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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS
Chapter 10
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Adjective and Adverb
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
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Function of Adjective
Adj. + Noun
Is / Are + Adj.
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Function of Adverb
Adv. + Verb
Verb + Adv.
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…however…
NOT ALL ADVERBS HAVE /-ly/ ENDING. THEY LOOK LIKE
ADJECTIVES AND CAN FUNCTION LIKE ADJECTIVES TOO.
Hard Hard
Fast Fast
Good Well
Page 251, Ex. 1
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Participial Adjectives (p.252)
Present Participle Past Participle
Boring Bored
Exciting Excited
Surprising Surprised
The Difference
/ing/ = cause the feeling /ed/ = receive the feeling
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…Examples Page 253, Ex. 2, Ex. 3
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As…As ---Comparison
as good as
as expensive as
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/er/ + than ---Comparative
slower than
fatter than
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Irregular Comparative Form
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Adj. Adv. Comp. Form
Good Well Better than
Bad Badly Worse than
Far Far Farther/Further than
More/Less…than
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Use “more” with adjectives and adverbs with two syllables or more.
You may choose to add /er/ with adjectives ending in consonant + /y/.
“less” is mainly used with two or more syllables. Instead, use “not
as…as” for one syllable words.
Page 261, Ex. 11
Page 262, Ex. 13
The + /est/ ---Superalative
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Irregular Superlative Form
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Adj. Adv. Comp. Super.
Good Well Better Best
Bad Badly Worse Worst
Far Far Farther/Further Farthest/Furthest
Nouns ---Comp/Super ~ative
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MORE + count/non-count
The MOST + count/non-count
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MANY+ count nouns
MUCH+ non-count nouns
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Comparative
More Used with count and non-count nouns
Less Used with non-count nouns
Fewer Used with count nouns
Superlative
Most Used with count and non-count nouns
Least Used with non-count nouns
Fewest Used with count nouns
Double Comparative
Progressive increase or decrease
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Page 269, Ex. 21
Page 270, Ex. 22