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Compare Russia is a big country. Russia is bigger than Great Britain. Russia is the biggest country in the world. 2
Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives 3
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How to form the degrees of SHORT adjectives Comparative сравнительная степень Positive Исходная степень Adj big Adj + er Superlative Превосходная степень the Adj + est bigger the biggest 6
Form the degrees of comparison PRACTICE Cold - ______________ Long - ______________ Short - ______________ Small - ______________ Proud - ______________ 7
Check your answers Cold - colder – the coldest Long - longer- the longest Short – shorter – the shortest Small – smaller – the smallest Proud – prouder – the proudest 8
!!!! Spelling ПРАВИЛО № 1. Правило «закрытого слога» big, thin, slim, sad – bigger, thinner, slimmer, sadder ПРАВИЛО № 2. Правило «буквы –y» happy, angry, lucky, grey, gay happier, angrier, luckier, greyer, gayer ПРАВИЛО № 3. Правило «немой гласное -e» nice, fine – finer, nicer 9
Choose the right variant tidy – a) tidyer, the tidyest; b) tidier, the tidiest; c) tider, the tidiest safe – a) safer, the safest; b) safeer, the safest; c) safer, the safeest fat – a) fater, the fatest; b) fatter, the fatteest; c) fatter, the fattest heavy – a)heavier, the heaviest; b)heavyer, the heavyest, c) heaver, the heavest slim – a) slimer, the slimest, b) slimer, the slimmest, c) slimmer, the slimmest 10
Check your ANSWERS tidy – b) tidier, the tidiest; safe – a) safer, the safest; fat – c) fatter, the fattest heavy – a)heavier, the heaviest slim – c) slimmer, the slimmest 0 mistake 1 mistake 2 -3 mistakes EXC GOOD SAT 11
How to form the degrees of LONG adjectives Comparative сравнительная степень Positive more Исходная степень Adj more interesting Superlative Превосходная степень the most Adj the most interesting 12
Form the degrees of comparison PRACTICE interesting - _____________ wonderful - ____________ famous - ______________ beautiful - _____________ difficult - ______________ 13
Check your answers interesting – more - the most wonderful – more - the most famous – more - the most beautiful – more - the most difficult - more - the most 14
How to form the degrees of IRREGULAR adjectives good – better – the best bad – worse – the worst 15
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Complete the chart Positive Comparative Superlative important dirtier the most changeable serious good the sweetest braver hot worse the tallest 18
CHECK the chart Positive Comparative Superlative important more important the most important dirty dirtier the dirtiest changeable more changeable the most changeable serious more serious the most serious good better the best sweeter the sweetest braver the bravest hotter the hottest bad worse the worst taller the tallest 19
How to choose the right degree 1. Big Ben is (famous) of all the sights in London. 2. Wales is (small) than England. 3. England is a (large) country. 21
Open the brackets. Use the algorithm. • A Ferrari is _____________ than a Fiat (expensive). • What is ____________ monument in England (famous)? • Randy is a ___________ student (good). • The cheetah is _________ animal of all (fast). • England is ______ than Russia (small). 23
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