November,10th

Today we practiced the COMPARATIVES. We have to take into accound if the adjective is SHORT or LONG. When there is a short adjective we have to add -ER + THAN. For example: LONGER THAN. If the adjective is long we have to add MORE beautiful THAN. We know if the adjective is short if it has one or 2 syllables. And long adjective has more than two syllables. Then there are adjectives such as BIG, HOT, WET that change the spelling when doing comparisons. For example: BIGGER; HOTTER; WETTER. Finally adjectives that end in -Y are considered shor adjectives so they form the comparatives with -ER (but be careful with the spelling) HAPPY-HAPPIER.

When we consider that 2 things or people are equal then we use AS......AS in affirmative and interrogative sentences and NOT SO ........AS in negative sentences. For example:

She's as tall as my sister.

She isn't so tall as my sister.

Is your sister as tall as you are?

There are irregular adjetives:

GOOD- BETTER THAN

BAD- WORSE THAN

FAR- FURTHER THAN

Please go to the links about comparatives and practiced them.

Next Thursday we'll review the comparatives and we'll start with the SUPERLATIVE.

Thanks a lot!!!!!!