COMPARATIVOS

Los grados de comparacin del adjetivo son tres: 1. POSITIVO: Es el adjetivo en su forma simple, bsica: nice, hermoso; big, grande. He lives in a big house 2.COMPARATIVO: Establece la relacin o comparacin entre dos cosas. 2.1. COMPARATIVO DE IGUALDAD

AFIRMATIVO

AS + adjective + AS = TAN + adjetivo + COMO

This book is as interesting as that magazin / Este libro es tan interesante como esa revista. Buenos Aires is as expensive as Tokio/Buenos Aires es tan cara como Tokio.

NEGATIVO

NOT AS + adjective + AS = NO TAN + adjetivo + COMO

This flat is not as big as that house/ Este piso no es tan grande como esa casa. Paris is not as expensive as Tokyo/ Pars no es tan cara como Tokio.

2.2. DE SUPERIORIDAD

ADJETIVOS HASTA 2 SILABAS

adjective + ER + THAN = MAS + adjetivo + QUE

This book is cheaper than that magazine/ Este libro es ms barato que esa revista.

ADJETIVOS DE MAS DE 2 SILABAS

MORE + adjective + THAN = MAS + adjetivo + QUE

Paris is more interesting than Los Angeles/ Pars es ms interesante que Los Angeles.

2.3. DE INFERIORIDAD

ADJETIVOS

LESS + adjective + THAN = MENOS + adjetivo + QUE

He is less intelligent than she/ l es menos inteligente que ella

3. SUPERLATIVO: Denota el ms alto grado de una cualidad. 3.1. ADJETIVOS HASTA 2 SILABAS

adjective + EST (el ms, los ms, la ms, las ms)

You are the tallest/ Eres el ms alto Mount Everest is the highest mountain/ El monte Everest es la montaa ms alta.

3.2. ADJETIVOS DE MAS DE 2 SILABAS

THE MOST+ adjective (el ms, los ms, la ms, las ms)

This book is the most expensive / Este libro es el ms caro.

3.3. El superlativo de inferioridad se forma aadiendo the least (el menos) al adjetivo: ADJETIVOS THE LEAST + adjective

Wales is the least expensive province in England/ Gales es la provincia menos cara de Inglaterra

COMPARATIVOS Y SUPERLATIVOS IRREGULARES

good, bueno bad, malo late, tarde little, poco much, mucho many, muchos old, viejo

better than, mejor que worse than, peor que later than o latter, posterior less than, menos que more than, ms que more than, ms que older than o elder than, mayor que

the best, el mejor the worst, el peor the latest o the last, el ltimo the least, el mnimo the most, el mximo the most, el mximo the oldest o the eldest, el mayor

Exercises
Escribe el comparativo Ej. small - smaller 1. good 2. intelligent 3. old 4. dark 5. bad 6. large 7. narrow 8. new 9. easy 10. funny

Completa las frases usando un comparativo. Ej. My flat isnt very big.- I want a bigger flat. 1. My motorbike isnt very fast. Id like 2. My husband isnt very rich. I need 3. Your computer is old now. You need . . .

4. His camera isnt very good. He needs 5. It isnt very hot today. It was 6. Im not very interested in football. Im

. yesterday. in tennis.

Escribe frases que signifiquen lo mismo usando asas. Ej. A Porsche is faster than a Skoda. A Skoda isnt as fast as a Porsche. 1. Football is more popular than cricket in Spain. Cricket isnt 2. I work harder than you. 3. My cars newer than yours. 4. His watch is more expensive than hers. 5. Your flats nicer than ours. 6. Paris is colder than Casablanca.