1. Which caption would you use for the sentence below?
Read on p. 77 and find out

2. Pag.77 New English File Elem.

3. Reading pag.77

4. Pag.77 Reading – answer key

5. Grammar Reflections The most dangerous road in the world.
The Yungas Road is more dangerous than any other road in the world.
How do we call them?
How do we form them?

6. Comparatives and Superlatives p. 76

7. Comparatives and Superlatives p. 76
Bigger
The biggest
Longer
The longest
Wider
The widest
Busier
The busiest
More dangerous
The most dangerous
More popular
The most popular

8. Grammar Reflections How do we form the comparatives and superlatives of adjectives? What are the rules?
Inglese

9. Comparative & superlative forms 1
Adjectives in the base form
Comparatives
Superlatives (THE +)
1 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
TALL
SMALL
NICE
Double Consonant (CVC)
THIN
FAT
+ -ER
TALLER
SMALLER
NICER
THINNER
FATTER
+ -EST
THE TALLEST
THE SMALLEST
THE NICEST
THE THINNEST
THE FATTEST
2 SYLLABLES ADJS WITH Y
HEAVY
TASTY
TINY
+ -IER
HEAVIER
TASTIER
TINIER
CRAZIER
+ -IEST
THE HEAVIEST
THE TASTIEST
THE TINIEST
THE CRAZIEST
2/3/4 or MORE SYLLABLES COMFORTABLE DANGEROUS
+ MORE
MORE COMFORTABLE
MORE DANGEROUS
+ MOST
THE MOST COMFORTABLE
THE MOST DANGEROUS

10. Irregular comparatives and superlatives
GOOD – BETTER – THE BEST
BAD – WORSE – THE WORST
FAR – FURTHER – THE FURTHEST
MUCH/MANY – MORE – THE MOST
Remember:
ALWAYS use than after the comparative!
E.g., John is taller than Jim.
London is more expensive than Cagliari.

11. We use comparatives to compare things or people.
Julia is more fascinating than her sisters.
Mr. Foreman is friendlier than his colleagues.
Superlatives are used to compare one person or thing to a group.
Julia is the most fascinating of the three sisters.
Mrs: Foreman is the friendliest in the office.

12. E.g., she is less tall than her brother.
Lower degree comparatives & superlatives. They are introduced by less and the least.
E.g., she is less tall than her brother.
That is the least bright colour.
Same degree comparatives: as … as, so … as
E.g., Tom is as intelligent as his sister
Tom’s sister isn’t so intelligent as he is.

13. Ex. 9C-a Pag.141

14. Ex. 9C-a Pag.141

15. Grammar Bank ex. 9C – b Pag.141

16. Grammar Bank ex. 9C – b Pag.141

17. Grammar Bank Superlatives ex. 10A –a/b p. 143

18. Grammar Bank Superlatives ex. 10A-a p. 143

19. Grammar Bank Superlatives ex. 10A-b p. 143

20. Geographical quiz Superlatives 1) What’s the world’s largest island
Geographical quiz Superlatives 1) What’s the world’s largest island? a) Greenland b) Madagascar c) New Guinea 2) What’s the most spoken language in the world? A) Spanish b) English c) Chinese 3) Which is the furthest planet from the earth? a) Mercury b) Pluto c) Jupiter 4) What is the highest waterfall in the world? a) Espelands, Norway b) Angel, Venezuela c) Yosemite, U.S 5) The deadliest volcanic eruption occured in 1815 killing 92,000 people. Which volcano erupted? a) Mount Pelee, Martinique b) Mayon, Philippines , c) Tambora, Indonesia
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