Making comparisons nb2
- 2. Think about adjectives to describe the following people
- 4. Now, let’s compare them
- 5. How do we make comparisons in English? When we talk about 2 things or people, we can compare them: is SMALLER THAN There are two ways to form a comparative adjective in English: 1.- SHORT ADJECTIVES add “-ER” + than 2.- LONG ADJECTIVES use “MORE ........ THAN”
- 6. SHORT ADJECTIVES 1 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES: rich, strong, fat, slim,… 2 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES ending in –Y: happy, friendly, funny,… These adjectives add _ER : RICH-RICHER HAPPY-HAPPIER
- 7. SPELLING CHANGES If the adjective ends in “-e” , it only adds “-r”: LATE- LATER If the adjective ends in consonant+vowel+consonant, it doubles the last consonant: BIG- BIGGER If the adjective ends in –y , it changes to –i+ er if preceded by a consonant: HAPPY- HAPPIER
- 8. LONG ADJECTIVES 2 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES not ending in –y: modern, …. ALL OTHER ADJECTIVES OF MORE THAN 2 SYLLABLES: expensive, talkative, etc… These adjectives use MORE ........... THAN: MORE modern THAN
- 9. With some 2 syllable adjectives, we can use both “-er” or “ more”: QUIET CLEVER NARROW SIMPLE
- 11. ADJECTIVES vs ADVERBS It’s an easy language. You can learn this language easily. The music is slow. The pianist is playing slowly. Her ideas are interesting. She spoke interestingly about her ideas. Joe looked hungry. Joe ate hungrily.
- 12. What’s the difference? Adjectives are connected with nouns and pronouns. They usually tell you more about people and things. They can go before nouns, or after be, seem, look, etc… Adverbs are connected with verbs.They tell you how something happens/ how someone does something.
- 13. Choose an adjective or an adverb: This is a train. It stops everywhere. You’ve cooked the meat I’ve got an job. I sing very . slow beautifully easy well/badly
- 14. USING ADVERBS TO MAKE COMPARISONS Can you speak more quietly, please? Angela writes more clearly than Ellie. To make the comparative of most adverbs we use “more …than”
- 15. Compare these two animals using adverbs:
- 16. Exceptions: Early, late, fast, near and soon have comparatives with –er, like adjectives: Earlier, faster, later, harder, nearer, sooner Irregular forms: well-better badly-worse far-further/farther
- 17. Use the comparative of the adverbs in the box to complete the advice: Early, near, fats, hard, late “I want to earn more money”. Work . “I want to eat my breakfast slowly in the morning”. Get up . “I want to get more sleep” Get up . “I’m afraid I’m going to miss the train”. Walk . “I hate driving to work”. Live your work and walk.
- 18. Compare the following pairs:
- 20. We can also use “as…as” and “less ….than” to compare two things: Cristiano is as rich as Leo. (they are the same) “Torrente” is less serious than “Gone with the wind”.