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The document provides a weather report detailing various weather conditions and their descriptions, including terms like fog, storm, and temperature scales. It also covers comparatives and superlatives in English grammar, illustrating how to form and use them with one-syllable and multi-syllable adjectives. Additionally, it includes practice exercises for comparing adjectives and understanding their usage in sentences.

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1-Comparatives_and_Superlatives

The document provides a weather report detailing various weather conditions and their descriptions, including terms like fog, storm, and temperature scales. It also covers comparatives and superlatives in English grammar, illustrating how to form and use them with one-syllable and multi-syllable adjectives. Additionally, it includes practice exercises for comparing adjectives and understanding their usage in sentences.

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WEATHER REPORT

Do you pay attention to the weather reports?

Do you belive them?

Can you foresee the weather conditions?

How do you prepare for bad weather?


WEATHER REPORT
rain very cold

chilly too many clouds

to clear up temperature goes down

cloudy international scale of temperature

cold clouds go away

to cool down low temperature

Fahrenheit drops of water from the clouds


WEATHER REPORT
fog An atmospheric disturbance with strong
winds and rain, snow, thunder, and
lightning.
freezing
a current of air
lightning
a period of weather of a particular kind
storm rays in a storm

wind Liquid water droplets suspended


in the air
spell 0°C temperature
Comparatives and Superlatives
One syllable adjectives:
Adjective Comparative

tall taller
small smaller
short shorter
smart smarter
hot hotter
thin thinner
Comparatives and Superlatives
One syllable adjectives:
Adjective Comparative
big bigger
large larger
fine finer
cold colder
nice nicer
warm warmer
16-3 THE COMPARATIVE: USING -ER AND MORE

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE

ADJECTIVES WITH big er g


ONE SYLLABLE cheap er
old er

ADJECTIVES funny funn ier


y
THAT END IN -Y pretty y
prett ier
Nicolle is taller than Bradley.
old

Ivana is older
____ than Paris.
Paris 17

Ivana 19
Justine 15
(a) Nicolle is taller than Bradley.
Nicolle is more tall than Bradley.?

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Cali is hotter
hot than Bogotá.

Bogotá is bigger
big than Cali.

Cali’s people are warmer


warm than Bogotá’s ones.

Bogotá is rainier
rainy than Cali.
Short quiz in pairs
On a piece of paper

1. Ed is ___________________ Joe (tall)


2. Al is ___________________ Ed (short)
3. Ed is ____________________ Al (thin)
4. Al is ____________________ Joe and Ed (fat)
5. Joe is ____________________ Ed (happy)
6. Joe is __________________ Al (old)
Comparatives and Superlatives
Two or morene syllable adjectives:
Margaret
Adjective Comparative
They is
interesting more interesting
My son isn’t
intelligent more intelligent
Mountain climbing
beautiful
I are more beautiful than
important aren’t more important
English
dangerous
The UAO more dangerous
am
nervous
Physics III am not more nervous
Love
important than money.
(b) Happiness is more important
Happiness is importanter than money.
(a) Nicolle is taller than Brad.
(b) Happiness is more important than money.

To compare two persons or things:


-er
adjective + + than
more
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE

famous more famous


ADJECTIVES WITH
important more important
TWO OR MORE
Interesting more interesting
SYLLABLES
dangerous more dangerous

IRREGULAR good better


COMPARATIVE bad worse
FORMS far farther/further
late later
much more
16-3 Let’s Practice

important

more important than money.


Family is _________________
happy

happier than Barbara.


Vicky looks ___________

Barbara
Vicky
We have a big family.
My brother is older than
me.
Grandpa is the oldest of
My all.
Me
brother
(a) COMPARATIVE
My brother is older than me.
(b) SUPERLATIVE
Grandpa is the oldest of all.
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

old older the oldest


ADJECTIVES
WITH ONE
SYLLABLE
big bigger the biggest

large larger the largest


ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

pretty prettier the prettiest


ADJECTIVES
THAT END
IN -Y
easy easier the easiest
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

ADJECTIVES more the most


WITH TWO expensive
OR MORE
expensive expensive
SYLLABLES
more the most
important
important important
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

IRREGULAR good better the best


FORMS
bad worse the worst

far farther/ the


further farthest/
furthest
tall
taller
Justine is ______than Paris.
tallest of all the sisters.
Ivana is the ____________
Paris

Ivana
Justine
expensive
A good bicycle is expensive.
A motorcycle is more expensive.
the most expensive (of all)
A car is ______________________.
heavy
heavier
A horse is ________than a dog.
the heaviest of all.
An elephant is __________
For next class, practice in these
links
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5424

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5425

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6009
Kyung is one of the
cutest babies I know.
(a) Kyung is one of the cutest babies I know.
(b) Angel Falls is one of the most beautiful
waterfalls in the world.
(c) Jackson is one of the best students
in school.
one of + superlative + plural noun
Tahiti beautiful places
in the world most

Tahiti
_________ most beautiful places
is one of the __________________
in the world
______________.
Bo’s Barbeque
in this town
restaurants
worst

worst restaurants
Bo’s Barbecue is one of the ______________
____________
in this town
_________________.
buildings
the Eiffel Tower
tallest
in France

The Eiffel Tower is one of the ______________


_____________ tallest buildings
in France
_________________.

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