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Introducción ................................................................................................................... 1
Referencias .................................................................................................................. 10
Introducción
Por esta razón, este material de formación contiene información referente al uso de los
adjetivos, de los comparativos y de los superlativos, que permiten realizar descripciones
tanto de los productos, como de las características de la compañía.
Mapa conceptual
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1. Describing people and things
Adjectives are used to modify people, things and places. They can be placed in different
parts of a sentence, and they are not written in plural:
A good person.
My favorite song.
Many adjectives are classified according to the function of the word. For instance, there
are adjectives describing size, color, material, opinion, origin, age, shape, among others.
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Also, other words can function as adjectives, for instance:
Please, give me a banana. I’d like the one with the green stem.
Adjectives order
Taken as general rule, this is the order in which the adjectives are placed:
Opinion – size – age – shape – color – origin – material – purpose. For instance:
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red and
A funny old, Indian carpet
green,
Comparative adjectives
Small: smaller.
2. Add - er to the end of most one –
syllable adjectives to form the Low: lower.
comparative.
Large: larger.
Is the adjective ends in - e, add - r.
Nice: nicer.
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4. Some two - syllable adjectives are Quiet quieter / more quiet.
used with either – er or more to form
the comparative. Simple simpler / more simple.
Words such as a little, a lot, much, and not much, are often used to quantify comparative
adjectives.
Comparative adverbs
Fast: faster.
Hard: harder.
2. Add – er to the end of one – syllable
adverbs to form the comparative.
Long: longer.
High: higher.
Well: better.
4. Some adverbs have an irregular
Far, farther, further.
comparative form.
Badly: worse.
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Completing comparisons
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some way. Adverb: I can run a miles as fast as
you can.
3. Use less… than or not as… as with My son visits less frequently than
adjectives or adverbs that have two my daughter.
or more syllables. The meaning is
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the same. My son doesn’t visit as frequently as
my daughter.
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Maria is the most careful climber of
the group.
4. Use the most before most adjectives
The Grand Canyon is the most
that have two or more syllables and
amazing sight I’ve ever seen.
adverbs ending in – ly.
Of all the girls, Brenda sings the
most beautifully.
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Referencias
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