PPT-Grade 4 Lesson 13 Comparatives & Latin Roots

Comparative Word Forms When we compare two words and show which one is MORE than the other we are using comparatives We use vowel suffix er to compare Base Word More Than l ate later. brPage 1br Practice examples comparatives Practice examples comparatives Practice examples comparatives Typical words e words Short vowels Y words quick quicker quickest nice nicer nicest big . Affix-. . a word element, such as a prefix or a suffix, that occurs before or after a root or base word to modify its . meaning.. Root-. . the form of a word after all affixes are removed; meaning: base, root, stem, theme . . cristina. . pinzon. . Etymology. . is the study of the history of words, their . origins. , and how their . form . and . meaning have changed. . over time. .. Etymologists collect knowledge about how words were used during . Intentional Word Study with Greek and Latin Roots . Tiffany Rose & Cheryl Harrel. WABE Conference, Yakima, WA. April 19, 2013. Rationale. English language has 1,200,000 – 2,000,000 words!. Estimated that technology is contributing 20,000 new words a year. Druhý stupeň přídavných jmen. MGR. NELA VLACHOVÁ. Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Nela Vlachová.. Dostupné z Metodického portálu www.. rvp.cz. , ISSN: 1802-4785.. 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. Grammar Review: Unit 5 Duration: 1 Hour. Noticing Task 1. Jane went to a safari trip in South Africa. Read her e-mail to her sister . Yara. , then answer the questions which follow. .. What does Jane notice about the zebras?. kapitel. . 11. . Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs. Umlauts. Exceptional Comparisons: . Stem Changes. Exceptional Comparisons: . Gern. (e), . lieber. , am . liebsten. Recognition of Comparatives and Superlatives. English Grammar. Comparatives & Superlatives. Explanation. Comparatives & Superlatives. Comparative: One syllable adjective. John is tall. Comparatives & Superlatives. Comparative: One syllable adjective = Add . A Sound of Thunder. By: Ray Bradbury. Create a chart and place the vocabulary words below in the category they belong in for you.. Know Well. Think I. Know. Don’t Know. Annihilate. Correlate. Expendable. 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 . Mr. . Griffin. et cetera. etc.. What does this term mean?. et cetera. etc. is a Latin term that means . and so forth. . Greek and Latin Words from Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling. arma – weapons, armour. W E . E. K O N E. Root. Definition. Examples. -. ine. related to, like. crystalline, marine. cumul. -. build up, heap. cumulus, accumulate. anti-. against, opposite of. antibiotic, antifreeze, antibody.