ENGLISH II UNIT 1, LESSON 3 COMPARING PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE

Let's start with a list of adjectives that we usually use to describe physical appearance:

Now, let's use these adjectives in the next sentences:

1. My father is tall and slim.
2. My sister is really beautiful.
3. My younger brother has blue eyes and freckless.
4. I have round face and short blond hair. 
5. My daughter has long blanck straight hair.

What about you?  Can you describe yourself?

Are you tall? 

Are you slim?

Do you have long or short hair? 

TRY TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF AND YOUR BEST FRIEND.

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Now look carefully at the next examples:

1. Shakira's height is 1.59 mts.  Beyoncé's height is 1.69 mts.
2. Beyoncé  is not as short as Shakira.
3. Shakira is not as tall as Beyoncé.
4. Shakira is as famous as Beyoncé.
5. Beyoncé is as popular as Shakira.
6. Shakira is as rich as Beyoncé.

We use the comparatives   as -adjective -   as to show that two subjects have similar characteristics, examples:

1. My brother is as tall as my father.
2. My sister is as young as you.

We use the comparatives  not as - adjective - as to express that two subjects don't have the same characteristics, or they don't look alike. Examples:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo is not as fast as Messy.
2. James Rodriguez is not as famous as Cristiano Ronaldo

These are just some examples to practice the forms (as - adj - as) (not as - adj - as)

Messy is not ________ __________ _________ Cristiano Ronaldo. (tall)

Cristiano is not ______   _________ ___________ Messy. (fast)

Messy is not ______   ___________ ___________  Cristiano. (popular)

Cristiano is not _________ _________ __________ Messy. (rich)

Messy is    ________ ___________ _______     Cristiano  (famous)

ENGLISH II .- UNIT 1, LESSON 2

SUPERLATIVE    THE MOST...

• Mount Everest is the highest peak  in the world.
• Nile River is the longest river.
• Lambourgini Veneno is the most expensive car.
• The beatles were the most famous musicians in the 1960's.
• Diamond Rose Iphone is the most expensive cellphone in the market.  Price: 8 million dollars

We form superlative adjectives by adding the suffix –est  to the short adjectives.      Big…… the biggest

Whales are the  biggest  animals in the sea.

We form superlatives with the particles the most, before long adjectives.            Beautiful  -   the  most beautiful.

Roses are the most beautiful flowers.

REMEMBER THE SPELLING RULES:

- When the adjective has one syllable and it ends with consonant vowel consonant, then the last consonant must be doubled.

big  -----    the biggest

- When the adjective has 2 syllables and ends with the letter y, we change the letter y and use the letter i.

healthy   -----   the healthiest

Irregular adjectives:

Good    -     Better    -   The best

Bad       -     Worse    -   The worst

Far        -     Further  -   The furthest

PRACTICE:

Complete the sentences using the superlative

*- Mexico city is ____ _______ city in our country.  (large)

*- Mount Everest is ___ _________ (high)

*- Brasilia is one of ____ ________ ________ cities in America. ( modern)

*- Whales are  _____ ________ animals in the world.  (heavy)

*- Dolphins are ___ _____ _________ animals. (intelligent)

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ENGLISH II UNIT 1, LESSON 1 COMPARATIVE.

Describing a street, city or neighborhood.

• Monterrey is a big city.
• Mexico city is noisy and dirty.
• Guadalajara is a traditional and beautiful city.
• Santiago is a small city.
• Houston is a large city.
• Toronto city  is really safe.
• New York is a populated city.

The underlined words are called adjectives and they are used to describe people or things. 

 Sometimes we need to compare different objects or people, so we use comparative forms

To make comparative forms  we need to identify if the adjective is short or long, for example:

SHORT ADJECTIVES: (1 syllable adjective)

• big                          bigger

• small                    smaller

• large                     larger

• happy                  happier

• ugly                      uglier

• noisy                    noisier

LONG ADJECTIVES  (2, 3 or more syllables)

• beautiful            more beautiful
• expensive          more expensive
• modern              more modern

SPELLING RULES

In short adjectives ending with consonant-vowel-consonant, the last consonant must be doubled.

EXAMPLES:

1. big  -  bigger
2. thin  -  thinner
3. fat    -  fatter

If the adjective has 2 syllables and ends with y, the letter y must be changed by i, and add the suffix er.

1. ugly - uglier
2. noisy - noisier
3. dirty  - dirtier
4. happy - happier

LOOK CAREFULLY THE NEXT EXAMPLES:

1. New York city is bigger than Washington D.C.
2. Monterrey is more modern than Merida, Yucatán.
3. Mexico city is noisier than Guadalajara.

Now complete the next sentences using the comparative forms.

1. New York city is ________  ___________  Austin Texas.  (large)

1. Chicago is ________ __________ _________   Alabama.  (modern)

1. London is ________ ____________ _________  Paris.  (expensive)

1. Toronto is _______ __________ New York.  (clean)

1. Rome is _________ ___________ Berlin.  (small)

THERE ARE SOME IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES WHICH DONT FOLLOW THE RULES, CHECK THIS OUT:

1. good    -    bettter       gooder
2. bad     -    worse          bader
3. far       -    further       farer

1. Living in a city is better than living in a town.
2. Traveling by bus is worse than traveling by car
3. New York is further than Houston.

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