CONTENIDOS: COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS

Espaol: Utilizaremos el grado comparativo para comparar dos cosas y el grado

superlativo para comparar tres o ms cosas.

ADJECTIVES
Tall (alto)
Old (viejo)
Long (largo)

I am big monkey

COMPARATIVE FORM
Taller
Older
Longer

SUPERLATIVE FORM
Tallest
Oldest
Longest

Yeahbut I am bigger

I am the biggest

COMPARATIVE FORM
* Short words (1 syllable) Las palabras cortas (una slaba) agregamos ER
Old (viejo) older
Nice (amable) nicer
Late (tarde) later

cheap (barato) cheaper

slow (lento) slower

big (grande) bigger

hot (caluroso) hotter
thin (Delgado) thinner

* Words ending in y (ier) las palabras terminadas en y cambiamos por ier

Easy (fcil) easier

heavy (pesado) heavier

early (temprano) earlier

More
* Long words (2/3/4 syllables) las palabras largas entre 2/3/4 slabas agregamos more
Careful (cuidadoso) more carefull
Expensive (caro) more expensive

polite (educado) more polite

interesting (interesante) more interesting

* Aquellas palabras son las excepciones de la regla gramatical, por lo tanto su forma
comparativa es la siguiente:
Good/well (bueno) better

bad (malo) worse

ITEM I. CHANGE THE ADJECTIVES TO COMPAARATIVE FORM. CAMBIA LOS

ADJETIVOS A LA FORMA COMPARATIVA.
A) Young (joven) : ___________________
B) Fast (rpido) : ___________________
C) Happy (feliz)

: __________________

D) Bad

: ___________

E) Important (importante) : ______________________

F) High (alto)

: _________________

G) Dangerous (peligroso) : __________________________________

H) Late

: ___________

ITEM II: EXAMPLES

NOTE: PARA COMPARAR USAMOS THAN, QUE SIGNIFICA QUE.

Cecilia Bolocco is younger than Carlos M.

(Cecilia B. es ms joven que Carlos M.)

A snake is longer than a swarm.

A mouse is smaller than a lion.

Ed is taller than Al and Joe.

Joe is older than Al and Ed.

Nota: Puedes hacer todas las comparaciones que quieras, pero no debes olvidar la estructura
gramatical, primero sujeto (quin hace la accin) seguido del auxiliar (am, is, are) el
comparativo + than + el objeto o persona que comparas.
ITEM III: MAKE COMPARATIVE SENTENCES. (HACE LAS ORACIONES COMPARATIVAS)
1.

Chile long Per

Ejemplo : Chile is longer than Per.

2. The winter bad the fall

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3. Arica - dry Valparaiso

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4. Brazil - big Argentina
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5. Juan nice Cristina

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6. English easy Japanese
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MAKE COMPARATIVE SENTENCES (LONG ADJECTIVES) ADJETIVOS LARGOS
1. Santiago modern Antofagasta
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2. Via del Mar beautiful Iquique
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3. Football popular baseball
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4. A movie interesting a book
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5. English Important French
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6. A Jaguar expensive A fiat
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TEM IV: IV Make comparative sentences. (Long/ short adjectives)

1. Tom tall Jerry
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2. Europe small Asia
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3. Vegetables good sweets
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4. English classes interesting Chemistry
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5. Gold (oro) precious(precioso) silver (plata)
___________________________________________________

6. Arica far (lejos) Atacama

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7. A car expensive a bike
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ITEM V: Look at these pictures and compare them using the adjectives in the box
(Observa las imgenes y compara usando los adjetivos del cuadro)
BIG - EXPENSIVE- FAST- HEAVY- SLOW- SMALL- COMFORTABLE
Airplane

1.

