PPT-Comparative and superlatives

Prepared by Mohd Kamal Bin Abd Aziz English Proficiency for Academic Purposes Lecturer School of Human Sciences 0173878720 kamalazizcyberneticsedumy Use of Comparative Adjectives. Grammar Review: Units 5 & 6 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. 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 . 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. Michael is fat. Garfield is fatter than Michael. Justin . Bieber. is the fattest.. The adjectives . fat, fatter . and . fattest. are called the positive, comparative and superlative respectively.. For most adjectives of one syllable and some two-syllable adjectives . adjective. Adjectives. . describe or modify nouns.. I like fairy tales. A fairy tale is an . imaginary.  story that has . unrealistic.  characters in a . fantastic.  background. It makes me forget about the . English Grammar. Comparatives & Superlatives. Explanation. Comparatives & Superlatives. Comparative: One syllable adjective. John is tall. Comparatives & Superlatives. Comparative: One syllable adjective = Add . We. . use. . the. . superlatives. . to. talk . about. . the. . differences. . between. . three. . or. . more. . people. ,. animals. . or. . things. . and. . to describe someone or something by saying that they have more of a particular quality than any other of their . 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. When. . do . we. use . it. ?. . . We. . use . it. . to. compare . TWO . objects. , . people. , places. …. . . There. are . five. rules. Comparative. . . Rule . 1. . . . Adjectives . COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES By Shanti We use the comparative when we compare 2 places/things/people. Sham is quite short . His body is fat . His car is new . Tama is quite tall 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 COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES By Shanti We use the comparative when we compare 2 places/things/people. Sham is quite short . His body is fat . His car is new . Tama is quite tall