PPT-Comparing Phrases   X is better than Y (using comparatives)

Comparing Phrases   X is better than Y using comparatives X is the best using superlatives X is as good as Y using as adj as Contrasting Phrases   X is not as good as Y using not as . English Grammar. Comparatives & Superlatives. Explanation. Adjectives and adverbs are words that modify other words. . The . comparative. form of an adjective or adverb compares . two things. The . Syllables. are the sequence of sounds in one word. wa. ter. 1. 2. ham. 1. beau. ti. ful. 1. 2. 3. COMPARATIVES. adjectives. are words that describe . nouns. big. cat. I have a. small. hungry. expensive. kapitel. . 11. . Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs. Umlauts. Exceptional Comparisons: . Stem Changes. Exceptional Comparisons: . Gern. (e), . lieber. , am . liebsten. Recognition of Comparatives and Superlatives. השוואות. חלק 2. Comparatives . כאשר. . מילות. . התואר. . מתארות. . שני. . (. או. . יותר. ). . שמות. . עצם. . או. . אנשים. . שונים. CdL. Economia e Gestione Aziendale. UNIT 9C AND UNIT 10 . a.a. . . 2016/2017. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche. Outline. . Comparatives. and . Superlatives. Adjectives. of . English Grammar. Comparatives & Superlatives. Explanation. Comparatives & Superlatives. Comparative: One syllable adjective. John is tall. Comparatives & Superlatives. Comparative: One syllable adjective = Add . Adjectives. give us more information about a noun.. But sometimes those adjectives are about more than one . noun.. A . comparative. . adjective. compares two nouns, . and . “A”. says . which refers to the adjective . We use . comparatives. to compare two things or two people. . Superlatives. are used to compare more than two things or more than two people. . She is . taller than . Mick . Jagger. .. SUPERLATIVES. “It sure beats the alternative.” or “At least I’m still alive.”. Where is Your Home?. 1 Pet. 2:11 . “. I beg you . as sojourners . and pilgrims…”. Where is Your Home?. Heb. 10:11 . “…. 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? . 1 1 General English Language Instructor: Ammar Sultan Al- Maani King Faisal University e- Learning Deanship & Distance Education 2 12th Class Elements of Class More Comparatives and Superlatives ADVERB PHRASES ( “Adverb phrases” do English Grammar Today © Cambridge University Press) Adverb phrases: forms An adverb phrase consists of one or more words. The adverb is the head of the phrase and can either appear alone or be modified by other words. What is a phrase? . . A group of words without a subject and verb, used as a part of speech.. . A phrase is not a complete idea, because it is a group of words which contains no subject/predicate set and which only acts as a single part of speech. . A noun phrase includes a . noun. —a person, place, or thing—and the . modifiers.  which distinguish it. .. You can find the noun . dog.  in a sentence, for example, but you don't know which canine the writer means until you consider the entire noun phrase: .