Comparatives My dog is bigg er than your dog

Comparativo di maggioranza serve per confrontare 2 cose o gruppi di cose Si considera la lunghezza dell’ aggettivo, che può avere: 1 sola sillaba = monosillabico 2 sillabe = bisillabo o bisillabico 3 o più sillabe

1)Aggettivi di una sola sillaba (big, sad, thin) 2)o bisillabi che finiscono in “ER”, “OW” (clever, narrow) 3)o anche in “Y” (funny, easy, heavy) AGGIUNGONO “ER” + THAN

AGGIUNGONO “ER” + THAN -> questa parola si usa SOLO per il comparativo 1) Aggettivi di una sola sillaba (big, sad, thin) – che raddoppiano la consonante finale se è preceduta da una sola vocale 2) o bisillabi che finiscono in “ER”, “OW” (clever, narrow) 3) o anche in “Y” (funny, easy, heavy) – ma attenzione che la “y” diventa “i” Heavy -> Elephants are heavier than lions Fast -> Leopards are faster than ostrich Big-> Horses are bigger than sheep Long -> Snakes are longer than rabbits Clever-> Foxes are cleverer than giraffes

Heavy -> Elephants are heavier than lions Fast -> Leopards are faster than ostrich Big-> Horses are bigger than sheep Long -> Snakes are longer than rabbits Clever -> Foxes are cleverer than giraffes

Aggettivi con 3 o più sillabe: si premette MORE Boring -> classical music is more boring than modern music Dangerous -> kayaking is more dangerous than winsurfing

Comparativi irregolari Good -> better than Bad-> worse than Far-> further than Your mobile is better than mine There’s nothing much worse than Monday. Scotland is further from London than Wales

A bit/slightly much Turin is slightly bigger than Florence China is much bigger than Italy un po’ molto

Superlatives Si chiamano superlativi relativi, e servono per confrontare 3 o più cose, o un elemento con altri della stessa categoria: Your sister is the prettiest girl in the class; Spain is the hottest country in Europe;

Si considera la lunghezza dell’ aggettivo, che può avere: 1 sola sillaba = monosillabico 2 sillabe = bisillabo o bisillabico 3 o più sillabe

Aggiungono -est Aggettivi di 1 sillaba: dark -> the darkest bright -> the brightest Aggettivi di 2 sillabe che finiscono in –er, -y, - ly: pretty -> the prettiest(y > i) clever -> the cleverest

Preceduti da the most Aggettivi di 3 o più sillabe: interesting -> the most interesting frightening -> the most frightening Aggettivi di 2 sillabe che terminano in –ful, -re: doubtful -> the most doubtful obscure -> the most obscure Ricorda ‘THE’

Comparison of 3 or more people/things is expressed by the superlative with the … in/of This is the oldest theatre in London. The youngest of the family is often the most successful

Irregular comparison Good betterthe best Bad worsethe worst Little lesstle least Manymorethe most Muchmore the most Farfurtherthe furthest (distance and time) “fartherthe farthest (distance only) Oldolderthe oldest (people and things) “elder the eldest (people only)