Comparative Adjectives/Adjetivos Comparativos. Comparative Adjectives/Adjetivos Comparativos

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1 Comparative Adjectives/Adjetivos Comparativos Área Lectura y Escritura, Inglés Resultados de aprendizaje Conocer el uso de los adjetivos comparativos en contextos de escritura formal. Contenidos Uso de los adjetivos comparativos. Debo saber Para desarrollar esta guía de mejor manera, es necesario que el estudiante logre reconocer el número de sílabas en un adjetivo: -Una sílaba (tall, sad, big, fat, etc ) -Dos sílabas (simple, happy, busy, tilted, etc ) -Tres sílabas o más (important, expensive, etc ) Comparative Adjectives/Adjetivos Comparativos Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between two people, things, and objects, among other. For example: -The kid named Big Joe is taller than a tree. -The turtle is slower than the rabbit. -Johnny should be more careful, he could get hurt himself. *(We use than when we want to compare one thing to another). Depending on the number of syllables that the adjective has, we must change the spelling of comparatives: A) If we use One Syllable word (Adjective): -We add er to the adjective: Old Older Tall Taller Primera Edición

2 Fast Faster Dark Darker -If the adjective has a consonant + single vowel + consonant spelling, the final consonant must be doubled before adding the ending: Big Bigger Mad Madder Hot Hotter B) If we use Two Syllables word (Adjective): -In case of adjectives with two syllables, these can form the comparative either by adding er or by preceding the adjective with more or less. Now, in many cases, both forms are used, although one usage could be more common than the other: Easy Easier Happy Happier Careful Less/More Careful Pleasant Less/More Pleasant *(For adjectives ending in y, change the y to an I before adding the ending). Primera Edición

3 C) If we use Three Syllables word (Adjective) or more: -If the adjective has three or more syllables, it will form the comparative by putting more in front of the adjective: Difficult Less/More Difficult Important Less/More Important Dangerous Less/More Dangerous D) By the way, there is some exceptions to the rule: Real Less/More Real Right Less/More Right Fun Less/More Fun E) And irregular ones: Bad Worse Good Better Much More Little Less Far Further/Farther Primera Edición

4 Exercises Complete the sentences by entering the correct form of these adjectives in the gaps: warm nice loud old important small big tall dangerous cheap best 1. As you get older, the rest of the people seems to be to you. 2. This magazine is cheap, but that one is. 3. In some point of your life, some priorities seems to be than others. 4. As we travelled north from Chiloé the temperature got. 5. As the concert reached the end, the music got suddenly. 6. Here is María. She's seven years old. Her brother is nine, so he is. 7. So, the Traveler said: the path ahead just gets. 8. As more people arrived the crowd got. 9. The old treehouse was than the clouds! 10. We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even than ours. 11. In the last holidays I read a good book, but my father gave me an even one last weekend. Primera Edición

5 Key 1. As you get older, the rest of the people seems to be nicer to you. 2. This magazine is cheap, but that one is cheaper. 3. In some point of your life, some priorities seems to be more important than others. 4. As we travelled north from Chiloé the temperature got warmer. 5. As the concert reached the end, the music got suddenly louder. 6. Here is María. She's seven years old. Her brother is nine, so he is older. 7. So, the Traveler said: the path ahead just gets more dangerous. 8. As more people arrived the crowd got bigger. 9. The old treehouse was taller than the clouds! 10. We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even smaller than ours. 11. In the last holidays I read a good book, but my father gave me an even better one last weekend Primera Edición