POSITIVE, COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJETIVES

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Well, today we are going to talk about the adjetives and their degrees. At same as Spanish, when we want to talk about persons, to compare them, to say a quality of somebody,.. we use an adjetive. There are three different adjetives´ degrees, as well as: positive, comparative and superlative.

- Positive

It only says a quality of somebody or something. Without compare.

For example:

A good man.

A red chair.

A ginger hair.

A tall woman.

- Comparative  

It gives a bigger, iqual or smaller degree comparing something or somebody,

The compare would be:

Iquality comparison:

Both elements are equal. To do this, we follow the next structure:

For example:

Mary is as tall as Ann.

My bed is as big as yours.

This park is as beautiful as the next park.

Inferiority comparison:

Somebody or something has a adjetive with a minor degree. To do this, we follow the next structure:

For example:

Mary is less tall than Ann.

My bed is less big than yours.

This park is less beautiful than the next park.

Superiority comparison:

Somebody or something has a adjetive with a older degree.

For example:

Mary is taller than Ann.

My bed is bigger than yours.

This park is more beautiful than the next park.

- Superlative 

It gives a quality in its biggest degree.

For example:

The best man in the world.

The biggest building of my city.

The oldest woman of Spain.

My sister is the youngest of my house.

Also, it would be in its superlative degree if it isn´t compare with somebody or something and it is in its biggest degree.

For example:

A very good man.

A very big building.

A very old woman.

- To form the superiority comparison and the superlative:

To form the superiority comparison and the superlative we have to distinguish between "short" and "long" adjetives.

At the "short adjetives group", we have:

- Monosyllable:

Tall

 Long

 Short

- Disyllabic finished at -y, -er, -le, -ow:

Happy

Tender

Humble

Narrow

- Disyllabic accented at the last syllable:

Polite

Profound

Sincere

At the "long adjetives gruop", we have the rest of disyllabic and all of the polysyllabic.

For example :

Conceited

Stubborn

Intelligent

There are some exceptions of monosyllable that are treatise as long adjetives, for example:

Real

Right

Wrong

Eager

Subtle

Fragile

Docile

a) Short adjetives form the comparative and superlative at that form:

- Comparative: adding -er

- Superlative: adding -est

b) Long adjetives form comparative and superlative at that form:

- Comparative: adding before "more"

- Superlative: adding before "most"

- Considerations to form compatative and superlative with shorts adjetives

a) Adjetives ended in -e, add -st and -r

b) Adjetives ended in consinant before of -y, change -y for -i

* As exception to this rule, are the following adjetives

c) Adjetives ended in vowel before of -y, folow the general rule

d) Adjetives ended in vowel before an unique consonant, duplicate consonant

- Irregular comparative and superlative adjetives

- Superiority comparative adjetive

It is formed with "than" and the comparative adjetive.

For example:

My car is faster than yours.

Ann works harder than her friends.

The examination was more difficult than we expected.

It´s cheaper to go by car than to go by plane. 

Your brother is politer than you.

- Superlative degree

It is formed with "the" and the superlative adjetive.

For example;

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year.

This is the most boring film I´ve ever seen.

We were lucky to have one of the nicest rooms in the hotel.

This is the most delicious meal I´ve had for a long time.

He comes to see me at the worst possible moment.

Well gays, now you are going to practise that contents:

Put the correct forms in the following gaps.

Use the correct form at different cases: 

Correct the following mistakes:

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