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    The document provides instruction on making comparisons in English using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. It explains how to form comparatives and superlatives for one-syllable adjectives by adding -er and -est, for adjectives ending in -y by changing to -i and adding -er/-iest, and for adjectives ending in a consonant-e by just adding -r/-st. For adjectives with two or more syllables, it notes using "more" and "most" instead of inflected forms. It also lists some common irregular comparatives and superlatives like good/better/best. Examples are provided throughout to illustrate the rules.

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    The document provides instruction on making comparisons in English using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. It explains how to form comparatives and superlatives for one-syllable adjectives by adding -er and -est, for adjectives ending in -y by changing to -i and adding -er/-iest, and for adjectives ending in a consonant-e by just adding -r/-st. For adjectives with two or more syllables, it notes using "more" and "most" instead of inflected forms. It also lists some common irregular comparatives and superlatives like good/better/best. Examples are provided throughout to illustrate the rules.

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    L3 Presenting Slide

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    Rin Vichika
    The document provides instruction on making comparisons in English using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. It explains how to form comparatives and superlatives for one-syllable adjectives by adding -er and -est, for adjectives ending in -y by changing to -i and adding -er/-iest, and for adjectives ending in a consonant-e by just adding -r/-st. For adjectives with two or more syllables, it notes using "more" and "most" instead of inflected forms. It also lists some common irregular comparatives and superlatives like good/better/best. Examples are provided throughout to illustrate the rules.

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    Level3 COERR Language Skills Center

    Battambang
    

    July-December,2023
    Presenting Slide
    7/12/2023
    Unit 7: Weather: What’s the weather like?...
    •Grammar
    Comparisons
    Comparative
    S + V+ adj + er + than+ Obj
    Example:
    •Today is hotter than yesterday.
    •She is thinner than me.
    •Battambang is bigger than Pursat.
    The superlative
    S + V+ adj + est + in/on/of + Obj
    Example:
    •Today is the hottest day of the week.
    •James is the thinnest person in his family.
    •Russia is the biggest country on Earth.
    Unit 7: Weather: What’s the weather like?...
    •Grammar
    •Comparisons
    •For adjectives which end in-y, just change the –y
    to –i and add –er in the comparative and –iest in
    the superlative form.
    •Adjectives Comparatives The Superlatives
    •busy busier the busiest
    •sunny sunnier the sunniest
    •cloudy cloudier the cloudiest
    •rainy rainier the rainiest
    •windy windier the windiest
    •foggy foggier the foggiest
    Unit 7: Weather: What’s the weather like?...
    •Grammar
    •Comparisons
    2. Comparative S + V+ adj + ier + than+ Obj
    Example:
    •Today is rainier than before yesterday.
    •Siem Reap is cloudier than BTB.
    •Yesterday was sunnier than today.
    •This week is windier than last week.
    •This morning was foggier than yesterday morning.
    •My friend is lazier than me.
    •Sopha is busier than us.
    Unit 7: Weather: What’s the weather like?...
    •Grammar
    •Comparisons
    2. Superlative form
    Example
    • Yesterday was the cloudiest day
    of the month.
    •December is the snowiest month
    of the year.
    Subj + verb + the + adjective + iest +
    in/on/of + object.
    Unit 7: Weather: What’s the weather like?...

    •Grammar
    •Comparisons
    •April is the sunniest month in
    Cambodia.
    •Yesterday was the foggiest day of the
    week.
    •Road 1 is the busiest one in BTB.
    •Wedding is the happiest event of all.
    Unit 7: Weather: What’s the weather like?...

    •Grammar
    •Comparisons
    •For adjectives ending in
    –e, just add –r to the
    comparative and –st to
    the superlative forms.
    Unit 7: Weather: What’s the weather like?...

    •Grammar
    •Comparisons
    Example:
    •Adjectives Comparative Superlative
    •Rude rude r the rudest
    •Cute cuter the cutest
    •Brave braver the bravest
    •Safe safer the safest
    Unit 7: Weather: What’s the weather like?...
    •Grammar
    •Comparisons
    •Use “more” for comparative and “most”
    for the superlative adjectives with two or more
    syllables.
    Adjectives Comparative The superlative
    • Modern more modern the most modern
    • Handsome more handsome the most handsome
    • Useful more useful the most useful
    • Beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful
    • Amazing more amazing the most amazing
    • Interesting more interesting the most interesting
    Unit 7: Weather: What’s the weather like?...

    •Grammar
    •Comparisons
    •Irregular adjectives have different forms of
    comparatives and superlatives.
    Adjectives Comparative The superlative
    •good better the best
    •Bad worse the worst
    •Little less the least
    •much (many) more the most
    •Far further the furthest
    Unit 7: Weather: What’s the weather like?...

    •Grammar
    •Comparisons
    •Comparative
    •Today is worse than yesterday.
    •You play better than I do.
    •I eat less rice than you do.
    •She has more time than I do.
    •He ran far yesterday, but I ran
    farther than him.

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