INGLES TECNICO BASICO

CLASS 12

ESCUELA SUPERIOR TÉCNICA

October 2023
 COMPARATIVES
A. Now read the following sentences:

Alejandro is 66 years old

Martin is 60 years old
Martin is OLD Alejandro is OLDER than Martin
1. What is the adjective? _____THAN__________

2. How do we form a comparative? SUBJET + BE + ABJ + THAN + SUJ 2

3. What word do we use to compare two or more subjects? __MORE + ADJ

B. SPELL ING RULES FOR THE COMPARATIVE (-er) Find out the spelling of short comparative adjectives
B. CVC. ----------- CVC. +C. +ER
A. Comparative B. Comnparative
Old - Big - ger
Big
er
Old C. C + Y ------------ C + IER
Sad - SADER
Tall - TALLER
Hot HOTER
Fast - FASTER
fat - FATER
Cheap - CHEAPER D. C + e -------------- C + e + r
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Bright - BRIGHTER
D. Comparative
C. Comparative
Nice -
Nice r
Happy - E. V + w -------------- V + w + er
Happ ier Fine - FINER

Healthy - HEALTHIER
Sunny - SUNNIER V = vowel ( vocal)
Pretty - PRETTIER C= consonant ( consonante)
E. Comparative
Slow -
er
Slow

new - NEWER
FORMULA FOR COMPARATIVES
There are irregular comparatives
PRACTICE

SHORTER
OLDER
FUNNY
BIG
HANDSOME
PRACTICE

Write the comparatives and superlatives

 Interesting  MORE INTERESTING

 slow  SLOWEST - SLOWER
 Funny  FUNNIER - FUNNIEST
 Important  MORE IMPORTANT
 Careful  MOST CAREFULL
 Bad  WORSE - WORST
 Big  BIGGEST - BIGGER
 Far  FARTHER – THE FARTHEST
 Small  SMALLER - SMALLEST
 Exciting  MORE Y MOST EXCITING
 Angry  ANGRIER -ANGRIEST
 Good  BETTER - BEST
 PRACTICE

B. Write the correct comparative

1. Joe is __________SHORTER______________than Ed. (short)

2. Joe is ______THINNER__________________than Al. (thin)
3. Al is ________HEAVIER_______________than Joe. (heavy)
4. Joe is _______HAPPIER_____________than Ed. (happy)
5. Joe is _____MORE ENERGETIC______than Ed. (energetic)
6. Ed is ___TALLER___________ than Joe (tall)
PRACTICE

SHORTER CHUBBIER
LONGER
MORE BEAUTIFUL

MORE DIFICULT

EASIER

BIGGER MORE MODERN

MOST COLORFUL
PRACTICE

OLDER

MORE AGRESSIVE

BIGGER

MORE MODERN