CURSO DE INGLES PARA LA CARRERA DE MEDICINA VETERINARIA

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INGLS

PROF.: M. ANTONIETA ROSSI

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

To begin with, you have to know the way we form the comparative and the superlative degrees. A: First group = one syllable adjective and SOME two-syllable adjectives.Adjectives of one syllable: brave, cheap, clean, deep, fat, thin, fresh, pale, short, long, soft, tall, fast.

Comparative:A is smaller than B

ADJECTIVE + ER

A is longer than B

A is taller than B

Superlative:

Z is the smallest

Z is the longest

THE + ADJECTIVE + EST

Z is the tallest

Two-syllable adjectives ending in: -y, -ly, -ow, -er, and _le follow this rule, too.

PositiveComparative

Superlative

Endings:-yhappy

happier

the happiest

funny

funnier

the funniest-lyfriendlyfriendlier

the friendliest

early

earlier

the earliest

-owshallowshallower

the shallowest

narrownarrower

the narrowest-erclever

cleverer

the cleverest

tender

tenderer

the tenderest-leable

abler

the ablest

gentle

gentler

the gentlestB. Second group: Adjectives of three syllables or more (extravagant, interesting, expensive, convenient, fantastic, important, impossible, intelligent, sensitive, insignificant, beautiful, etc.), adjectives of two syllables that do not end in y, -ly, -ow, -er or le, and adjectives ending in __ing, -ed, -ful, -some, etc., no matter how many syllables they have.Comparative:A is more interesting than B

MORE + ADJECTIVE

A is more expensive than B

A is more beautiful than B

Superlative:

Z is the most interesting

THE MOST + ADJECTIVE

Z is the most expensive

Z is the most beautiful

C. Irregular Comparison

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Good

better

the best

Bad

worse

the worst

EXERCISES.

1.Rome is old but Athens is.................................................... (old)

2.Which is......................................... (bad), a headache or a toothache?

3.My bag isn't very heavy. Your bag is..................................... (heavy).

4.A car is much ............................................................. (expensive) a bike.

5.Which is ..................................................... (long) river in the world?

6.Ken is a good tennis player. I think he is ............................................... (good) in the club.

7.She works ............................................. (hard) her sister.

8.She is ............................................................. (intelligent) person that I know.

9.January is ........................................................ (hot) month of the year.

10.This exercise is .......................................................(difficult) the previous one.

D. IDIOMATIC COMPARISON

THE + COMPARATIVE ........................................, THE + COMPARATIVE

(Spanish: Mientras ms (menos) , ms (menos) .

1) .................................... you study, ..................................... results you get.

(good)

2) .................................... the car, .................................. expensive it is.

(new)

3) .................................... the weather, ...................................... problems we face.

(dry)

4) ......................................... you read English texts, .......................... you learn the language.

Write the Spanish equivalent of each sentence:

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