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Degrees of Adjectives Divided into 2 degrees: COMPARATIVE: equality inferiority superiority SUPERLATIVE: inferiority superiority

Degrees of Adjectives Divided into 2 degrees: COMPARATIVE: equality inferiority superiority SUPERLATIVE:inferiority superiority

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Degrees of Adjectives

Divided into 2 degrees: COMPARATIVE: equality

inferioritysuperiority

SUPERLATIVE:inferioritysuperiority

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COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY AS adjective AS tão quanto

Ele é tão alto quanto ela.HE IS AS TALL AS SHE.(is)

HER.

Ele não é tão bom quanto nós.HE ISN’T AS GOOD AS WE/US.

SOSO GOOD ASAS WE/US.

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COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY

LESS adjective THAN menos do que

Este carro é menos caro do que aquele.THIS CAR IS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THAT ONE.

Você é menos baixo do que ele.YOU ARE LESS SHORT THAN HE/ HIM.

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COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

For all adjectives with one syllable For adjectives with two syllables

which end in OW, ER, LE, Y

(adjective + ER) THAN mais do que

John é mais rico do que Paul.JOHN IS RICHER THAN PAUL.

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COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

Hoje está mais quente do que ontem.TODAY IS HOTTTER THAN YESTERDAY.

Susan era mais bonita do que Betty.SUSAN WAS PRETTIIER THAN BETTY.

Hoje o céu está mais cinzento do que ontem.TODAY THE SKY IS GREYER THANYESTERDAY.

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COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

COLD → COLDER BIG → BIGGGER LARGE → LARGER NARROW → NARROWER SHALLOW → SHALLOWER CLEVER → CLEVERER GENTLE → GENTLER CHARMING → CHARMINGER??

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COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

WATCH OUTLITTLE LESS FEW FEWER

Ele gasta menos dinheiro do que você.He spends LESS money THAN you.

Eles lêem menos livros do que nós.They read FEWER books THAN we.

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COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

For adjectives with two syllables (NOT ENDING IN OW, ER, LE, Y)

For adjectives with more than two syllables

MORE adjective THAN mais do que

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COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

O livro é mais interessante do que ofilme.THE BOOK IS MORE INTERESTINGTHAN THE FILM.

Seu irmão é mais bonito do que John.YOUR BROTHER IS MORE HANDSOMETHAN JOHN.

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COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

SPECIAL CASES

ADJECTIVES Comparative of superiority

GOOD → BETTER THANBAD → WORSE THANFAR → FARTHER THAN

FURTHER THAN

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EXERCISES

Put into English:

1. Meu livro é tão novo quanto o seu. (new) My book is as new as yours.

2. Patty não é tão jovem quanto você. (young) Patty isn’t so young as you.

3. Essa mala está menos pesada do que aquela. (heavy)

This bag is less heavy than that one.

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EXERCISES

4. Você é mais esperto do que eles. (smart) You are smarter than they.

5. Esta rua é mais larga do que aquela. (wide) This street is larger than that one.

6. O livro é mais chato do que o filme. (boring) The book is more boring than the movie.

7. Esta lição é melhor do que aquela. (good) This lesson is better that that one.

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SUPERLATIVE OF INFERIORITY

The least adjective O,A(s) menosEste carro é o menos caro da agência.THIS CAR IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OF THE

AGENCY.

Você é o menos baixo na sala de aula.YOU ARE THE LEAST SHORT IN THE

CLASSROOM.

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SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY For all adjectives with one syllable For adjectives with two syllables which

end in OW, ER, LE, Y

THE (adjective + EST) O,A,(s) mais

John é o cara mais rico da cidade.JOHN IS THE RICHEST GUY OF THE CITY.

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SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

Ontem foi o dia mais quente da semana.YESTERDAY WAS THE HOTTTESTEST DAY OF THE

WEEK.

Este é o exercício mais fácil do livro.THIS IS THE EASIEST EXERCISE OF THE BOOK.

Você é o mais esperto na sua turma?ARE YOU THE SMARTEST IN YOUR GROUP?

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SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY COLD → COLDEST BIG → BIGGGEST LARGE → LARGEST NARROW → NARROWEST SHALLOW → SHALLOWEST CLEVER → CLEVEREST GENTLE → GENTLEST PRETTY → PRETTIIEST

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SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

For adjectives with two syllables (NOT ENDING IN OW, ER, LE, Y)

For adjectives with more than two syllables

THE MOST adjective O,A,(s) mais

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SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

Michel é o mais hábil na computação de dados.

MICHEL IS THE MOST SKILLFUL AT DATA COMPUTING.

Ele é o motorista mais descuidado que eu conheço.

HE IS THE MOST CARELESS DRIVER THAT I’VE EVER KNOWN.

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SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

SPECIAL CASES

ADJECTIVES Superlative of superiority

GOOD → THE BESTBAD → THE WORSTFAR → THE FARTHEST

THE FURTHEST

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Degrees of Adjectives GRADUAL INCREASEIt’s formed by repeating twicethe adjective in the comparative ofsuperiority

cada vez mais frio = Colder and colder

cada vez mais famoso= More and morefamous

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GRADUAL INCREASE

Eles estão ficando cada vez mais gordos.They are getting fatter and fatter.

Isto está se tornando cada vez maisinteressante. This is becoming more and moreinteresting.

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Degrees of Adjectives

PARALLEL INCREASEIt’s formed by using the article THE and the adjectives in the comparative ofsuperiority

Quanto mais pesado, mais caroThe heavier, the more expensive

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PARALLEL INCREASE

Ele disse que quanto mais cedo, melhor.He said that the earlier, the better.

Quanto mais leve, mais rápido.The lighter, the faster.

Quanto mais famoso, mais difícil de ver.The more famous, the more difficult it’sto see.