Comparisons ppt

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• Now use the same personality adjectives to complete the
following sentences.
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l I’m sure you’ll get a reply soon. Just try to be patient.
l She is trying to be cheerful despite her problems.
l When I disagreed with him, he became aggressive and started
shouting.
l He is very modest about his role in the success of the film.
l My aunt always gives me expensive presents. She’s so generous!
l He is extremely ambitious. He wants to become prime minister
one day.
l He was so arrogant he thought he could not possibly lose.
l It was very considerate of you to offer to drive us to the airport.
l He is such a reckless driver that he has had two accidents over
the past month.
l While he was ill, his faithful servant stayed at his bedside day and
night.

ADJECTIVES
POSITIVE NEGATIVE

PATIENT AGGRESSIVE
CHEERFUL
AMBITOUS
MODEST
ARROGANT
GENEROUS
CONSIDERATE
RECKLESS
FAITHFUL

LONG ADJECTIVES

THE COMPARISON OF
ADJECTIVES
Let’s learn something new!

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

COMPARISON of ADJECTIVES

SHORT         LONG

ADJECTIVE cheap               expensive

COMPARATIVE             cheaper (than) more expensive (than)

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:

 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

 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.

SUPERLATIVE of ADJECTIVES
SHORT LONG

ADJECTIVE cheap expensive

SUPERLATIVE the cheapest the most expensive

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

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

 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:

 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:

 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
 As good as gold  As fierce as a tiger
 As poor as a church  As light as a feather
mouse  As white as a sheet
 As brave as a lion  As white as snow
 As black as coal  As wise as an owl
 As blind as a bat
 As pale as a ghost

proud - shy - tidy - quiet - funny
- nice - impatient - nervous - curious
pessimistic - friendly - generous -
patient - messy - talkative - optimistic
sensitive - hardworking

Classify these adjectives…..
LONG DANGEROUS COMMON AGGRESSIVE SHORT

HARMLESS RARE PEACEFUL HEAVY TALL

SMALL LIGHT LARGE FAST NICE BIG

NOISY SLOW GOOD EASY BAD

COLD DIFFICULT HOT EXPENSIVE FRIENDLY

CHEAP INTERESTING INTELLIGENT

 WORKSHEET

Now….

You have to work……

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