car

___________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________
6. ___________________________________________

THE SUPERLATIVE FORM: LA FORMA SUPERLATIVA

The superlative form is est (oldest) or most (most expensive)
La forma superlativa es agregar est en las palabras cortas y most en las palabras largas.
El superlativo denota el ms alto grado de una cualidad, a diferencia que las oraciones
comparativas que detona comparacin entre dos cosas.
THE SUPERLATIVE
* Short words (old /cheap/nice etc.) las palabras cortas agregas the + - est:
Old the oldest
Good the best

cheap the cheapest

bad the worst

nice the nicest

Big the biggest

hot the hottest
* Words endings in y (easy / heavy etc.) las palabras terminadas en y agregamos the + -iest
Easy the easiest

heavy the heaviest

pretty the prettiest

* Long words (carefull / interesting etc.) las palabras largas agregamos most
Carefull the most carefull

interesting the most interesting

ITEM I: FOLLOW THE EXAMPLES AND COMPLETE THE LIST WITH THE CORRECT
SUPERLATIVE :
EXAMPLE: FAST (RPIDO) FASTEST
FAR (LEJOS ) - FARTHEST OR FURTHEST
1.

Nice

: ___________________

2. Long

: ___________________

3. Smart (inteligente) : _____________________

4. Funny : ____________________
5. Silly : _____________________
6. Great : _____________________
7. Pretty : _____________________
Adjetives with two, three, four, or more quantity of syllables

8. Popular
the most popular
9. exciting

10.
successful

ITEM II: WRITE THE SENTENCES ABOUT THE ANIMALS.

(escribe las oraciones acerca de los animales)
Nota: debes colocar mucha atencin en el adjetivo si este es largo o corto segn la regla de los
recuadros, puedes mirarlo y ensayar en tu hoja de trabajo, suerte!!!
1. TORTOISE / SMALL
Ejemplo: The tortoise is smallest.
2. Cheetah / fast.
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3. Mosquito / dangerous
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4. Cat / friendly
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5. Hippo / ungly (feo)
________________________________________________
6. Dolphin / intelligent
__________________________________________________
7. Parrot / loud
________________________________________________

ITEM III: Choose the correct alternative for each sentence. (Comparatives or
Superlatives)
1. I think thats _____ film Ive ever seen
a) the funnier than b) the funny

c) the funniest

d) the funnier

c) popularest

d) most popular

2. Is football the _____ sport in Chile?

a) popular

b) more popular

3. Vegetables are _____ last week

a) expensiver than

b) more expensiver than

c) more expensive than

d) most

expensive

4. I think Vladimir is _____ intelligent person in the class

a) more than

b) the most

c) most

d) the more

5. Dont you think there are _____ things to do on hokidays than watching tv all day?
a) best

b) bestest

c) better

d) better

than

6. Summer is _____ season in our country

a) the hottest

b) hotter than

c) the hot

d) hot

7. Groenland has the _____ weather of the world. Its always raining and snowing
a) bad

b) worse than

c) worst

d) worsest

c) the higher than

d) higher than

8. The Everest is _____ the Aconcagua

a) the highest

b) highest than

9. Last week we had _____ day in Santiago, the temperature was 18C
a) the colder

b) the coldest

c) the cold

d) colder than

10. To fall from a motorcycle is _____ to fall from a bicycle.

a) more painful

b) more painful than c) painfuller than

d) the painfullest

11. If you suffer asthma, dont go to Mexico City. It is one of the _____ cities in the
world
a) pollutest

b) more polluted

c) polluter than

d) most polluted

12. The _____ place from Chile is Australia. Its on the other side of the world.
a) farther

b) farthest

c) farther than

d) farthest than

13. I dont think your bike is _____ mine.

a) fastest than

b) faster

c) fastest

d) faster than

14. Michael was _____ basketball player in the world

a) taller

b) tallest

c) the taller

d) the

tallest

15. Speaking Japanese is _____writing it.

a) the easiest b) easy

c) easier than

d) easyer than

La perseverancia te har llegar muy lejos, por esa razn debes intentarlo hasta lograr
tus objetivos.