Making Comparisons

TH 9

GRADE

Comparatives

OPPOSITE ADJECTIVES

big modern heavy Good expensive

small old light bad cheap

The BB is big

The Nokia is big

The BB is as big as the Nokia

The BB is more modern than the Nokia The BB is as heavy as the Nokia The Nokia is cheaper than the BB

The BB is modern

The Nokia is old

The BB is heavy

The Nokia is heavy

The BB is expensive

The Nokia is cheap

When the objects are equal, use as + adjective+ as Example: Medellin is as big as Cali When the adjectives have 1 syllable, add er Example: clean cleaner old older When the adjectives have 2 syllables or more, add more + adjective Example: beautiful expensive more beautiful more expensive

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
good bad far better worse farther

Example: The BB is better than the Nokia

Compare the following characters:

long

colder than

superlatives

Superlatives Los superlativos se utilizan para decir que algo es lo mximo de cierto grupo. Example: Cali is big Medellin is big Bogota is very big Bogota is the biggest city in Colombia. Todas son ciudades grandes, pero hay una que es ms grande que todas, entonces ya no se compara como en el tema anterior, sino que se dice que es el ms de cierta caracterstica.

When the adjectives have 1 syllable, add est Example: clean the cleanest old the oldest When the adjectives have 2 syllables or more, add the most + adjective Example: beautiful expensive the most beautiful the most expensive

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
good bad far the best the worst the farthest

Example: The BB is the best cell phone in the world

Activity:
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in parentheses. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. The ______________ country in the world is Vatican City. (small) Russia is the ___________ country in the world. (large) The __________ bird in the world is the bee hummingbird. (tiny) Some people think that Atenas, Costa Rica, has the _________ weather in the world.(good) Many people say that Paris is the ________________city in the world. The Everest is the _____________ mountain in the world. (high) Diesel is the ______________ trademark in Colombia. (expensive) Buenavista is the ______________ town in Quindo. (beautiful)

Fecha de entrega
Las actividades deben ser entregadas el 26 de octubre de 2012. En caso de necesitar asesora acercarse a la Institucin Educativa los Jueves de 9:15 a 11:30. GRACIAS