Comparative and

superlative adjetives

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Adjectives
Califican o describen al
sustantivo (Persona,
animal, objeto, lugar)

comparative superlative
adjetives adjetives
 comparative superlative
adjetives adjetives
Indican la Indican la superioridad en un grupo
superioridad mas grande

giraffe is taller than the sloththe giraffe is the tallest of the group of animals
bear
Example
Adjetive comparative superlative
adjetives adjetives

handsome More The most

handsome handsome
Nice Nicer The nicest
Fat fatter The fattest
lazy lazier The laziest
Kind kinder The kindest
 Rules
Para adjetivos de una sílaba,
1. agrega para
comparativo er  y  para
For one-syllable adjectives,
add for comparative er and
superlativo est. for superlative est.
Adjetive comparative superlative
adjetives adjetives

Fast faster The fastest

Clean Cleaner The cleanest
Small Smaller The smallest
 que termine en c+v+c duplica
Rules
Para adjetivos de una sílaba
For one-syllable adjectives
2. la consonante y para ending in c+v+c double the
comparativo er  y  para consonant and for
superlativo est. comparative er and for
Adjetive comparative superlative
adjetives superlative est.
adjetives

Fat fatter The fattest

Thin thinner The thinnest
Big bigger The biggest
C+V+C
consonante + vocal + consonante
 Rules
Para otros adjetivos de dos o
For other adjectives of two
3. más sílabas, use more para
adj. comparativo y most para or more syllables, use more
adj. superlativo . for adj. comparative and
most for adj. superlative.
Adjetive comparative superlative
adjetives adjetives

Honest More honest The most

honest
Intelligent More The most
Intelligent Intelligent
Dangerous More The most
Dangerous Dangerous
 Si el adjetivo termina en e
Rules
If the adjective ends in
4. agregamos solo r para adj.
Comparativos y st para adj.
e we add only r for adj.
Comparatives and st for
superlativos
adj. superlatives
Adjetive comparative superlative
adjetives adjetives

Large larger The largest

Wide Wider The wideest
Nice Nicer The nicest
 Rules
Para adjetivos que terminan en y ,
For adjectives that end in y,
5. quita la y  y agrega ier  para adj.
Comparativo e iest para adj. drop the y and add ier for
superlativo adj. Comparative e iest for
adj. superlative
Adjetive comparative superlative
adjetives adjetives

Dry Drier The driest

Heavy Heavier The heaviest
Easy Easier The easiest
 Rules
6. Si el adjetivo es irregular If the adjective is
cambia completamente irregular, it changes
completely
Adjetive comparative superlative adjetives
adjetives

Good Better The best

Bad Worse The worst
Far Farther / Further The farthest /
furthest
Little Less The Least
Much More The most
 Practice
pig is dirtier
than a chiken
ihuahua is the shortestdog of all
dolphin is the most
intelligent among animals
hink an elephant is taller than a bear, but
the tallest is the gira
 Simple Present

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 I work
You work personal
We work
You work
pronouns in
the first
person
Personal
They work
pronouns

He works Singular
She works personal
pronouns in
It works
 Rules
En el caso de tercera persona
1. en singular He, She and It a In the case of third person
la mayoría de verbos se les singular He, She and It, S is
agrega S added to most verbs.

Example
He plays the guitar
It Works hard
She drinks water
 Cuando el verbo
Rules When the verb ends
2. termina en o,s,sh,ch,x o in o,s,sh,ch,x or z,
z se debe agregar es add es
Example
Go Goes
Kiss Kisses
Wash Washes
Watch Watches
Fix Fixes
Buzz Buzzes
 Cuando el verbo termina Rules
3. en y, y le antecede una
consonante se elimina la
When the verb ends in y,
and is preceded by a
y, y se agrega ies consonant, the y is
eliminated, and ies is added.
Example
Study Estudies He estudies - We
estudy
Cry cries She cries – You cry
Play Plays He plays
 Practice
1. She study English e ie s …
2. Carlos sing se sie s .…
3. It wash clothes se s
ie s .…
4. The horse run fast se sie s .
…
5. Carla speak french se sie s .…
6. We feel tired se sie .
s …
s s .
Present Progressive or
Continuous

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 Rules
Si el verbo termina en
Si el verbo termina en ie
1. e, eliminamos la e y
agregamos ing 2. lo remplazamos por y, y
agregamos ing
Example Example
Live Living die dying
drive driving lie lying

If the verb ends in If the verb ends in ie

e, we remove the we replace it with y,
e and add ing and add ing
 Si el verbo es de una sola Rules Si el verbo es de dos
silabas o mas y termina en
silaba y termina en C+V+C C+V+C y tiene mayor
3. duplicamos la ultima
consonante y agregamos
4. fuerza en la ultima silaba
duplicamos la ultima
ing consonante y agregamos
Example Example
ing
swim swimmi begin beginni
ng ng
stop stoppin prefer preferri
If the verb is one gsyllable ng or more
If the verb is two syllables
and ends in C+V+C we and ends in C+V+C and has greater
double the last consonant force in the last syllable, we double
and add ing the lastC+V+C
consonant and add ing
consonante + vocal + consonante
 Rules
Todos los demás verbos
que no cumplan con
All other verbs that do
ninguna de las reglas
5. anteriores simplemente se
not meet any of the above
rules simply add ing
le agrega ing
Example
listening
Learning
Working
Traveling
 Going to
expresar planes o hechos contundentes a futuro. 

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