S1 English Language

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S1 English Language Comparatives and Superlatives
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Comparatives
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Comparatives
Amy
Sarah
Amy is tall. Sarah is taller than Amy.
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Comparatives
Sam
Timmy
Sam is young. Timmy is younger than Sam.
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Comparatives
August
July
July is hot August is hotter than July.
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More examples

• Fat ? fatter

Anymore ??????
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Comparatives
12 hours
10 hours
Denny
Kevin
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Denny is lazy. Kevin is lazier than Denny.
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More examples

• Heavy ? heavier
• Happy ? happier

Anymore ??????
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Comparatives
Ada
Cathy
Ada is beautiful. Cathy is more beautiful than
Ada.
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More examples

• Comfortable ? more comfortable
• Expensive ? more expensive

Anymore ??????
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Comparative

• Special
• Good ? better
• Bad ? worse
• Example
• My exam result is good.
• Amys exam result is better than mine.

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Superlatives
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Superlatives
Amy
Sarah
Katie
Amy is tall. Sarah is taller than Amy. Katie is
the tallest.
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Superlatives
Sam
Timmy
Fanny
Sam is young. Timmy is younger than Sam. Fanny is
the youngest.
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Superlatives
Ada
Cathy
Jenny
Ada is beautiful. Cathy is more beautiful than
Ada. Jenny is the most beautiful.
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Superlatives

• The watch is expensive.
• The necklace is more expensive than the watch
• The ring is the most expensive.

2000
800
1200
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Superlatives

• Special
• Good ? better than ? the best
• bad ? worse than ? the worst
• Examples
• My exam result is worse than yours.
• My exam result is the worst in my class.

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Game
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happy

• Cathy is _____________. ( happy)
• Katie is _____________ Cathy. ( happy)
• Sam runs ____________ Tom. (fast)
• The ring is ___________ the necklace. (expensive)
  
• Mr. Chan is ___________ man in the world. (rich)
• Joey is a _________ (nice) girl.

happier than
faster than
more expensive than
the richest
nice
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the fattest

• Ben is ________ boy in our class. (fat)
• January is ____________April. (humid)
• That girl is _____________one in our school.
  (beautiful)
• December is _________ month of the year. (cold)
• The chair is very ___________ . (comfortable)

more humid than
the most beautiful
the coldest
comfortable