Content:
Vocabulary:
*Some Adjectives:
Wonderful (Bonito)
Pretty (Bella)
Old (Viejo)
Thin (Delgado)
Serious (Serio)
Noisy (Ruidoso)
We can flatter people, clothe, and things that a person have, it is the most common.
To flater we use:
Adjectives
*Describe nouns.
*Generally appear before the nouns that modify
*Are never plural
*For example.
A good student.
A nice day.
That t-shirt looks good on you
She have a beautiful pink sweater
We also use comparisons
Comparatives and superlatives.
Spelling of comparative and superlative form
adjective
comparative
superlative
For one-syllable adjective add er o est
If the adjective ends in one vowel followed by one consonant, double the last letter
If the adjective ends in consonant “y” change the “y” to “I” and add er o est
If de adjective ends in an “e”, just add r o st
Example
Adjective.. Comparative...... Superlative
Tall..........Taller than........... The tallest
Thin....... .Thinner than....... The thinnest
Happy.....Happier than...... The happiest
Cute ........Cuter than............The cutest
Selft-Evaluation
Write the following adjectives in their comparative and superlative form
Adjective..........Comparative form..........Superlative form
nice
soft
lazy
easy
big
References:
- http://www.english-at-home.com/
- Open Book, English Grammar.
Lynne Gaetz
Canada 2002
Pearson, Longman
