The document appears to be a classroom survey about students' commutes to school. It asks how they get to school, how long their journey takes, and whether they consider it pleasant. It then shows the results in a comparative and superlative form, revealing that taking the train is the fastest way to travel, walking is the slowest, biking is the most comfortable, and taking a motorbike is the least environmentally friendly. It also determines that the student who travels by train has the most pleasant journey, while the one who walks has the most unpleasant journey. The document then provides information about comparative and superlative forms in English.
1. CLASS SURVEY
1. How do you get to school?
2. How long does it take you?
3. Do you have a pleasant
journey?
2. ANSWERS
• By train It takes me:
• By car
• By bus • 20 minutes
• By motorbike • Half an hour
• By bike • More than 40 minutes
• On foot if I get stuck in a
• Hitchhiking traffic jam
3. RESULTS
• _________ is the fastest.
• _________ is the slowest.
• ________ uses the most comfortable
form of transport.
• ________ uses the least enviromentally
friendly form of transport.
• _______ has the most pleasant journey.
• _______ has the most unpleasant
journey.
4. Which is the.... ....
• Most Enviromentally friendly
• Most Convenient
• Most Comfortable
• Fastest
• Cheapest
• Slowest
5.
6. COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
• Comparatives are adjectives and adverbs that
end in –er (e.g. bigger, richer, faster)
• Superlatives are adjectives and adverbs that
end in –est (e.g. biggest, richest, fastest)
7. RULES OF THUMB
1. In general with one syllable adjectives we add
–er or –est:
He drove faster this morning.
It is a lot hotter in Indian that in the UK.
2. Adjectives with two syllables:
ending in: -y, we add + -ier or + -iest
happy, pretty, busy, sunny, lucky
A car is heavy, a truck is heavier, but a train is the
heaviest.
8. TO BE REMEMBERED...
3. With one syllable adjectives with the spelling
consonant + single vowel + consonant: double the
final consonant:
Fat/ fatter /the fattest
Big/ bigger / the biggest
sad / sadder / saddest
4. With adjectives that are also past participles we
use MORE/THE MOST:
burnt, drunk, forced, lost, spoiled, tired, torn
I’m getting more and more tired.
9. LONG ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
5. We use more and most with long adjectives and
adverbs:
It was the most expensive wine in the shop.
She talks more energetically when she’s in with people she knows.
A park bench is comfortable, a restaurant chair is more comfortable,
but a sofa is the most comfortable
10. IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
Irregular Adjectives:
Good / better/ the best
Bad / worse / the worst
Far / further/ the furthest
Irregular Adverbs
Badly / worse / the worst
Far / further / the furthest
Well / better/ the best