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Concepto: los superlativos

What you will find in this presentation: 1. Review: Comparatives 2. Creating a Superlative 3. Special Superlative Words 4. Adjectives, Comparatives and Superlatives 5. Practice Exercises

Comparative Adjectives compare two nouns. When making a comparative in English, we use two methods. 1. Adding “er” to an adjective 2. Saying something is more or less than something else. In Spanish, we use the latter: by saying something is more or less than something else. Example: He is more tall than she. Él es más alto que ella. Él es más alto que ella. Example: They are less prepared than we. Ellos son menos preparados de nosotros. Ellos son menos preparados de nosotros.

Superlatives- These are adjectives that are either the most or least of something. They are formed similarly to comparatives, except that they do not actually compare to another noun. 1. Superlatives require the use of a definite pronoun. This is the same for English. 2. Example: He is the nicest. 3. Example: She is the thinnest. 4. Example: They are the tallest. In Spanish, we place the article before “más” or “menos”. Example: He is the tallest. Él es el más alto. Él es el más alto.

Definite Articles- In English, the word “the” is the only definite article. It specifies an object. In Spanish, we know that articles are special adjectives. All adjectives must agree in gender and number; therefore, the article must agree with the noun. 1. Example: He is the tallest. Él es el más alto. Masculine / Singular Él es el más alto. Masculine / Singular 2. Example: She is the tallest. Ella es la más alta. Feminine / Singular Ella es la más alta. Feminine / Singular 3. Example: John and Paul are the tallest. John y Paul son los más altos. Masculine / Plural John y Paul son los más altos. Masculine / Plural 4. Example: Mary and Susan are the tallest. Mary y Susan son las más altas. Feminine / Plural Mary y Susan son las más altas. Feminine / Plural

In Spanish, when learning comparatives, we learned that there are four special comparative words that do not require “más” or “menos”. These special words repeat with superlatives. 1. mayor - older 2. menor - younger 3. mejor - better 4. peor - worse When we place a definite article (el, la, los, las) in front of these special words, they change their meaning. 1. el mayor - the oldest 2. el menor - the youngest 3. el mejor - the best 4. el peor - the worst Note: As with comparatives, these words can become plural, but not feminine as they end in consonants. Therefore, they are gender neutral.

1. Example: He is the oldest. Él es el mayor. Masculine / Singular Él es el mayor. Masculine / Singular 2. Example: She is the oldest. Ella es la mayor. Feminine / Singular Ella es la mayor. Feminine / Singular 3. Example: John and Paul are the oldest. John y Paul son los mayores. Masculine / Plural John y Paul son los mayores. Masculine / Plural 4. Example: Mary and Susan are the oldest. Mary y Susan son las mayores. Feminine / Plural Mary y Susan son las mayores. Feminine / Plural

Adjectives have three different forms as you have now learned: Adjectives have three different forms as you have now learned: Regular Regular Comparative Comparative Superlative Superlative Here are examples of an adjective, comparative and superlative. Here are examples of an adjective, comparative and superlative. Él es alto.– He is tall.adjective Él es alto.– He is tall.adjective Él es más alto. – He is taller.comparative adjective Él es más alto. – He is taller.comparative adjective Él es el más alto. – He is the tallest.superlative adjective Él es el más alto. – He is the tallest.superlative adjective Ella es mala.– She is bad.adjective Ella es mala.– She is bad.adjective Ella es peor. – She is worse.comparative adjective Ella es peor. – She is worse.comparative adjective Ella es la peor. – She is the worst.superlative adjective Ella es la peor. – She is the worst.superlative adjective

Before working on the assessment to see your progress at this point, make sure to complete the question before clicking to see the answer. Before working on the assessment to see your progress at this point, make sure to complete the question before clicking to see the answer. 1. The first click will show all the problems. 1. The first click will show all the problems. 2. Write your answers on a piece of paper LARGE and NEATLY 2. Write your answers on a piece of paper LARGE and NEATLY 3. Then click for each individual answer. 3. Then click for each individual answer. 4. Correct your work. DO NOT ERASE, because you need to see where your mistake is. 4. Correct your work. DO NOT ERASE, because you need to see where your mistake is. 5. Take each piece of the number at a time, as it takes a step by step process to create superlatives. 5. Take each piece of the number at a time, as it takes a step by step process to create superlatives.

1. She is the prettiest. 2. We are the nicest. 3. They are the best. 4. I am the best. 5. Science is the worst. 6. You are the least fattest. 7. She is the smartest. Ella es la más bonita. Ellos son los mejores. Tú eres el menos gordo. Nosotros somos los más simpáticos. Yo soy el mejor. La ciencia es el peor. Ella es la más inteligente.

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