COMPARATIVES

AND
SUPERLATIVES

GOAL: TO MAKE COMPARISONS BETWEEN

COUNTRIES
 1. Look at this map.

What can we say about the countries?

1. Brazil is the biggest country.

2. Argentina is bigger than Bolivia.

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 2. Let’s pay attention to the words in bold

1. Brazil is the biggest country in South America.

2. Argentina is bigger than Bolivia.

a. Which sentence above compares two things?

b. Which sentence above expresses that something is the most favorable of a group?

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Let’s watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEKV5TBeLfo
3. Let’s practice

Write the COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE form of the adjectives below

big – small – populated – old – new

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE –er / more SUPERLATIVE –est / most

BIG bigger than the biggest

SMALL
smaller than the smallest
POPULATED the most populated
more populated than
OLD older than the oldest
NEW newer than the newest

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1. Oceania is ____________________________ than Africa.

2. Asia is _______________________________ than Europe.

3. Asia is the ____________________________ continent around the world.

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 1. Alaska is ________ than USA

2. USA is ________ than Mexico

3. Canada is the ______________

country in North America

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4. Study the information about five different countries.

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 1. the oldest
China is _______________________________ country of all.
2. the newest
Chile is _______________________________ country of all.
5. Complete 3. bigger than
USA is ________________________________ China.
the 4. older than
Germany is ______________________________ Argentina.
sentences 5. the most populated
China is __________________________ country of all.

with the
correct
comparative
or
superlative

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 REVIEW
➢ WE USE ➢ WE USE SUPERLATIVES
COMPARATIVES TO: TO:
Comparative adjectives are used to Superlative adjectives are used to compare
compare one noun to another noun. In three or more nouns. They're also used to
these instances, only two items are compare one thing against the rest of a
being compared group.

• Chile is newer than Germany • Russia is the biggest country in the world

• USA is more populated than Argentina • Chile is the most beautiful country in the
world

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Let’s practice a little bit more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8t56lpBG0
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