1. Big and Small Making Comparisons in English

2. Paris is a beautiful city.

3. Antwerp is a beautiful city, too.

4. SECOND COURSE GRAMMAR-FIRST THEME Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

6. Which one is higher? Tabby cat The tabby cat is higher than the orange cat. For many adjectives, you can use their opposites to make more sentences! For example, the opposite of high is low. The orange cat is lower than the tabby cat. Orange cat

7. Which cat is longer? The cat on the right is longer than the cat on the left. For long words we use more (more beautiful) and for short words we add the -er ending (long -> longer) the cat on the left the cat on the right

8. What is a noun? Where you are: Contents Noun Adjective Syllable Comparatives Superlatives Comparison Practice Help Dictionary Noun is a word which refers to a thing, person, activity, place etc. car reading street teacher

9. What is an adjective? Where you are: Contents Noun Adjective Syllable Comparatives Superlatives Comparison Practice Help Dictionary Adjective is a word which describes a noun adjectives noun big car fast expensive

10. What is a syllable? Where you are: Contents Noun Adjective Syllable Comparatives Superlatives Comparison Practice Help Dictionary Syllable is a part of a word containing vowel sound read ing read ing 1st syllable 2nd syllable

11. Syllables – examples Where you are: Contents Noun Adjective Syllable Comparatives Superlatives Comparison Practice Help Dictionary 1. One-syllable adjectives fast big cheap long 2. Two-syllable adjectives hap py cra zy dir ty 3. Three-syllable adjectives im por tant won der ful

12. KINDS OF ADJECTIVES Demonstrative:this, that, these, thoseDISTRIBUTIVE:EACH, EVERY, EITHERQUANTITATIVE:SOME, ANY, NO, FEW, LITTLE,MANY, MUCH,INTERROGATIVE:WHICH, WHAT, WHOSEPOSSESSIVES:MY, ,YOUR, HIS,OF QUALITY: CLEVER, SHY, FAT, GOLDEN, ……Adjectives in english have the same form for singular and plural, masculine and feminine

13. comparisons Where you are: Contents Noun Adjective Syllable Comparatives Superlatives Comparison Help Dictionary Degrees of comparison: POSITIVE: DARK, TALL, USEFUL COMPARATIVE. DARKER,TALLER, MORE USEFUL SUPERLATIVE THE DARKEST, THE TALLEST, SAMENESS John is as tall as Peter I have as many friends as you He has as much money as me. INFERIORITY I have fewer friends than you He has less money than me

15. David isn’t as clever as Bob/David isn’t so clever as Bob

16. VERB “TO HAVE”+AS MANY+COUNTABLE NOUN +as+…….

17.  I have as many books as you have

18. Verb “to have”+as much + uncountable noun + as+……

20. Where you are COMPARISONS THREE SYLLABLES

21. Where you are COMPARISONS Two syllables

23. Watch and listen for Better Greater Higher Softer Faster Longer Wear better Sweeter Warrior vs. Paladin: The Musical! is a machinima adaptation of the song Anything you can do I can do better by Irving Berlin. The song is part of the famous broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun. Machinima is a combination of the words Machine + Cinema. It’s a way of making movies by using video games. In this example, the video game is World of Warcraft.