Comparative and superlative adjectives

• Foreign Language Chair
• SLIDE-LECTURE theme: COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
• discipline: Foreign language for full-time and part-time students
• author: teacher
• Zhdanova E.A.

Plan:

• Plan:
• The rules of using Comparatives and Superlatives adjectives;
• Grammar Exercises;
• Questions;
• References.
• The aims:
• To develop grammar, reading, speaking, writing skills;
• To enlarge students’ vocabulary, cognitive and creative abilities

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

• We use the comparative to compare two people, places or things.
• small smaller

HOW DO WE BUILT?

• Short adjective + ER.
• old  older
• young  younger
• CVC + ER (the final consonant is doubled)
• big  bigger
• hot  hotter
• Short adjective ended in –Y  -IER
• easy  easier
• heavy  heavier

• Long adjective: MORE + long adjective
• exciting  more exciting
• beautiful  more beautiful
• Irregular adjectives
• good  better
• bad  worse

• We use THAN after the comparative form of the adjective.
• John is taller than Mary.
• A Ferrari is more expensive than a Fiat.

old

• older

• I’m 70.

• I’m 75.

• (young –younger)

• The woman is old. The man is older than the woman.
• The woman is old, but she is younger than the man.

big

• bigger

• (small- smaller)

• The polar bear is big.
• The elephant is bigger than the polar bear.
• The polar bear is big, but it is smaller than the elephant.

tasty

• tastier

• Yogurt is tasty, but ice cream is tastier than yogurt.

Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.

• Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is (tall) than Sky.
• Sky is (good) at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is (fast) than Sky.
• Sky is (popular) than Tiny.
• Sky’s feet are (big) than Tiny’s feet.

Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.

• Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is TALLER than Sky.
• Sky is (good) at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is (fast) than Sky.
• Sky is (popular) than Tiny.
• Sky’s feet are (big) than Tiny’s feet.

Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.

• Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is TALLER than Sky.
• Sky is BETTER at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is (fast) than Sky.
• Sky is (popular) than Tiny.
• Sky’s feet are (big) than Tiny’s feet.

Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.

• Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is TALLER than Sky.
• Sky is BETTER at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is FASTER than Sky.
• Sky is (popular) than Tiny.
• Sky’s feet are (big) than Tiny’s feet.

Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.

• Complete the following sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is TALLER than Sky.
• Sky is BETTER at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is FASTER than Sky.
• Sky is MORE POPULAR than Tiny.
• Sky’s feet are (big) than Tiny’s feet.