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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE. COMPARATIVE. INFERIORITY SIMILARITY SUPERIORITY. INFERIOTITY (menos.......que). LESS + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB (+ THAN ) Mary is less attractive than Susan LESS + PLURAL/UNCOUNTABLE NOUN (+ THAN ) I have less cars than you

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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

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  1. COMPARATIVEANDSUPERLATIVE

  2. COMPARATIVE • INFERIORITY • SIMILARITY • SUPERIORITY

  3. INFERIOTITY(menos.......que) • LESS + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB (+ THAN) Mary is less attractive than Susan • LESS + PLURAL/UNCOUNTABLE NOUN (+ THAN) I have lesscarsthan you My coffee has lesssugar (than yours)

  4. SIMILARITY(tan/tantos/as/o/a......como) • (NOT) AS + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB + AS She is not asstrongas me • (NOT) AS MANY + COUNTABLE PLURAL NOUN + AS Jane has got as manyfriendsas Mary • (NOT) AS MUCH + UNCOUNTABLE NOUN + AS Paris has as muchtrafficas Madrid

  5. SUPERIORITY(más......que) • SHORT ADJECTIVE/ADVERB-ER (+ THAN) My house is smallerthan Peter's (house) • MORE + LONG ADJECTIVE/ADVERB (+ THAN) This car is moreexpensivethan that one • MORE + PLURAL/UNCOUNTABLE NOUN (+ THAN) You have morecarsthan me

  6. Short vs. Long Adjectives/Adverbs SHORT ADJECTIVES • One or two syllables (pronunciation): small, nice, big, warm, common • Two syllables ending in -y: happy, busy, easy, funny • Two syllables ending in -er, -le, -ow can take the short or the long form: narrow, clever, simple LONG ADJECTIVES • More than two syllables (pronunciation): elegant, expensive • Two syllables ending in a suffix: careful, boring, hopeless, interesting • Two syllables ending in -er, -le, -ow can take the short or the long form: narrow, clever, simple

  7. Spelling rules • When adding the suffix -er • e → eer nice → nicer • y→ yier happy → happier • CVC → CVCCer hot → hotter

  8. SUPERLATIVE

  9. SUPERLATIVE(El más/la más/lo más...) • THE + SHORT ADJECTIVE/ADVERB-EST My house is thesmallest house in the village • THE MOST + LONG ADJECTIVE/ADVERB This car is the mostexpensive car of the year

  10. Short vs. Long Adjectives/Adverbs SHORT ADJECTIVES • One or two syllables (pronunciation): small, nice, big, warm, common • Two syllables ending in -y: happy, busy, easy, funny • Two syllables ending in -er, -le, -ow can take the short or the long form: narrow, clever, simple LONG ADJECTIVES • More than two syllables (pronunciation): elegant, expensive • Two syllables ending in a suffix: careful, boring, hopeless, interesting • Two syllables ending in -er, -le, -ow can take the short or the long form: narrow, clever, simple

  11. Spelling rules • When adding the suffix -est • e → eest nice → nicest • y → yiest happy → happiest • CVC → CVCCest hot → hottest

  12. Irregular adjectives and adverbs

  13. SPECIAL USES Superlative + Present Perfect + ever - This is the most beautiful place I have ever seen - Este es el lugar más bonito que jamás he visto Present continuous + comparative + and + comparative - He is getting taller and taller Él es cada vez más (y más) alto

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