Welcome to Alisons Grammar Breakout Room Today we are looking at comparison of adjectives You may leave any time you wish to return to the main tutorial AN ADJECTIVE AGREES WITH ITS NOUN IN NUMBER GENDER AND IN CASE ID: 641793
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A276
AdjectivesSlide2
A bit of an experiment
Welcome to Alison’s Grammar Breakout Room. Today we are looking at comparison of adjectives. You may leave any time you wish to return to the main tutorial.Slide3
AN ADJECTIVE AGREES WITH ITS NOUN IN NUMBER, GENDER AND IN CASE.
THE ENDINGS DON’T HAVE TO BE THE SAME.Slide4
GOOD, BETTER, BEST,
LET US NEVER REST,
TILL OUR GOOD IS BETTER,
AND OUR BETTER BEST.Slide5
Positive (Basic) Form
Comparative
Form
+
er
Superlative Form
+
est
good
better
best
tall
taller
tallest
happy
happier
happiestSlide6
Positive (Basic) Form
Comparative
Form
+
ior
Superlative Form
+
issimus
bonus
melior
optimuslonguslongiorlongissimuslaetuslaetiorlaetissimus
TYPE 1/2 ADJECTIVESSlide7
Positive (Basic) Form
Comparative
Form
+
er
Superlative Form
+
est
bold
bolder
boldeststrongstrongerstrongestfiercefiercerfiercestSlide8
Positive (Basic) Form
Comparative
Form
+
ior
Superlative Form
+
issimus
audax
audacior
audacissimusfortisfortiorfortissimusferoxferociorferocissimus
TYPE 3 ADJECTIVESSlide9Slide10
Not so fast!Slide11
Positive (Basic) Form
Comparative
Form
+
ior
Superlative Form
+
issimus
pulcher
pulchrior
pulcherrimusmisermiseriormiserrimussacersacriorsacerrimus
ADJECTIVES with R in the stemSlide12
Positive (Basic) Form
Comparative
Form
+
ior
Superlative Form
+
issimus
difficilis
difficilior
difficillimussimilissimiliorsimillimusutilisutiliorutillimus
ADJECTIVES with L in the stemSlide13Slide14
Not so fast!Slide15
ALL COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES BELONG TO TYPE 3, NO MATTER WHAT TYPE THE ORIGINAL (POSITIVE) ADJECTIVE WAS.
longus, -a, -um (1/2) longior, longius (3)audax
(3)
audacior
,
audacius
(3)Slide16
ALL SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES BELONG TO TYPE 1/2, NO MATTER WHAT TYPE THE ORIGINAL (POSITIVE) ADJECTIVE WAS.
longus, -a, -um (1/2) longissimus, -a, -um(1/2)audax (3) audacissimus, -a, -um,(1/2)Slide17Slide18Slide19
Exercise 1:
Give Comparative and Superlative forms
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
bonus, -a, -um
fortis
, forte
audax
pulcher
, pulchra, pulchrumSlide20
Exercise 1:
Give Comparative and Superlative forms
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
bonus, -a, -um
melior
,
melius
optimus
, -a, -umfortis, fortefortior, fortiusfortissimus, -a -umaudaxaudacior
,
audacius
audacissimus
, -a, -um
pulcher
,
pulchra
,
pulchrum
pulchrior
,
pulchrius
pulcherrimus
,-a, umSlide21
Exercise 2:
Give Comparative and Superlative forms
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
miser, -a, -um
longus, -a, -um
atrox
facilis
, facileSlide22
Exercise 2:
Give Comparative and Superlative forms
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
miser, -a, -um
miserior
,
miserius
miserrimus
, -a, -umlongus, -a, -umlongior, longiuslongissimus, -a -umatroxatrocior,
atrocius
atrocissimus
, -a, -um
facilis
, facile
facilior
,
facilius
facillimus
,-a, umSlide23