Comparatives & Superlatives

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Comparatives + Superlatives

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Slide 3 - Video

Comparative
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comparative of
thin
A
thiner
B
thinner
C
more thin
D
thinnest

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comparative of
fast
A
faster
B
fastter
C
more fast
D
fastest

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comparative of
amazing
A
amazinger
B
amazingger
C
more amazing
D
most amazing

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comparative of
good
A
gooder
B
better
C
more good
D
best

Slide 8 - Quiz

comparative of
important
A
importanter
B
importantter
C
more important
D
most important

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Superlative
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superlative of
serious
A
seriouser
B
seriousser
C
more serious
D
most serious

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superlative of
high
A
highest
B
more high
C
most high
D
higher

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superlative of
lucky
A
luckyer
B
luckier
C
luckiest
D
most lucky

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superlative of
cheap
A
cheaper
B
cheapest
C
more cheap
D
most cheap

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superlative of
bad
A
badder
B
baddest
C
worse
D
worst

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short words:
+ er
+ est

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This woman  is young.                                      This woman is old.
young                                           old
younger                                       older
youngest                                     oldest

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long words:
more ...
most ...
An Iphone is expensive.
A Ferrari is more expensive.
A villa is most expensive.

ex-pen-sive

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The rules

* 1 syllable: -er than / the -est
example: strange - stranger than - the strangest

* 2 syllables ending in -le, -er, -ow, -y,: -er than / the -est
example: simple - simpler than - the simplest



* 2 syllables  not ending in -le, -er, -ow, -y: more /most
example: careful - more careful than - the most careful

3 or more syllables: more ... than / the most
example: popular - more popular than - the most popular

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doubling
a cheetah is  a BIG cat.
a leopard is  BIGGER.
a lion is the BIGGEST.

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Y -> ier/ iest

The boy is HAPPY.

The girl over there is HAPPIER.

That baby is the HAPPIEST.

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French is ........(easy) Tthan German.

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This is the (interesting) ....
book I have ever read.

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A holiday by the sea is (good) ...
than a holiday in the mountains.

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The weather this summer is even (bad)
... than last summer.

Slide 26 - Open question

Who is the (rich) ...
woman on earth?

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This is my little brother. He is _______ than I am. (young)

Slide 28 - Open question

I think my girlfriend is much _______ than she thinks she is. (pretty)

Slide 29 - Open question

This flower is (beautiful)
... than that one.

Slide 30 - Open question

Wow! This is by far the ________ house I have ever seen! (large)

Slide 31 - Open question

That was wrong. You should be ________ in the future. (careful)

Slide 32 - Open question

My room is the _____ room in this house
A
cleanest
B
more clean
C
cleaner
D
most clean

Slide 33 - Quiz

He is ______ than my dad.
A
oldest
B
most old
C
older
D
more old

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It is the ______ show I have ever seen.
A
most fantastic
B
fantasticer
C
more fantastic
D
fanasticest

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This is the ______ dress I have ever bought.
A
cheaper
B
cheapest
C
most cheap
D
more cheap

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Mona seems ______ than Liz
A
happyer
B
happier
C
hapyest
D
happiest

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She is the ______ girl in our group.
A
more creative
B
creativer
C
creativest
D
most creative

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Tim is _______ than his brother.
A
more helpful
B
helpfullest
C
helpfuller
D
most helpful

Slide 39 - Quiz

My hair is __________ than hers.
A
longer
B
more long
C
longest
D
most long

Slide 40 - Quiz

Well done!

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