logging in or signing up Comparison of adjectives naughtyparry Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 7045 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (6) Dislike it (0) Added: February 04, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: florzinha (23 month(s) ago) Great.Thanks for sharing it. Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES : THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Let’s learn something new! The comparison is used : The comparison is used when we compare two people or things. The easiest rule is: add the ending –er to one-syllable words and to two syllable words ending in –y, e.g. Fast – faster Easy – easier Big - bigger In sentences: : In sentences: Comparisons involve at least two people or two things. We use than before the second part of the comparison: Peter is taller than Jim This car is faster than that one. Long adjectives: : Long adjectives: Put more (adverb of degree) in front of longer words, e.g. difficult – more difficult interesting – more interesting beautiful – more beautiful In sentences: Mary is more beautiful than Sally. This book is more interesting than that one. Superlative : Superlative The superlative of a word is used to compare three or more things/people and to pick out one thing/person as more “X” than all the others. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is also the most famous mountain in the world. Remember: : Remember: adjectives are compared like this: big – bigger – the biggest easy – easier – the easiest interesting – more interesting – the most interesting famous – more famous – the most famous Without comparative forms : Without comparative forms Some adjectives do not normally have comparative and superlative forms: absent, equal, left, opposite, right, single. Irregularities: : Irregularities: Certain adjectives have separate forms for comparative and superlative, or are in some other way “irregular”: good – better – the best (the same is used for ‘well’, meaning ‘in good health’) bad, ill, evil – worse – the worst many, much – more – the most Different forms : Different forms Some adjectives form their comparative and superlative degrees in two ways: old – older/elder – the oldest/eldest far – farther/further – the farthest/furthest late – later – the latest/last near – nearer – the nearest/next Note the difference in meaning: : Note the difference in meaning: elder – born first of the two eldest – born before the other members of the family farther/further – longer in distance further – more, extra latest – newest last – final nearest – closest next – the one after this Don’t forget: : Don’t forget: As…as… John is as tall as Bob. Your house is as large as mine. Not so/as.. as.. This book is not so interesting as that one. The tree is not as tall as the building over there. In idioms : In idioms As good as gold As poor as a church mouse As brave as a lion As black as coal As blind as a bat As pale as a ghost As cool as a cucumber As fierce as a tiger As light as a feather As white as a sheet As white as snow As wise as an owl You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Comparison of adjectives naughtyparry Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 7045 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (6) Dislike it (0) Added: February 04, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: florzinha (23 month(s) ago) Great.Thanks for sharing it. Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES : THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Let’s learn something new! The comparison is used : The comparison is used when we compare two people or things. The easiest rule is: add the ending –er to one-syllable words and to two syllable words ending in –y, e.g. Fast – faster Easy – easier Big - bigger In sentences: : In sentences: Comparisons involve at least two people or two things. We use than before the second part of the comparison: Peter is taller than Jim This car is faster than that one. Long adjectives: : Long adjectives: Put more (adverb of degree) in front of longer words, e.g. difficult – more difficult interesting – more interesting beautiful – more beautiful In sentences: Mary is more beautiful than Sally. This book is more interesting than that one. Superlative : Superlative The superlative of a word is used to compare three or more things/people and to pick out one thing/person as more “X” than all the others. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is also the most famous mountain in the world. Remember: : Remember: adjectives are compared like this: big – bigger – the biggest easy – easier – the easiest interesting – more interesting – the most interesting famous – more famous – the most famous Without comparative forms : Without comparative forms Some adjectives do not normally have comparative and superlative forms: absent, equal, left, opposite, right, single. Irregularities: : Irregularities: Certain adjectives have separate forms for comparative and superlative, or are in some other way “irregular”: good – better – the best (the same is used for ‘well’, meaning ‘in good health’) bad, ill, evil – worse – the worst many, much – more – the most Different forms : Different forms Some adjectives form their comparative and superlative degrees in two ways: old – older/elder – the oldest/eldest far – farther/further – the farthest/furthest late – later – the latest/last near – nearer – the nearest/next Note the difference in meaning: : Note the difference in meaning: elder – born first of the two eldest – born before the other members of the family farther/further – longer in distance further – more, extra latest – newest last – final nearest – closest next – the one after this Don’t forget: : Don’t forget: As…as… John is as tall as Bob. Your house is as large as mine. Not so/as.. as.. This book is not so interesting as that one. The tree is not as tall as the building over there. In idioms : In idioms As good as gold As poor as a church mouse As brave as a lion As black as coal As blind as a bat As pale as a ghost As cool as a cucumber As fierce as a tiger As light as a feather As white as a sheet As white as snow As wise as an owl