Comparison

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Comparison of Inequality lt or gt
-Comparison of Inequality in English -Comparison
of Inequality in Spanish -Practice
exercises -Translation exercises
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Comparison of Inequality

• What is a comparison of inequality in
  English?
• Its when you compare
• two unequal things.

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Comparative Adjectives

• English
• Bigger
• Faster
• Uglier
• Easier
• Prettier
• Busier
• Happier
• Shorter

• Spanish
• Más grande
• Más rápido
• Más feo
• Más fácil
• Más bonito
• Más ocupado
• Más alegre
• Más bajo

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Comparative Adjectives

• English
• Less Big
• Less Fast
• Less Ugly
• Less Easy
• Less Pretty
• Less Busy
• Less Happy
• Less Short

• Spanish
• Menos grande
• Menos rápido
• Menos feo
• Menos fácil
• Menos bonito
• Menos ocupado
• Menos alegre
• Menos bajo

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Pez
Elefante
The elephant is bigger than the fish.
El elefante es más grande que el pez.
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Pez
Elefante
The fish is less big than the elephant.
El pez es menos grande que el elefante.
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perro
gato
The cat is calmer than the dog.
El gato es más tranquilo que el perro.
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perro
gato
The dog is less calm than the cat.
El perro es menos tranquilo que el gato.
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Comparison of Inequality in Spanish

• When you want to express more (er)than in
  Spanish you use the expression más...que.

Lance is taller than Felipe.
Lance es más alto que Felipe.
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Comparison of Inequality in Spanish

• When you want to express more (er)than in
  Spanish you use the expression más...que.

Ana is taller than Susana.
Ana es más alta que Susana.
alta
Remember that there needs to be agreement when
using adjectives.
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Comparison of Inequality in Spanish

• When you want to express less than in Spanish
  you use the expression menos...que.

Cats are less friendly than dogs.
Los gatos son menos amistosos que los perros.
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Translate into Spanish
Fred is taller than Felipe.
que
más
Fred es ______ alto ________Felipe.
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Translate into Spanish
Susana and Ana are taller than Kevin.
que
más
Susana y Ana son ______ altas ________Kevin.
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Translate into Spanish
My cousin is less intelligent than my brother.
que
menos
Mi primo es _____ inteligente ___ mi
hermano.
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Translate into Spanish
Jessica Alba is prettier than Britney Spears.
que
más
Jessica Alba es _____ bonita ___ Britney
Spears.
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Comparison of Inequality in Spanish

• Both constructions, másque and menosque can be
  used with nouns.

There are more cats than dogs.
Hay más gatos que perros.
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Comparison of Inequality in Spanish

• Both constructions, másque and menosque can be
  used with nouns.

There are fewer pencils than pens.
Hay menos lápices que plumas.
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Comparison of Inequality in Spanish

• Both constructions, másque and menosque can be
  used with infinitives that function as nouns.

I like to swim more than to study.
Me gusta nadar más que estudiar.
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Translate into Spanish
There are more boys than girls.
que
más
Hay ______ chicos ________chicas.
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Translate into Spanish
There are fewer teachers than students.
que
menos
Hay ______ profesores _______estudiantes.
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Translate into Spanish
There are fewer schools than jails.
que
menos
Hay ______ escuelas _______ cárceles.
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Translate into Spanish
We want to swim more than to eat.
más
que
Queremos nadar ______ _____ comer.
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Translate from English to Spanish.
gt
Fred is taller than Ana.
Fred es más alto que Ana.
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• There are fewer books
• than students.

• Hay menos libros que estudiantes.

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• Baseball is more fun than soccer.

• El béisbol es más divertido
• que el fútbol.

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• Televisión es more interesting than school.

• La televisión es más interesante
• que la escuela.

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• Felipe is sadder than Miguel.

• Felipe está más triste que Miguel.

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• María is less tired than Edweena.

• María está menos cansada
• que Edweena.

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• She likes swimming less than running.

• Le gusta nadar menos que correr.

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• There are fewer cats than dogs.

• Hay menos gatos que perros.

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