COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVEPART 1Prepared by Francisco Nakajima

COMPARATIVE

US$1,200,000.00US$15,000.00

EXPENSIVE

THIS IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THIS

COMPARATIVE

BEAUTIFUL

Julia Roberts is MORE BEAUTIFUL than Sarah.

COMPARATIVE

INTELLIGENT

Lisa is MORE INTELLIGENT THAN Bart.

COMPARATIVE

FAMOUS

Mickey Mouse is MORE FAMOUS THAN the Jetsons.

COMPARATIVE

BEAUTIFUL

Rio de Janeiro is MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN São Paulo.

COMPARATIVE

We form the COMPARATIVE of adjectives of three or more syllables using:

MORE

THAN

BEAUTIFUL IMPORTANTEXPENSIVEINTELLIGENT

SUPERLATIVE

is MORE EXPENSIVE THAN

BUT ...

is THE MOST EXPENSIVE car.

SUPERLATIVE

is MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN

BUT Julia Roberts is THE MOST BEAUTIFUL woman.

SUPERLATIVE

Curitiba is an interesting city.

New York is an interesting city.

Paris is an interesting city.

São Paulo is an interesting city.

But Rio de Janeiro is THE MOST INTERESTING city of all.

SUPERLATIVE

FAMOUS

FAMOUS FAMOUS

FAMOUSFAMOUS

BUT ...

Mickey Mouse is THE MOST FAMOUS one.

SUPERLATIVE

We form the SUPERLATIVE of adjectives of three or more syllables using:

THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL IMPORTANTEXPENSIVEINTELLIGENT

LET´S CHECK IT!

Rio de Janeiro is ______________________ São Paulo. (beautiful) Richard is _______________________ student in this

class. (intelligent) Volleyball is ________________________ basketball,

but soccer is _______________________ of all. (interesting) (interesting)

Harry Potter is ________________________ Spiderman. Lord of the Rings is _____________________ film of all. (fascinating) (fascinating)

This toy is ______________________ one in this store. (expensive)

MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN

THE MOST INTELLIGENT

MORE INTERESTING THAN

THE MOST INTERESTING

MORE FASCINATING THAN

THE MOST FASCINATING

THE MOST EXPENSIVE

LET´S CONTINUE!!!!

New York is ____________________ city in the US. (incredible)

Sheraton Hotel is ________________________ Del Rey Hotel. (comfortable)

A hamburger is ___________________ a hot dog. But a cheeseburger is ____________________ sandwich. (delicious) (delicious)

The president is ___________________ person in our country. (important)

Japanese is _____________________ English. (difficult)

THE MOST INCREDIBLE

MORE COMFORTABLE THAN

MORE DELICIOUS THAN

THE MOST DELICIOUS

THE MOST IMPORTANT

MORE DIFFICULT THAN

Got it?

Don´t forget your exercise is due next week!!!