COMPARISON SLIDE 1

TEACHER: Kátia Rosa

AS COMPARAÇÕES PODEM SER

• DE IGUALDADE•DE SUPERIORIDADE• INFERIORIDADE• SUPERLATIVA

1. HE IS AS INTELLIGENT AS HER

SISTER

2. SHE IS MORE INTELLIGENT THAN

HER SISTER

3. THE CITY CENTRE WAS

LESS CROWDED THAN USUAL

4.SHE IS THE MOST INTELLIGENT GIRL

IN HER FAMILY

COMPARATIVO DE IGUALDADE

AS...AS•NA FORMA AFIRMATIVA

USAMOS AS....AS

SHE IS AS RICH AS ME

AS...AS/SO....AS

• NAS FRASES NEGATIVAS

PODEMOS USAR AS DUAS FORMAS

COMPARATIVAS : AS..AS OU SO..AS (TANTO...QUANTO)

IT´S NOT WARM, BUT IT ISN´T

SO/AS COLD AS YESTERDAY

COMPARATIVO DE

SUPERIORIDADE

HOW WILL WE TRAVEL? BY CAR OR BY TRAIN?

• LET´S GO BY CAR. IT´S CHEAPER

• DON´T GO BY TRAIN. IT´S MORE EXPENSIVE

CHEAPER – MORE EXPENSIVE

THE COMPARATIVE FORM ARE ER OR MORE

• IT´S CHEAPER TO GO BY CAR THAN BY TRAIN

GOING BY TRAIN IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN GOING BY CAR

WE USE ER:

1. FOR SHORT WORDS (ONE SYLLABLE)

LARGE – LARGERFAST – FASTER

SHORT – SHORTER

THIS HOUSE IS LARGER THAN THAT ONE

• FUSCA IS FASTER THAN BRASÍLIA

WE USE IER

1.FOR TWO SYLLABLE WORDS THAT END IN Y:

2.LUCKY – LUCKIER3.EASY –EASIER

4.EARLY – EARLIER5.PRETTY - PRETTIER

• CAROL IS LUCKIER THAN PAUL

• THIS EXERCISE IS EASIER THAN THE FIRST ONE

• TODAY I WAKE UP EARLIER THAN YESTERDAY

DOBRA CONSOANTE FINAL E ACRESCENTA ER

• ADJETIVOS CVC • FAT• THIN• BIG

• HE IS FATTER THAN JÔ SOARES

USE ER OR MORE WITH SOME TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE, ESPECIALLY:

• CLEVER• NARROW• SHALLOW• SIMPLE

• THIS EXERCISE IS SIMPLER THAN THE LAST ONE

• THIS EXERCISE IS MORE SIMPLE THAN THE LAST ONE

WE USE MORE1. FOR LONGER WORDS ( TWO

SYLLABLES OR MORE)• MORE EXPENSIVE• MORE COMFORTABLE• MORE SERIOUS• MORE CAREFULLY• MORE SLOWLY

YOU ARE MORE PATIENT THAN ME

CAN YOU WALK A BIT MORE SLOWLY?

THE EXAM WAS QUITE DIFFICULT, MORE DIFFICULT THAN I EXPECTED

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVESA FEW ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS HAVE IREGULAR COMPARATIVE FORMS:

• GOOD/WELL -----------BETTER

• BAD/ BADLY-------------WORSE

• FAR --------FARTHER OR FURTHER

FURTHER/FARTHER

IT´S A LONG WALK FROM HERE TO THE

PARK, FURTHER/FARTHER THAN

I THOUGHT (MAIS DISTANTE)

FURTHER (BUT NOT FARTHER) MORE OR ADDITIONAL

• LET ME KNOW IF YOU HEAR ANY FURTHER NEWS (ANY

MORE NEWS)

OLDER/ELDER

• THE COMPARATIVE OF OLD IS OLDER

• PODE-SE USAR OLDER OU ELDER QUANDO SE FALA

SOBRE PESSOAS DA FAMÍLIA

MY ELDER/OLDER SISTER IS FANTASTIC

DAVID LOOKS OLDER THAN HE REALLY IS

COMPARATIVO DE INFERIORIDADE

LESS ...THAN• SHE IS LESS CLEVER

THAN MY BROTHER

BEFORE COMPARATIVES YOU CAN USE:

