Adjectives v Degrees of comparison Degrees of comparison

Adjectives v Degrees of comparison

Degrees of comparison Which form do we use to compare Read the sentences two people/ things? Two or more people/ things? 1. Jim is taller than Tom. 4. Stella is the most beautiful girl in 2. Gold is more expensive than silver. our class. 3. Andrew is the tallest boy in the class. 5. St. Petersburg is the best place to live. Page 2

1. Short adjectives Adjectives Long Short Tasty 2. Long adjectives (2 or more syllables) Beautiful Interesting Difficult 3. Irregular adjectives Good Bad Little

Short adjective s smaller small + er the smallest the small + est Page 4

Short adjectives Read out 1 Long q Longer 3 2 Tall q Taller q The longest q The tallest Cold Short q Colder q The coldest 4 q Shorter q The shortest Page 5

Short adjectives Compare and explain c happy big nice happier bigger nicer the happiest the biggest the nicest Page 6

Short adjectives Write the missing words funny - _____ lazy - _____ - the laziest clean - _____ big - bigger - _____ small - _____ - the smallest hot - _____ brave - braver - _____ Page 7 large - _____

Short adjectives Let’s compare Matt, 16 Jason, 9 Bob, 4 Matt is young. Jason I younger than Matt. Bob is the youngest of all. Page 8

Short adjectives 1. The giraffe has a. . . neck. 2. Russia is the. . . country in the world. Fill in the gaps Use the correct form 3. My father is. . . than my mother. 4. Monkey’s tail is. . . than cat’s tail. To fill in: tall, nice, big, old, long, tasty 5. My little brother is very. . . 6. I think that bananas are. . . than oranges. 7. I am. . . than my sister. Page 9

Long adjectives 2 or more syllables dangerous more dangerous the most dangerous Page 10

Long adjectives Write the missing words beautiful - ____ useful - ____ interesting - ____ Page 11 difficult - ____

Make up your own sentences Example: the book, the newspaper, the magazine – interesting 1. The newspaper is interesting. 2. The book is more interesting than the newspaper. 3. The magazine is the most interesting of all. English / Russian/ Japanese difficult Page 12 1. Spring. . . 2. Winter. . . 3. Summer. . . Spring/ winter/ summer -beautiful Car/ flat/ phone expensive 1. English. . . 1. Car. . . 2. Russian. . . 2. Flat. . . 3. Japanese. . . 3. Phone. . .

Irregular adjectives Remember 1 good q. Better 3 2 bad q. Worse q. The best q. The worst little far q. Less q. The least 4 q. Farther – the farthest q. Further – the furthest Page 13

Adjectives Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the word. 1. I think that parrots are. . . pets. (funny) 2. Apples are. . . than pears. (tasty) 3. Books are. . . than films. (interesting) 4. Winter is. . . season of the year. (cold) 5. Ann is. . . than Betty. (beautiful ) Check yourself 6. The horse is. . . than the wolf. (big) 7. Snakes are very. . . (dangerous) 8. St. Petersburg is. . . city in the world. (good) 9. Mary’s toys are. . . than Ben’s toys. (new)) 10. The weather today is. . . than it was yesterday. (bad) Page 14