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THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. МБОУ Большееланская СОШ Учитель английского языка – Евдокимова Ю.С. Common comparative and superlative forms:. We use the comparative when comparing one person or one thing with another.

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THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

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  1. THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES МБОУ Большееланская СОШ Учитель английского языка – Евдокимова Ю.С

  2. Common comparative and superlative forms: • We use the comparative when comparing one person or one thing with another. • We use the superlative when comparing one person or one thing with more than one.

  3. THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

  4. Adjectives like hot (big, fat, sad, wet) double the consonant:

  5. Adjectives like nice ( fine, large, safe) add –r, -st

  6. Adjectives like busy, happy we use –I in place of -y

  7. Note: • Some two or more syllable adjectives like happy ( clever, common, narrow, pleasant, quite, simple, stupid) have two comparative or superlative forms: • - either with –er/est: • She is cleverer than you. She is the cleverest person I know. • Or with more/the most: • She is more clever than you. She is the most clever person I know.

  8. Comparative and superlative forms often confused: • 1. Further and fatherrefer to distance: • London is five miles further/father. • Further (Not “father”) can mean in addition: • There is no further information. • 2. We use elder/ the eldest before a noun only with reference to people in a family: • My elder son/ the eldest child. • We use older/the oldest for people and things: • He is older than me. This book is older. • 3. Lesser is formed from less but is not true comparative. We cannot use than after it. • Lesser means “not so great” and we use in fixed phrases like: • The lesser of two evils.

  9. 4. Latest/last: • I bought the latest ( i.e. most recent) edition of today’s paper. • I bought the last ( i.e. final) edition of today’s paper. • 5. The comparative and superlative of little is smaller/smallest: • A small/little boy , a smaller/smallest boy.

  10. Exercises • Ex.1. Give the comparative and superlative of the falling adjectives: • Polite, happy, glad, complete, grey, dry, free, merry, uncomfortable, hot, thin, accurate, narrow, sweet, bad, fat, big, clumsy, miserable, simple, expensive, low, sad, good, older, beautiful, fit, much, considerate, dark. • Ex.2. Use the adjectives in the comparative and superlative degree. • 1. His poems are popular. ( his novels) / His poems are more popular than his novels. • 2. My room’s cold. ( the kitchen)/ …. • 3. My garden is nice. ( school garden)/… • 4. Your hair is dark. ( your brother’s hair)/..

  11. Thank you for your work. • Good bye!

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