tieng anh 10 unit 16 language focus

Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative Small High Young cold Short Adjective Smaller Higher Younger Colder Comparative Smallest Highest Youngest Coldest Superlative exciting interestin[r]

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Unit 16: Historical places

Language focus

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provision

machine

treasure

share

patient

information

special

vision

usual

leisure

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2 Examples

/ʒ/

/ʃ/

provision

machine

treasure

share

vision

patient

usual

information

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Choose the underlined part which is differently

pronounced from the others.

1 usual treasure television excursion

2 sure ancient Asia pension

3 resign illusion leisure pleasure

4 occasion action patient show

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1 Adjectives

Small

High

Young

cold

a Short

Adjective

a Short

Adjective

exciting

interesting

beautiful

expensive

b Long

Adjective

b Long

Adjective

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2 Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative Small High Young cold Short Adjective Smaller Higher Younger Colder Comparative Smallest Highest Youngest Coldest Superlative exciting interesting beautiful expensive More exciting More interesting More beautiful More expensive Most exciting Most interesting Most beautiful Most expensive Long Adjective Long

Adjective ComparativeComparative SuperlativeSuperlative

Short Adj + ER Short Adj + EST

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3 Notes

Happy-happier-happiest Sunny-sunnier-sunniest

Note 1:

→ change ‘y’ to ‘I’ and add ‘-er’ or ‘-est’.

Note 2:

Quiet-quieter-quietest

Clever-cleverer-cleverest Simple-simpler-simplest

Narrow-narrower-narrowest Gentle-gentler-gentlest

Honest-more honest-most honest Careful-more careful-most careful

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Note 4: good bad far old little much/many

Adjective Comparative Superlative

better worse farther/further older/elder less more best worst farthest/furthest oldest/eldest least most

! Use elder/eldest to talk about people in a family

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4 Use of Comparative and Superlative

a Use of Comparative

Martin Annie

E.g.: Martin is taller than

Annie.

E.g.: Annie is shorter than

Martin.

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b Use of Superlative

JOHN

TIM MARK

E.g.1: Mark is

the fastest

of

the runners.

E.g 2: John is

the slowest

of

the runners.

→To compare one person, thing, etc in a group with two or more other in the same group

-Use ‘the’ with Superlative

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c as…as

Judy

Martin

E.g.1: Judy is as

tall as Martin.

→as + Adj + as

E.g.2: Judy isn’t

as tall as Carl.

Carl

( or: Judy isn’t

so tall as Carl.)

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5 PRACTICE

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Exercise Write the comparative and

superlative forms of the adjectives.

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Exercise Write the comparative and superlative

forms of the adjectives.

3 young, younger, the youngest

4 happy, happier, the happiest

5 big, bigger,the biggest

6 busy, busier, the busiest

7 intelligent, more intelligent, the most intelligent

8 beautiful, more beautiful, the most beautiful

9 bad, worse, the worst

10 far, farther ( further ), the farthest ( the furthest)

11 new, newer, the newest

12 dangerous, more dangerous, the most dangerous

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2 My sister is younger than me

3 Who is the oldest in the class?

4 Concord used to be the fastest passenger plane in the

world

5 My book is more interesting than your book

6 Peter bought the most expensive watch in the shop

7 Did you buy the cheapest watch in the shop?

8 German is much more difficult than English

9 The weather today is much better than yesterday

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Exercise Find the words which should not be in some lines.

Line word

2 so

3 more

4 the

5 the

7 than

8 of

10 it

11 and

12 the

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MORE PRACTICE

Use the correct form of the words in brackets

.

1 He bought ( cheap ) petrol he could find.

2 They live ( far ) from school than I do.

3 She is ( quick ) than Julian but not ( fast ) than

Alison.

4 It was ( boring ) film I had ever seen.

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