BELINDA BAARDSEN, AMERICAN EX PAT, TEFL CERTIFIED ESL INSTRUCTOR, KING SAUD UNIVERSITY

UNIT 10 ~ BIGGER & BETTER

Unit 10 ~ Vocabulary

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Unit 10 ~ Vocabulary

WoodVillageParkMuseumMountainSchoolCottageHospitalBuildingFarmBridgeRiver bankTractorCar parkPortFactory FieldLibrary lake

Unit 10 - Vocabulary

WoodVillageParkMuseumMountainSchoolCottageHospitalBuildingFarmBridgeRiver bankTractorCar parkPortFactory FieldLibrary lake

Unit 10 - Vocabulary

WoodVillageParkMuseumMountainSchoolCottageHospitalBuildingFarmBridgeRiver bankTractorCar parkPortFactory FieldLibrary lake

Unit 10 ~ Vocabulary

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Adjective

Unit 10 ~ Vocabulary

FastBigDirtyDangerousNoisyModernUnfriendlyExcitingExpensive

Adjectives

CheapSlowFriendlyQuietOldSafeBoringsmall

Opposite

Comparative and superlative adjectives

One-syllable adjectives

OldSafeBighot

OlderSaferBiggerhotter

The oldestThe safest

The biggestThe hottest

Adjective Comparatives Superlative

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Adjectives ending in - y

NoisyDirty

NoisierDirtier

The noisiestThe dirtiest

Adjective Comparati

ve

Superlatives

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Adjectives with two or

more syllables

Boringbeautiful More boring

More beautiful

The most boring

The most beautiful

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Irregular adjectives

Good BadFar

BetterWorsefurther

The bestThe worst

The furthest

Comparative and superlative adjectives

*Adjectives which end in one vowel and one consonant double the consonant.

**You’re older than me.New York is dirtier than Paris.

Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.

Adjective + Noun

(nice)+ (day)(blue) + (eyes)

It’s a nice --------day today.Laura has got brown -------------eyes.

There’s a very old ----------- bridge in this village.

Do you like Italian -------------food?I don’t speak any foreign ---------------

languages.

It’s today.Laura has eyes.

There’s a bridge in this village.Do you like food?

I don’t speak languages.

Sentences with adjectives.

Sentences without adjectives.

They live in a modern house.

They live in house modern.

The Adjective is before the Noun.

Have you met any famous people?

Have you met people famous?

The adjective is placed where?

James Bond, Sky Fall

“a different place…”“different places..”

The ending of an Adjective is always the same.

Different- (not) -- differents

The Comparative: Using ER and More

When we use adjectives (e.g.

old, important) to compare two

people , or two things, the

adjectives have special forms.

In (a): We add – er to an

adjective, or

In (b): we use more in front of

an adjective.

*The use of -er and more is

called the comparative form.

The horse is bigger than the dog.

The comparative: using –ER and More

Notice in the examples: than

follows the comparative form:

Older than

More important than

He is older than Abdullah.

The comparative: using –ER and More

Prince Turki Al Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia I is more important than his Assistant.

Assistant

Prince Turki Al Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz

ADJECTIVES WITH ONE SYLLABLE

BIG

Add: ‘er

Bigger

*If an adjective ends in one

vowel and one consonant,

double the consonant: big –

bigger, fat—fatter, thin-thinner,

hot-hotter.

The Fox is bigger than the rabbit.

ADJECTIVES THAT END IN - Y

If an adjective

ends in – y,

change the –y

to I and add –er.

The dove is pretty.The dove is prettier than the monkey.

ADJECTIVES WITH TWO OR MORE SYLLABLES

Use more in front of

adjectives that have

two or more syllables,

except adjectives that

end with –y.

Getting sleep is more important

than watching a movie all night.

Important

IRREGULAR COMPARATIVE FORMS

The comparative

forms of good, bad,

and far are irregular.

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Better, worse,

farther

Vegetables are better for you than junk food.

More Examples

Cities are

bigger than

towns.

Important

Breathing is more

important than you

understand.

Egypt is older than Paris.

Old

A giraffe is taller than a horse.

Tall

Kind

A mother is

kinder than a

stranger.