UNIT 4 - EXTREMES

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 VOCABULARY I. ADJECTIVES

FAST RÁPIDO EXPENSIVE CARO

EXCITING EMOCIONANTE HIGH ALTO
SAFE SEGURO FRIGHTENING ATERRADOR
QUIET CALLADO
BORING ABURRIDO
ENJOYABLE DISFRUTABLE
DANGEROUS PELIGROSO
SHORT CORTO
NOISY RUIDOSO
EASY FÁCIL
CHEAP BARATO
NEAR CERCANO
CROWDED CONCURRIDO LOW BAJO

LONG LARGO DIFFICULT DIFÍCIL

SLOW LENTO SURPRISING SORPRENDENTE

 REMEMBER…
IN ENGLISH, WE DON´T HAVE PLURAL
ADJECTIVES (WE DON´T ADD -S)
GRAMMAR I. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
VOCABULARY II.
WEATHER
 CLOUDY: NUBOSO
COLD: FRÍO
FOGGY: NIEBLA
HEAT: CALOR
HOT: CALUROSO
ICE: HIELO
ICY: HELADO
RAIN: LLOVER/LLUVIA
RAINY: LLUVIOSO
SNOW: NIEVE
STORM: TORMENTA
SUNNY: SOLEADO
WIND: VIENTO
We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons:
• This car is certainly better, but it's much more expensive.
I'm feeling happier now.
We need a bigger garden.
We use than when we want to compare one thing with another:
• She is two years older than me.
New York is much bigger than Boston.
He is a better player than Ronaldo.
France is a bigger country than Britain.
FOR ADJECTIVES WHICH HAVE 1/2
SYLLABES WE HAVE TO ADD:
- ADJECTIVE + ER
FOR ADJECTIVES WHICH HAVE 3 OR
MORE THAN 3 SYLLABES WE HAVE TO HOW DO MAKE
ADD: COMPARATIVE
- MORE+ ADJECTIVE ADJECTIVES?
AND IF WE WANT TO COMPARE THE
ADJECTIVE WITH ANOTHER ONE WE
HAVE TO ADD
- THAN AT THE END
 EXAMPLES

My house is bigger than yours.

Your grade is worse than mine.
The Pacific Ocean is deeper than the Arctic Ocean.
You are more polite than Joey.
My brother is taller than I am, but he is older too.
A rose is more beautiful than a daisy.
The Earth is larger than the moon
 EXCEPTIONS

IRREGULAR
COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVES

GOOD BETTER THE BEST

BAD WORSE THE WORST

FAR FURTHER THE FURTHEST

LITTLE LESS THE LEAST

GRAMMAR II. SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of a quali
a superlative adjective to describe the extreme quality of one thing in a grou
FOR ADJECTIVES WHICH HAVE
1/2 SYLLABES WE HAVE TO ADD:
HOW DO WE MAKE
- THE + ADJECTIVE + EST
SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES?
FOR ADJECTIVES WHICH HAVE 3
OR MORE THAN 3 SYLLABES
WE HAVE TO ADD:
- THE MOST ADJECTIVE
• EXAMPLES
I can't find the most comfortable jeans.
The runt of the litter is the smallest.
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system.
She is the smartest girl in our class.
This is the most interesting book I have ever read.
I am the shortest person in my family.