COMPARATIVES

COMPARATIVES - STUDENT'S BOOK PAG. 30

"YOU CAN MAKE COMPARISONS..."

We use comparatives to "compare" two nouns (animals, things, people, etc.).  The form depends on the number of syllables that the adjectives have.

STRUCTURE

NOUN + VERB (IS-ARE) + COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE + THAN + NOUN

EXAMPLES

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Susan is more beautiful than Mark

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The ant is smaller than ladybug

George is faster than Michael

SPELLING - RULES

We add -er to short adjectives (one or two syllables):

largo - long - longer 

pequeño - small - smaller

rápido - fast - faster

If the short adjective ends in e, you need to add just -r:

grande - large - larger

extraño - strange - stranger

enorme - huge - huger

If the short adjective ends in a vowel + consonant, you need to double the consonant and add - er:

grande - big - bigger

caliente - hot - hotter

triste - sad - sadder

If the adjective ends in "Y", you need to take out the "Y" and add "ier":

seco - dry - drier

amigable - friendly - friendlier

graciosos - funny - funnier

If the adjective is long, you need to use the word "more": 

bonita - beautiful - more beautiful

importante - important - more important

generoso - generous - more generous

VIDEO TUTORIAL 

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NOW TIME TO WORK
ACTIVITY #

En una hoja de papel iris, pega o imprime una fotografía de tu familia y elabora mínimo cinco comparaciones entre ellos, por favor ten en cuenta las reglas aprendidas...

FECHA LIMITE DE ENTREGA JUEVES 7 ó VIERNES 8 DE JULIO DEL 2016

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YOU SEE... IS TOO EASY!!!!!