tieng anh 10 unit 16 language focus

Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative Small High Young cold Short Adjective Smaller Higher Younger Colder Comparative Smallest Highest Youngest Coldest Superlative exciting interestin[r]

Unit 16: Historical places

Language focus

provision

machine

treasure

share

patient

information

special

vision

usual

leisure

1 Read the words.

2 Examples

/ʒ/ /ʃ/

Choose the underlined part which is differently pronounced from the others.

1 usual treasure television excursion

3 resign illusion leisure pleasure

4 occasion action patient show

3 Practice

Grammar

1 Adjectives

Small

High

Young

cold

a Short

Adjective

a Short

Adjective

exciting interesting beautiful expensive

b Long Adjective

b Long Adjective

One syllable Three or more

syllables

2 Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative

Small

High

Young

cold

Short

Adjective

Smaller Higher Younger Colder

Comparative

Smallest Highest Youngest Coldest

Superlative

exciting

interesting

beautiful

expensive

More exciting More interesting More beautiful More expensive

Most exciting Most interesting Most beautiful Most expensive

Long

Adjective

Long

Adjective Comparative Superlative

Short Adj + ER Short Adj + EST

More + long Adj Most + long Adj.

3 Notes

Happy-happier-happiest Sunny-sunnier-sunniest

Note 1:

→ change ‘y’ to ‘I’ and add ‘-er’ or ‘-est’.

Note 2:

Quiet-quieter-quietest Clever-cleverer-cleverest Simple-simpler-simplest Narrow-narrower-narrowest Gentle-gentler-gentlest

Honest-more honest-most honest Careful-more careful-most careful

Note 3:

Note 4:

good

bad

far

old

little

much/many

Adjective Comparative Superlative

better worse farther/further older/elder less

more

best worst farthest/furthest oldest/eldest least

most

! Use elder/eldest to talk about people in a family

E.g.: My eldest son (or oldest son) is thirteen years old.

4 Use of Comparative and Superlative

a Use of Comparative

Martin Annie

E.g.: Martin is taller than

Annie.

E.g.: Annie is shorter than

Martin.

→To compare one person,

thing, etc with another.

b Use of Superlative

JOHN

E.g.1: Mark is the fastest of

the runners.

E.g 2: John is the slowest of

the runners.

→To compare one person, thing,

etc in a group with two or more

other in the same group

-Use ‘the’ with Superlative.

b Use of superlative

c as…as Judy Martin

E.g.1: Judy is as

tall as Martin.

→as + Adj + as

E.g.2: Judy isn’t

as tall as Carl.

Carl

( or: Judy isn’t

so tall as Carl.)

→not as/so + Adj + as

5 PRACTICE

Exercise 1 Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.

3 young

4 happy

5 big

6 busy

7 intelligent

8 beautiful

9 bad

10 far

11 new

12 dangerous

Exercise 1 Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.

3 young, younger, the youngest

4 happy, happier, the happiest

5 big, bigger,the biggest

6 busy, busier, the busiest

7 intelligent, more intelligent, the most intelligent

8 beautiful, more beautiful, the most beautiful

9 bad, worse, the worst

10 far, farther ( further ), the farthest ( the furthest)

11 new, newer, the newest

12 dangerous, more dangerous, the most dangerous

2 My sister is younger than me.

3 Who is the oldest in the class?

4 Concord used to be the fastest passenger plane in the world.

5 My book is more interesting than your book.

6 Peter bought the most expensive watch in the shop.

7 Did you buy the cheapest watch in the shop?

8 German is much more difficult than English.

9 The weather today is much better than yesterday.

Exercise2: Sentence Building

Exercise 3 Find the words which should not be in some lines.

Line word

MORE PRACTICE

Use the correct form of the words in brackets.

1 He bought ( cheap ) petrol he could find

2 They live ( far ) from school than I do

3 She is ( quick ) than Julian but not ( fast ) than Alison

4 It was ( boring ) film I had ever seen

5 There isn’t a room ( comfortable ) than this

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