UNIT FIVE LESSON ONE

TEACHER M.Sc. Teresa Alvaro Carrasco

AREA SALUD
TEACHING POINT ADJECTIVES AND COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES. An adjective is a word to describe a noun or a pronoun, it also gives

extra information about it.
In English the adjectives are before the nouns.-

Relieble Blood test

Medical treatment
Technological material
Fast test
Hemolytic anemias
Epidemiological parametrs
Fungal pathogens

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES.-Comparative adjectives is to compare one thing

with another.
How to form comparative adjectives:
1.- For adjectives with one sillable
Adjective + ER+ THAN

Adjectives COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

1.Fast = rápido Faster than = Más rápido que
2.Slow= Lento Slower than = Más lento que
3.Wide= Amplio wider than = Más amplio que
4.Happy = Feliz happier than = Más felíz que
5.Hard= Duro harder than = Más duro que
6.High= Alto higher than = Más alto que
7.Big = grande bigger than = Más grande que
8.Heavy = pesado heavier than = Más pesado que
9. Strong = fuerte stronger than = Más fuerte que
10.weak = débil weaker than = Más débil que

EXAMPLES. OF COMPARATIVE SENTENCES.

Task 1 Recognise the comparative adjectives

Task 2 Analise and translate the following sentences

1.-Viruses are tiny particles, smaller than bacteria and other pathogens.
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2.-All three coronaviruses have a longer incubation period than influenza.
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3.-Viral load is higher and persist for longer in the lower respiratory tract of patients who
are severely ill with COVID 19.
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4.- This requirement for respiratory support is higher for SARS- CoV- 2 CASES than for
the influenza pandemic.
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5.- However, excess mortality for the 2009 pandemic was not much greater than that of
severe seasonal influenza.
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6.- Eating fruit is better for your health than eating hamburguers.
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7.- Fast students have larger vocabulary than slow students.
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8.- Mount Everest is Higher Than Mount Blanc.
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9.- Mary is worse than Jhon at Biochemestry.
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10.-Ultraviolet (UV) light technology is better than any other device to reduce the
infection of COVID 19.
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Note. There are irrregular comparative adjectives

adjective comparative superlative

Well Better Than The Best
bien Mejor que El mejor
Bad Worse Than The worst
Peor Peor que El peor
Far Further Than The furthest
lejos Más lejos que El más lejos
Little Less than The least
poco Menos que El menos
Many More Than The Most
Mucho Mas que El Mayor
good Better Than The best
bueno Mejor que El mejor