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Grammar Explanation UNIT 6

1. The document discusses forming comparatives and superlatives of adjectives in English. It explains that comparatives compare two things or people, while superlatives compare more than two. 2. The rules for forming regular comparatives and superlatives depend on the number of syllables in the adjective and whether it ends in certain letters. Irregular forms are also provided. 3. Examples are given to demonstrate using comparatives to express similarities and using both comparatives and superlatives in sentences to compare nouns.

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Grammar Explanation UNIT 6

1. The document discusses forming comparatives and superlatives of adjectives in English. It explains that comparatives compare two things or people, while superlatives compare more than two. 2. The rules for forming regular comparatives and superlatives depend on the number of syllables in the adjective and whether it ends in certain letters. Irregular forms are also provided. 3. Examples are given to demonstrate using comparatives to express similarities and using both comparatives and superlatives in sentences to compare nouns.

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Universidad Ciudadana de

Nuevo León
Tutor: Abel Segovia Hernández
Activity #6 Comparatives and superlatives
English I
Comparatives and Superlatives
Forming regular comparatives and superlatives

1. We use comparatives to compare two things or two people. (e.g She is taller than
her husband.)
2. Superlatives are used, however, to show the difference between more than two
things or more than two people. (e.g Paris is the biggest city in France)
3. To form comparatives and superlatives you need to know the number of the
syllables in the adjective. Syllables are like "sound beats".

For instance:
•"find" contains one syllable,
•but "finding" contains two — find and ing.

The rules to form comparatives and superlatives:

1. One syllable adjective ending in a silent 'e' — nice


•Comparative — add 'r' — nicer
•Superlative — add 'st' — nicest
2. One syllable adjective ending in one vowel and one consonant — big
•Comparative — the consonant is doubled and 'er' is added —bigger
•Superlative — the consonant is doubled and 'est' is added—biggest

3. One syllable adjective ending in more than one consonant or more than a vowel
(or long vowels) — high, cheap, soft.
•Comparative — 'er' is added — higher, cheaper, softer.
•Superlative — 'est is added — highest, cheapest , softest.

4. A two syllable adjective ending in 'y' — happy


•Comparative — 'y' becomes 'i' and 'er' is added — happier
•Superlative — 'y' becomes 'i' and 'est' is added — happiest

5. Tow syllable or more adjectives without 'y' at the end — exciting


•Comparative — more + the adjective + than — more exciting than
•Superlative — more + the adjective + than — the most exciting

Examples:
•The Nile River is longer and more famous than the Thames.
•Egypt is much hotter than Sweden.
•Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
•This is one of the most exciting films I have ever seen.
Irregular comparatives and superlatives
Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives
bad worse worst
far(distance) farther farthest
far(extent) further furthest
good better best
little   less least
many more most
much more most

How to use comparatives and superlatives


Comparatives Superlatives
Comparatives are used to compare Superlatives are used to compare
two things or two people: more than two things or two
Alan is taller than John. people. Superlative sentences
usually use 'the':
Alan is the most intelligent.
Similarities
To express similarities use the following structure:
... as + adjective + as ...

Examples:
•Mike is as intelligent as Nancy.
•Larry is as popular as Oprah.
Comparative adjectives
Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects
they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher).

They are used in sentences where two nouns are compared, in this pattern:

Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object).

The second item of comparison can be omitted if it is clear from the context (final
example below).

Examples

•My house is larger than hers.


•This box is smaller than the one I lost.
•Your dog runs faster than Jim's dog.
•The rock flew higher than the roof.
•Jim and Jack are both my friends, but I like Jack better. ("than Jim" is
understood).
Superlative adjectives

Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower
limit of a quality (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest).

They are used in sentences where a subject is compared to a group of objects.

Noun (subject) + verb + the + superlative adjective + noun (object).

The group that is being compared with can be omitted if it is clear from the context
(final example below).

Examples

•My house is the largest one in our neighborhood.


•This is the smallest box I've ever seen.
•Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.
•We all threw our rocks at the same time. My rock flew the highest. ("of all the
rocks" is understood)

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