ComparativesandSuperlatives 1.Focus ExplainComparatiesandSuperlaties Say:Comparativesarewordsandphraseswritersusetocomparetwoormore things.Onewaytoormacomparativephraseistousethewordmorebeore anadjective.Thisisotennecessaryoradjectivesthathavemorethanone syllable.Forexample,Icansay,“Caesarwasmorepowerulthanhisbrot...
Athletes always make a huge effort to compete and,if they can, win. These pictures show their effort! Look at the pictures from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and write the adjectives in the correct form, either in the comparative or superlativeform.How will things be in the London 2012 Ol...
Here’s how to make the comparative and superlative forms of different adjectives: ADJECTIVECOMPARATIVESUPERLATIVE(Note: We normally use superlatives with “the…”) Adjectives with one syllablehot, tall, sweet add “er” *hotter, taller, sweeter add “est” *hottest, tallest, sweetest Adjectives ...
OLYMPIC GAMES LONDON 2012 Athletes always make a huge effort to compete and, if they can, win. These pictures show their effort! Look at the pictures from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and write the adjectives in the correct form, either in the comparative or superlative form. How ...
It is a good idea to use pictures of people, animals or things to teach comparatives and superlatives. For example, use pictures of two pop/sports stars, to elicit examples with comparative forms, e.g., `Jacky is taller than Andy. Andy is thinner than Ja
ichiban John-ga takai yama-ni nobot-ta most John-nom high mountain-to climb-past 'John climbed the highest mountain' (Aihara 2009, p. 347) In order to account for this disambiguation effect, Aihara (2009) adopts the move- ment theory of superlatives proposed by Szabolcsi (1986) and Heim...