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    Comparatives and superlatives

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    Llengua estrangera per a l’ensenyament: anglès
    2020-2021

    Adapted from an original ppt by Ferran Gesa


    Irregular comparatives and superlatives
    • Some adjs. allow for both types of comparative and superlative forms: clever,
    common, friendly, gentle, narrow, pleasant, polite, quiet, simple, serious.

    e.g., clever – cleverer / more clever – the cleverest / the most clever

    It is the most simple / the simplest exercise you can imagine.


    He is more friendly / friendlier than his twin brother.

    • Irregular adjs.:

    Adjective Comparative Superlative


    Good Better The best
    Bad Worse The worst
    Farther The farthest
    Far
    Further The furthest
    Older The oldest
    Old
    Elder The eldest
    Modifying comparatives and superlatives
    • We use a bit, a little, slightly + comparative to say that the difference is small.
    A Ferrari is slightly cheaper than a Bentley.
    Bentley Ferrari

    • We use a lot, much, far + comparative to describe big differences.


    My parents’ house is much more spacious than my little apartment.
    Parents’ house My apartment

    • We use far, easily + superlative to emphasise how large the difference is.
    Burj Khalifa is by far the tallest building in the world.
    BK B2 B3

    • Less and the least are the opposites of ‘more’ and ‘the most’ and can be used with
    all adjs. and advs.
    I don’t have much money; I bought the least expensive shirt I found.
    Modifying comparatives and superlatives
    • More, the most, less, the least + uncountable nouns
    • More, the most, fewer, the fewest + countable nouns
    There is less water in this river than two years ago. / We’ll sell your house in the least amount of time.
    Michael has fewer friends than me. / Going by plane will pose you the fewest problems.

    • We use as + adj. + as to express equality.


    This book is as interesting as the other one.
    Book 1 / Book 2

    • We use not quite + as + adj. + as to describe small differences.


    June isn’t quite as intelligent as her sister. (= she’s a bit more intelligent)
    Sister June

    • We use not nearly + as + adj. + as to describe big differences.


    June isn’t nearly as intelligent as her sister. (= she’s a lot more intelligent)
    Sister June
    Modifying comparatives and superlatives
    • As much + uncountable N + as
    As many + plural countable N + as

    I have as much work as yesterday. / There weren’t as many people as I expected.

    • When we want to say that two changes happen together and that the second one is
    the result of the first, we tend to use the + comparative, the + comparative.
    The more you study, the higher the grade you’ll get.

    Doubts? Questions?
    Some examples taken from your quizzes…
    Why are these wrong?
    Some examples taken from your quizzes…
    Why are these wrong?
    Some extra practice
    Some extra practice - KEY
    Exercise 1
    1. The conference was more successful than I’d expected.
    2. Correct
    3. That was the worst job interview I’ve ever had.
    4. Correct
    5. Ronaldo is by far the best player I have ever seen.
    6. The high jump is my least favourite field event.
    7. There isn’t much difference between the two players.
    8. The tournament went on almost as long as last year.
    9. Correct
    10. My son can speak French almost as well as me.
    11. I’ve never seen such a close match; it was amazing.
    12. The more effort you make, the more success you will have.

    Exercise 2
    1-C/2-A/3-E/4-B/5-D

    And now… please do exercises 1, 3a and 4a on page 19 SB.

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