2º Bach Comparatives Unit 6

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

1. We use more.... for adverbs that end in -ly: more slowly, more quietly
2. You can use -er or more... with some two-syllable adjectives, especially: quiet, clever, narrow, shallow, simple
3. IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES:  good/well  >  better, bad/badly > worse, far > further/farther
4. FURTHER & FURTHEST meaning 'more' or 'additional': Let me know if you hear any further news
5. Before comparatives, you can use QUANTIFIERS such as:  much, a lot, far, a bit, a little, slightly (He's much / slightly taller than his sister). Other forms to quantify the comparison are: far less, far more, much less, much more.
6. You can use any, no + adjective in the comparative form. Ex. I'm not waiting any longer.
7. Two comparatives of superiority connected by and meaning 'CADA VEZ MÁS'. Ex. The situation is becoming harder and harder.
8. 'CUÁNTO MÁS..., MÁS...'  >>>   The sooner, the better.
9. Difference between 'older' and 'elder'  //  'oldest' and 'eldest' (remember: an elderly lady).
10. COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY: so, as....as....    Fernando Alonso is as fast as the wind.
11. COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY: less....than...    My cousin is less intelligent than my sister.
12. Difference between LESS & FEWER.   Examples: I've got less money than you. A bicycle has got fewer wheels than a bus.
13. Some interesting collocations: the same as, different from, similar to   
14. We use the most.... to form the superlative form of adverbs that end in -ly or longer adjectives: the most slowly, the most quietly, the most intelligent
15. You can use the expression by far to emphasize the superlative: He is the best tennis player by far!
16. After superlatives we use in with places (the longest river in the world) and of for a period of time (the happiest day of my life)
17. ABSOLUTE SUPERLATIVE meaning 'very'. The book you lent me was most interesting.

1. The + comparatives - exercises
2. Equality, superiority, inferiority
3. Adjectives - degrees of comparison
4. Prague: comparative and superlative
5. Comparison of adjectives
6. Comparative and superlative
7. Comparative or superlative 1
8. Comparative or superlative 2
9. Comparisons: adjectives - adverbs
10. Comparative and superlative
11. Adjectives and adverbs
12. The comparison of adjectives
13. Comparison : adjectives - adverbs
14. Mixed adjectives - exercises
15. Irregular adjectives