Unit 4 At school

If the adjective ends with a “y”, you will only add the word “more” if it has three syllables or more.. The butterfly is more beautiful than the frog...[r]

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES Saturday, 15 August th • COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES big The man’s bigger than the baby Small The baby’s smaller than the man short tall The giraffe is taller than the bear The bear is shorter than the giraffe I FORM A Short adjectives ( tính từ ngắn) - Adj + ER Tall-taller Short-shorter Long (dài)- longer Fast (nhanh) – faster Smart ( thông minh)- smarter Clean (sạch) –cleaner - •  S + be + Adj-er THAN + O ( A + be + Adj-er + THAN + B) Tu is smarter than Amy A ruler is longer than a pen Huy Anh is taller than Tung Doan is stronger than Tu The elephant is bigger than the mouse Summer is hotter than winter The mouse is smaller than the elephant The rabbit is quicker than snail My brother is taller than me Let’s try Allen-poor John-rich John is richer than Allen Allen is poorer than John My house- new My house is newer than his house His house-old His house is older than your house Spiderman: weaker Superman: stronger Superman is stronger than spiderman Spiderman is weaker than superman small The cat is smaller than the elephant big The elephant is bigger than the cat Chú ý • Some special adjectives /adverbs 1.good better 2.Bad  worse 3.Far farther/further ( nghĩa bóng) 4.Old  older/ elder ( thứ tự gđ) 5.Little less 6.Many/ Much- more + Adj = p.â + n.â + p.â Nhân đôi p.â cuối + ER hot hotter big - bigger thin (mỏng) thinner + ADJ –Y ( p.â +y)  ier happy happier funny  funnier Grey greyer Adj –e  + R • Nice nicer • Large larger B, Short adverbs ( trạng từ ) • S + V + O+ adv I learn English well She learns English badly + Chú ý: Adv = Adj + ly Nice nicely Careful carefully Easy easily + early early • Hard  hard ( vất vả) • Late late ( muộn) • Fast  fast (nhanh) • Good well better So sánh trạng từ ngắn S + V + (o) + ADV-er than O She works harder than me He comes later than me They go faster than me She learns English better than me Long adj /adv • S + be/verb + more + adj/adv + than + O Nhung is more beautiful than Mrs Huyen He is more handsome than me The phone is more expensive than the book He drives more carefully than me She goes more quickly than me • She's about 20, but in fact she's much older_than she looks (old) • Josie is better _ at meeting people than George (good) • She is _more charming than her sister (charming) • Your spelling is _Worse_than Jane's (bad) • Michael is much more handsomethan John (handsome) • Healthy people are often _happier than people who aren't fit (happy) • That joke is funnier than the last one you told (funny) • The problem is not so complicated It's simpler than you think (simple) • Mary is four years _older than me (old) • His car is much _more expensive than mine (expensive) Thousand VIếT THÁNG: MỗI Từ = DÒNG VIếT Số : MỗI Số = DÒNG ( MỗI DÒNG > Từ • Rule If an adjective has two syllables or more without a “y” then add the word “more” before the word If the adjective ends with a “y”, you will only add the word “more” if it has three syllables or more i.e beautiful + more = more beautiful than i.e expensive + more = more expensive than i.e satisfactory + more = more satisfactory than The butterfly is more beautiful than the frog •Rule There are a few exceptions good = better than bad = worse than far = farther than •Remember, when using a comparative you must always follow it with the word “than” The Toyota is smaller than the Ford The Ford is bigger than the Toyota The ant is smaller than the hippo The elephant is fatter than the giraffe The girl is happier than the duck The butterfly is more beautiful than the frog Superlatives Superlatives are used to show the difference between more than two objects Let’s say that I have three cars I have a little Toyota, a medium size Jeep and a big Ford A superlative is used to show the differences that exist in the group The Ford is big so we can say “the Ford is the biggest” Because the Toyota is small, we can say “The Toyota is the smallest” To learn to use these we need to learn five basic rules • Rule If an adjective has syllable we add the ending –est to the adjective i.e small + est = the smallest i.e hard + est = the hardest The ant is the smallest • Rule If a one syllable adjective ends with a consonant + a vowel + a consonant you must double the last consonant and ad –est i.e big + est = the biggest i.e fat + est = the fattest The hippo is the fattest • Rule If an adjective ends with a “y”, remove the “y” and add – iest i.e happy –y + iest = the happiest i.e funny –y + iest = the funniest The elephant is the heaviest • Rule If an adjective has two syllables or more without a “y” then add the word “most” before the word If the adjective ends with a “y”, you will only add the word “most” if it has three syllables or more i.e beautiful + most = the most beautiful i.e expensive + most = the most expensive i.e satisfactory + most = the most satisfactory The airplane is the most expensive • Rule There are a few exceptions good = the best bad = the worst far = the farthest • Remember, when using a superlative you must always precede it with the word “the” The Toyota is the smallest The Ford is the biggest Brad Pitt is the most handsome The airplane is the most expensive Jim Carrey is the funniest