UNIVERSIDAD TÈCNICA ESTATAL DE

QUEVEDO
FACULTAD CIENCIAS EMPRESARIALES
Unit 6: It’s the coldest city

Group: Members:
A-F • Basurto Lass Mayerli
• Eslao Chevez Laiza
Cuarto • Garcia Alcivar Damariz
Semestre • Garcia Ruiz Janely
‘‘B’’ • Lopez Powell Andres
• Marin Cedeño Ximena
• Palacios Sabando Mallely
• Pazmiño Solorzano Maria
• Ramos Yepez Mariano
• Zambrano Castilllo Dorys
 COMPARATIVE

● The comparative is used to compare differences between the two

objects it modifies (larger, smaller, faster, higher).
● It is used in sentences where we compare two nouns, as follows:

● Noun (subject) + verb + adjective in comparative degree + than

+ noun (object).

● The second term of the comparison can be omitted if it is

understood from the context.
 Examples:

 My house is larger than hers.

 This box is smaller than the one I lost.
 Your dog runs faster than Jim's dog.
 The rock flew higher than the roof.
 Jim and Jack are both my friends, but I like
Jack better. ("than Jim" se sobreentiende)
 Example comparative
 His cat is smaller than
yours.
 I am nicer after eating than
when I’m hungry.
 A train is faster than a
bicycle.
 Colombia is larger than
Costa Rica.
• His house is bigger than
mine.
• -We are smarter than they.
• Canada is a larger country
than Japan.
• -My team works harder than
yours.
• -It’s more dangerous if you
drive at night.
 Adjectives in superlative degree
The superlative is used to describe an object that is at the upper or lower end of a quality
(the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest).

It is used in sentences in which we compare a subject to a group of objects.

Noun (subject) + verb + the + adjective in the superlative degree + noun (object).

The group to which the comparison is made can be omitted if it is understood from the
context.
Examples:
● My house is the largest one in our
neighborhood.
● This is the smallest box I've ever seen.
● Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in
the race.
● We all threw our rocks at the same
time. My rock flew the highest. ("of all
the rocks" está sobreentendido)
 One-syllable adjectives
Add -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative.
If the adjective ends in consonant + vowel +
consonant, the last consonant must be repeated
before adding the ending.

Adjetivo Comparativo Superlativo

tall taller tallest

fat fatter fattest
big bigger biggest
sad sadder saddest
 Two-syllable adjectives
Two-syllable adjectives can form the comparative by adding –er, as with one-
syllable adjectives, or by placing more before the adjective, as with three-
syllable adjectives. Similarly, these adjectives can form the superlative by
adding the ending -est or by placing most before the adjective.

Adjetivo Comparativo Superlativo

Happy happier happiest
simple simpler simplest
busy busier busiest
tilted more tilted most tilted
tangled more tangled most tangled
Adjectives of three syllables or
more Irregular comparatives and
superlatives
Adjectives of three syllables or
more form the comparative by Some very common adjectives have
placing more before the adjective irregular forms in the comparative and
and the superlative by placing most superlative degrees.

Adjetivos Comparati Superlativo

vos s
Adjetivo Comparativo Superlativo
good better best
bad worse worst
important more most
important important little less least
expensive more most much more most
expensive expensive far further / furthest /
farther farthest
Examples:
 Today is the worst day I've had in a long
time.
 You play tennis better than I do.
 This is the least expensive sweater in the
store.
 This sweater is less expensive than that one.
 I ran pretty far yesterday, but I ran
even farther today.
Example of superlative
-Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the
world.
-The Thames is the most famous river in
England.
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 CONVERSATION
● Andres: Hello Damariz, you are from the city of Quevedo, right? I
will go in June.
● Damariz: Hi Andres, I'm actually from the city of Guayaquil, but I
went to university in Quevedo.
● In summer it is usually a bit hot.
● Andres: How hot is it on average?
● Damariz: Uhm. I think the average heat is 23º or maybe 25º
● Andres: 23º to 25º? that's too hot!
● Damariz: Oh, come on that's not hot, at least not where I'm from
● Andres: Seriously? How many degrees is it there?
● Damariz: Well let me check my cell phone... it's 30º degrees.
● Andres: Wow... so, it's much hotter than Quevedo
● Damariz: It is the hottest city in Ecuador!
Questions: how far, how big, how high, how Deep,
how long, how hot and how cold
 How far is New York from Los Angeles?
New York is about 2,900 miles from Los Angeles.
• How deep is the Amur River?
It’s about 900 kilometers.
• How long is River Thames?
It’s about 346km long.
• How big is Ecuador?
It’s 283.561 square kilometers.
• How hot is Libya in the winter?
It gets down 22.8 °C.
• How cold is Canada in the summer?
It gets up to about 49.6°C
• How high is Fuji Mountain?
It’s 3,776 meters high.
 Place the correct literal
a. How big is Mexico? ( )It gets down 35 ° C.
b. How deep is the Congo ( )It’s 1,972,550 square
River? kilometers.
c. How long is the Maipú ( )It’s 7,300 meters high.
River? ( )It’s about 829
d. How high is the kilometers.
Himalayan mountain? ( )It gets up to about 25
e. How far is Ecuador from ° C.
Colombia? ( )It’s about 2,700 miles
f. How cold is Colombia in long.
the summer? ( )It’s about 219,5
g. How hot is Japan in the meters deep.
winter?