Demonstratives and Comparative Adjectives

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Demonstratives (Near)

To talk about things that are near us we use (This/These)

                    Singular = this                  Plural = these

Examples: 

- This is a nice cup of coffee.

- Whose shoes are these?

This/These for people

TWe can also use this/these to refer to people:

Examples:

- This is Brandon.

- These are my friends Arielle and Colleen.

CAREFUL: We don't use these for an individual (it's very rude)

           This is Arielle and this is Colleen.

    x     These are Arielle and Colleen.

Demonstratives (Far)

When we are talking about things that are far away we use that/those.

                        Singular = that                   Plural = those

Examples:

- What's that?

- Those are very expensive shoes.

- This is our house, and that's Rebecca's house over there.

Which Demonstratives do we use for things that are near us?

1. those
2. this
3. these
4. that

Complete the sentence: Nour is working on ________ project over there.

1. this
2. that
3. those
4. these

How would you introduce your friends?

1. This is my friends Adam and Oliwia.
2. These are my friends Adam and Oliwia.
3. That are my friends Adam and Oliwia.
4. Those are Adam and Oliwia.

Comparative Adjectives

Used to compare two people or two things to each other.

Usually, for one-syllable words, we use -er or -est:

old           older          oldest

long        longer        longest

When our word ends in a vowel and a consonant we double the consonant:

big          bigger        biggest

How would I make it clear that I have the most up-to-date iPhone?

1. new
2. newer
3. newest

For Adjectives that end in -y

When our adjective ends in -y we change it to an -i and then add our -er or -est ending.

Examples:

Happy                   happier                   happiest

silly                         sillier                        silliest

How would I change frilly to make it a comparative adjective?

1. frillyer
2. frillyest
3. frillier
4. frillest

2 or more syllable adjectives

When our adjectives have more than one syllable we use more and most to compare them.

Examples:

interesting              more interesting          most interesting

careful                      more careful                   most careful

How would you say that Steven does the best job focusing on a test?

1. focusest
2. more focused
3. focuser
4. most focused

Four common irregulars

There are four common adjectives that are irregular for this:

bad                        worse                   worst

good                     better                   best

little                       less                       least

few                         fewer                   fewest

Complete the following:
great _______ greatest

Put these three words in the correct order of comparison.

hard

hardest

harder

Complete the sentence: I need to get a computer with a (big)_________ screen.

1. bigger
2. biggest
3. big

Complete the sentence: I think the second picture is (beautiful)__________ than the third one.

1. beautifuller
2. beautifullest
3. most beautiful
4. more beautiful

Book Exercises!

• Grammatica 124 on page 306 
• Grammatica 125 on page 307
  
• Grammatica 127 on page 308