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STUDENT: _______________________________________________
TEACHER: Jefferson Jesus DATE: ___/___/2023.
CLASS: 8º GRADE - SHIFT: ( ) AFTERNOON

TEXTO I
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES; HOW MUCH x HOW MANY

⚫ How do we form comparative statements? Study the grammar reference chart below.

⚫ Adjectives with one syllable: add ‘-er’ or ‘-r’ + ‘than’

cold colder “In Canada, winter is colder than summer.”
nice than “Chocolate ice-cream is nicer than strawberry
ice-cream.”
nicer
than

⚫ Adjectives with two or more syllables: add ‘more’ + ‘than’

boring more boring “I think golf is more boring than baseball.”
than
expensive “This restaurant is more expensive than that
more expensive restaurant.”
than

⚫ Adjectives with two syllables that end in ‘-y’: change ‘-y’ to ‘-i’ and
add ‘-er’ + ‘than’

early earlier than “He arrived at school earlier than I did.”

happy happier “John looks happier than David.”
than

⚫ Adjectives that end with a single vowel and a consonant: double the
final letter before adding ‘than’

big bigger than “Russia is bigger than Canada.”

hot hotter than “In my country, August is hotter than January.”

NOTE: When a comparative statement is used to answer a question, it is not necessary to

use ‘than’ if only one person, place or thing is mentioned.
Example: Irregular Comparative Adjectives:
(A) Which month is hotter, January or August?
(B) August is hotter. good – better than
bad – worse than
far – farther than / further than

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 1. Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the above.

a) I (tall) my sister.
b) Sarah (busy) Mary.
c) The sun (hot) the earth.
d) The earth (large) the moon.
e) Elephants (big) horses.
f) Action movies (exciting) comedies.
g) This restaurant (good) that restaurant.
h) Salads (healthy) hamburgers.

HOW countable plural How many books?

MANY? nouns How many chairs?
How many ideas?

HOW uncountable How much time?

MUCH? nouns How much sugar?
How much water?

1. Write questions using how much or how many:

a) ______________________symphonies did Beethoven write?
b) cents are there in a dollar?
c) kilometers are there in a mile?
d) blood is there in a person’s body?
e) air do we breathe every minute?

2. Write some or any:

f) There aren’t_________________letters for you
g) Have you got brothers or sisters?
h) We need milk.
i) She has got interesting friends.
j) Are there restaurants near here?

k) I’m having problems with my car.

l) I didn’t have breakfast today.
m) Do you know people from America?

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