Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode
Comparison of adjectives
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2. ¿What is the use of comparative
adjectives?
Comparative adjectives is use to compare two
things or two people.
Esteban is fatter than Lyan.
Or
Lyan is thinner than Esteban.
3. These are the degrees of
comparison:
POSITIVE FORM
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
Bright
Brighter
The brightest
Beautiful
More beautiful
The most
beautiful
Good
Better
The best
4. RULES
There are some specific rules to form the
comparatives, these depend of the adjective if
it is:
Regular,
irregular and
long adjectives.
¡Here you will learn this!
5. REGULAR ADJECTIVES
• Usually form the comparative by adding-er to the
adjective
small (pequeño) - smaller (más pequeño)
• If the adjective ends with e, only add r to form
the comparative:
Large (grande) – larger (más grande)
• To form the superlative change er for the and est
with the same rules:
The largest (el mas grande)
6. REGULAR ADJECTIVES
• If the word ends with a consonant and then Y
change the Y for i then add-er.
Easy (fácil) - easier (más fácil)
• If a word ends with a consonant, a vowel, then
another consonant and the stronger the last
syllable, double the last letter before addinger.
Hot (calido) – Hotter (más calido)
7. IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
the irregular adjectives are those that change
its form. it's important that you memorize
them.
POSITIVE FORM
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
Good – Well
Better
The best
Bad
Worse
The worst
Much – Many
More
The most
Little
Less
The least
Far
Further – Farther
The furthest- the farther
(people and things) - (distance and time)
Old
Older – Elder
The oldest – The elder
(people,age and things) -(seniority of
people)
8. LONG ADJECTIVES
• To form the comparative and superlative of
adjectives of three or more syllables, add
more and the most before the positive form:
Beautiful - more beautiful
(hermosa)- (mas hermosa)
9. SOME EXERCISES
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Tea is cheaper than champagne.
Movies are more interesting than TV shows.
Harry is funnier than Paul.
Karen is younger than Alice.
This book is more important than that book.
Your house is older than my house.
Cartagena is hotter than Bogota.
