1. HOW WE CAN DEFINE THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE? ________________________________________________ 2. WRITE THE ADJECTIVES BELOW IN THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORM: A) SMART: B) LONG: C) YOUNG: D) BIG: E) GOOD: 3. FORM SENTENCE IN THE COMPARATIVE FORM USING THE WORDS BELOW: A) INTELLIGENT- ANA- JESSIE B) INTERESTING- FRED- KIM C) TALL- HELLEN- TINA 4. FORM SENTENCE IN THE SUPERLATIVE FORM USING THE WORDS BELOW: A) EXPENSIVE- TV- STORE B) COLD- DRINK- RESTAURANT C) OLD- HOUSE- STREET
1. Comparative adjectives are used to compare one noun to another noun. In these instances, only two items are being compared.
Superlative adjectives are used to compare three or more nouns.
2.
A) SMART - smarter than - the smartest
B) LONG - longer than - the longest
C) YOUNG - younger than - the youngest
D) BIG - bigger than - the biggest
E) GOOD - better than - the best
3.
A) INTELLIGENT- ANA- JESSIE
Ana is as intelligent as Jessie.
or Ana is more intelligent than Jessie.
B) INTERESTING- FRED- KIM
Fred is as interesting as Kim.
or Fred is more interesting than Kim.
C) TALL- HELLEN- TINA
Hellen is as tall as Tina.
or Hellen is taller than Tina.
4.
A) EXPENSIVE- TV- STORE
That tv is the most expensive tv of that store.
B) COLD- DRINK- RESTAURANT
This drink is the coldest one of this restaurant.
C) OLD- HOUSE- STREET
This is the oldest house of the street.
1. HOW WE CAN DEFINE THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE?
The comparative is the form to used compare two things(nouns , people, places, or things).
The superlative is the form used when we speak about something of the highest order, quality or degree.
2. WRITE THE ADJECTIVES BELOW IN THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORM:
A) SMART: Comparative - Smarter; Superlative - Smartest
B) LONG: Comparative - Longer; Superlative - Longest
C) YOUNG: Comparative - Younger; Superlative - Youngest
D) BIG: Comparative - Bigger; Superlative - Biggest
E) GOOD: Comparative - Better ; Superlative - Best
3. FORM SENTENCE IN THE COMPARATIVE FORM USING THE WORDS BELOW:
A) INTELLIGENT- ANA- JESSIE
Ana is more intelligent than Jessie
B) INTERESTING- FRED- KIM
Fred is more interesting than Kim
C) TALL- HELLEN- TINA
Tina is taller than Hellen
4. FORM SENTENCE IN THE SUPERLATIVE FORM USING THE WORDS BELOW:
A) EXPENSIVE- TV- STORE
That is the most expensive TV in the store
B) COLD- DRINK- RESTAURANT
I want the coldest drink of this restaurant.
C) OLD- HOUSE- STREET
I'm looking for the older house of this street.
O comparativo é utilizado para comparar em mesmas proporções de quantidade, ex: pessoa-pessoa, coisas-coisa, já o superlativo é utilizado para fazer comparações mas em proporções diferentes, ex: pessoa-grupo de pessoas, coisa-grupo de coisas.
Exemplo de comparativo: Marcos is smarter than João. (pessoa-pessoa)/ Marcos é mais inteligente que João.
Exemplo de superlativo: Marcos is the smartest in his classroom. (pessoa-grupo de pessoas)/ Marcos é o mais inteligente de sua sala de aula.
smart/smarter/smartest
long/longer/longest
young/younger/youngest
1. Bia is smarter than her brother Steve - A Bia é mais esperta que o irmão Steve.
2. Usually classic songs are longer than newer stuff.
3. Jared is younger than Leo.
Quando vc usa comparativos (verb to be + adj + THAN) vc compara negativamente ou não.
Quando se usa superlativo, vc tiva determinado elemento de um grupo e o destaca dos demais. (Negativamente, ou não)
ex: Nina is the smartest girl in the class - Nina é a garota mais esperta da sala.
ex: Tom is the dumbest guy I've known. - Tom é o cara mais estúpido que conheço.
1 - Comparatives nós usamos quando queremos comparar coisas, pessoas, cidades, situações em geral. Superlatives utilizamos quando queremos mostrar superioridade ou inferioridade de um indivíduo frente à um grupo.
2 - Comparatives: smarter, longer, younger, bigger, better
Superlatives: The smartest, the longest, the youngest, the biggest, the best
3 - Ana is more intelligent than Jessie
Kim is more interesting than Fred
Hellen is taller than Tina
3 - The TV is the most expensive item in that store
That restaurant has the coldest drinks ever!
This house is the oldest from that street.
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