Comparisons

Teacher: Nguyen Thi Phuong
XIN CHÚC MỪNG LỚP XUẤT SẮC NHẤT
RUNG CHUÔNG VÀNG
Period 42nd
Unit 8:
CELEBRATIONS
D.WRITING
1. Pre-writing
Read the text then
answer the questions
1. What is this festival’s name?
Its name is Christmas
2. When does Christmas Day fall on ?
Christmas Day falls on 25th December.It is preceded by Christmas Eve on 24th December
3. What is the main purpose of this festival?
Christmas is an annual holiday that marks the birth of Jesus of Nazareth
Pet shop
Pet shop
$ 60
$ 40
$ 30
Parrots are more expensive than iguanas.
$ 20
Frogs are cheaper than cats.
Basics of English Grammar
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
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Introduction
What is a noun?
What is an adjective?
What is a syllable?
Syllable – further examples
Adjectives
Comparative form
How to built comparative forms?
Superlative form
How to built superlative forms?
Summary
Comparison chart
Practice
Superlative forms
Comparative forms
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What is a noun?
Noun is a word which refers to a thing, person, activity, place etc.
car
street
teacher
reading
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Adjective
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What is an adjective?
Adjective is a word which describes a noun
fast
big
expensive
car
adjectives
noun
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Adjective
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What is a syllable?
Syllable is a part of a word containing vowel sound
read
ing
read
ing
1st syllable
2nd syllable
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Syllables – examples
1. One-syllable adjectives
2. Two-syllable adjectives
3. Three-syllable adjectives
fast
big
cheap
long
hap
im
py
cra
zy
dir
ty
por
tant
won
der
ful
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What is a “comparative form”?
Comaprative form expresses the idea of ‘more’
fast
-er
My car is fast.
But his car is faster.
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good
modern
“Comparative form”?
How is a ‘comparative’ form built?
long
er
one syllable adjectives
two syllable adjectives
ending in -ly
funn
other two and three syllable adjectives
irregular adjectives
for example ‘good’

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y
ier
modern
more
better
What is a “superlative form”?
Comaprative form expresses the idea of ‘most’
fast
-est
My car is fast.
Your car is fast.
But his car is the fastest.
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y
“Superlative form”?
How is a ‘superlative’ form built?
long
est
one syllable adjectives
two syllable adjectives
ending in -ly
funn
other two and three syllable adjectives
irregular adjectives
for example ‘good’
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iest

modern
modern
most
good
best
Summary comparison
long
est
iest
funn
modern
most
best
long
er
iest
funn
modern
more
better
long
funny
modern
good
comparative
superlative
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On the following three slides you will find the instructions for three exercises related to your subject.

Exercise I
Give Polish translation

Exercise II
Give comparative forms

Exercise III
Give superlative forms

All the excersises are prepared on the basis of the following list of adjectives. [Go to the list]
Exercises
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Key
Key
Exercise
Exercise
Exercise
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List of adjectives

hot big thin
nice pleasant young
short intelligent lovely
kind happy attractive
exciting pretty unhappy
good annoyed careless
bad tasty perfect
tired upset terrible
ugly
Change of ‘y’ into ‘i’
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funny
+er
y  i
funn
+ier
funnier
We want the comparative form
of the adjective ‘funny’