• MUCH• A LOT• FAR• A BIT• A LITTLE• SLIGHTLY

LET´S GO BY CAR. IT´S MUCH CHEAPER

HOW DO YOU FEEL? MUCH BETTER, THANKS

DON´T GO BY TRAIN. IT´S A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE(MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE)

COULD YOU SPEAK A BIT MORE SLOWLY (A LITTLE MORE SLOWLY)

THIS BAG IS SLIGHTLY HEAVIER THAN THE OTHER ONE

HER ILLNESS WAS FAR MORE SERIOUS THAN WE THOUGHT AT FIRST

(MUCH MORE SERIOUS)( A LOT MORE SERIOUS)

EXERCISE

1. COMPLETE THE SENTNCES USING A COMPARATIVE FORM (OLDER/MORE IMPORTANT)

A. IT´S TOO NOISY HERE. CAN WE GO SOMEWHERE____________

B. THIS COFFEE IS VERY WEAK. I LIKE IT A BIT__________

C. THE HOTEL WAS SURPRISINGLY BIG. I EXPECTED IT TO BE_____________

D. THE HOTEL WAS SURPRISINGLY CHEAP. I EXPECTED IT TO BE._______________

E. THE WEATHER IS TOO COLD HERE.I´D LIKE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE____________

F. MY JOB IS A BIT BORING SOMETIMES. I´D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING______________

G. IT´S A PITY YOU LIVE SO FAR AWAY. I WISH YOU LIVED_____________

H. I WAS SURPRISED HOW EASY IT WAS TO USE THE COMPUTER. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE______________

I. YOUR WORK ISN´T VERY GOOD. I´M SURE YOU CAN DO__________________

J. DON´T WORRY. THE SITUATION ISN´T SO BAD. IT COULD BE_____________

K. YOU ARE TALKING VERY LOUDLY. CAN YOU SPEAK A BIT__________

L. YOU WERE A BIT DEPRESSED YESTERDAY, BUT YOU LOOK_________TODAY

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A. QUIETERB. STRONGERC. SMALLERD. MORE EXPENSIVEE. WARMER/ HOTTERF. MORE INTERSTING/ MORE EXCITINGG. NEARERH. MORE DIFFICULT/ MORE COMPLICATEDI. BETTERJ. WORSEK. MORE QUIETLYL. HAPPIER/ MORE CHEERFUL

2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING AS...AS:

A) MY SALARY IS HIGH, BUT YOURS IS HIGHER. MY SALARY ISN´T_______________

B) IT´S STILL COLD, BUT IT WAS COLDER YESTERDAY. IT ISN´T____________

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A. MY SALARY ISN´T AS HIGH AS YOURSB. IT ISN´T AS COLD AS IT WAS YESTERDAY.

3. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING AS...AS+ THE FOLLOWING:

BAD, COMFORTABLE, FAST, LONG, OFTEN, QUIETLY, SOON, WELL, WELL-QUALIFIED

A) I´M SORRY I´M LATE. I GOT HERE_____________ I COULD

B) IT WAS A DIFFICULT QUESTION. I ANSWERED IT ___________________ I COULD

C) HOW LONG CAN I STAY WITH YOU? YOU CAN STAY________ YOU LIKE

D) I NEED THE INFORMATION QUICKLY, SO LET ME KNOW_______________POSSIBLE

E) I LIKE TO KEEP FIT, SO I GO SWIMMING____________I CAN

F) I DIDN´T WANT TO WAKE ANYBODY, SO I CAME IN ___________________I COULD

USE JUST AS...AS

G. I´M GOING TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR. IT´S___________THE BED

H. WHY DID HE GET THE JOB RATHER THAN ME? I´M _________________HIM

I. AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS NICE, BUT REALLY HE´S___________EVERYBODY ELSE.

3 3.A. AS WELL AS B. AS LONG ASC. AS SOON ASD. AS OFTEN ASE. AS QUIETLY ASF. JUST AS COMFORTABLE ASG. JUST AS QUALIFIED ASH. JUST AS BAD AS