ENGLISH V.UNIT 2.FLATTERIES AND COMPLIMENTS.

Objective: The student will use formulas and expressions to flatter.

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