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Comparative Adjectives Edited by Hagit Goldstein. An adjective is a part of speech which describes a noun. * Adjective * ESL Quiz with Images – Adjectives * http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/literacy/wordclasses/adjective_detective.swf. What Is An Adjective.
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An adjective is a part of speech which describes a noun. *Adjective *ESL Quiz with Images – Adjectives *http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/literacy/wordclasses/adjective_detective.swf What Is An Adjective
Which Adjectives Describe Your Hometown? Use this video to help you: http://www.cobachsonora.net/Materialapoyo/s2/LAE2/videos/Adjectives.wmv
Look and Listen!!Comparative Adjective * YouTube - grammarman episode 3 *http://www.cobachsonora.net/Materialapoyo/s2/LAE2/videos/Adjectives%20,Using%20comparatives.asf *http://elt.heinle.com/namerica/en_us/technology/grammarcafe/demo/comparative_adjectives/tab_4.swf
Spelling Rules -er is added to the end of a 1-syllable adjective cold - colder small - smaller tall - taller Examples: The winter is colder than the summer. The green hat is smaller than the yellow hat. Most basketball players are taller than me.
Adjectives that end in -e, only -r is added to end of the adjective nice -nicer safe –safer An adjective that ends in a consonant, vowel, consonant - the last consonant is doubled big -bigger fat- fatter hot –hotterhouse .Examples: My house is bigger than, my sister’s house. My sister is fatter than me. The summer is hotter than the winter.
er is added to the end of an adjective with 2syllables. If the word ends in –y delete the y and add ier. early - earlier happy - happier crazy – crazier Examples: I came home earlier than my sister . I am happier now than 1 year ago My friend is crazier than me..
The word “more” is used for words that have more than 2 syllableshonest - more honestdifficult- more difficultmodern - more modernExamples: The policeman are more honest than criminals.The last test was more difficult than the test today.Our generation is more modern, than our parents generation.
*http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/grammar/comparatives.swf *Exercise on English Adjectives *Exercise on English Adjectives – 02 *http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm#comparative * http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/242.htm *http://www.roadtogrammar.com COMPARISON *http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/adjecomp1.htm Practice
Compare your hometown to another town from the world. 1.Choose a town from around the world. 2.Compare your town to the one you chose from the Wiki: http://newsproject.wikispaces.com/My+Home+Town 3.Write one sentence with a short syllable adjective. 4.Write a sentence with a long syllable adjective. 1. 2.