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Common adjectives:



















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the tall man
a happy child
a dark street
a Spanish woman
the red ball
a cold winter
the glass table
she looks tired
I feel good
It smell bad
the beautiful girl run in the field.
the little dog eat meat.
the big house is very beautiful
the fat worker walk very slow
the tall boy estudies.
the way is very long
the old man is inlligent
the dog is very dangerous
the boy is very friendly
the car is very fast

COMPARATIVES
Es la forma de un adjetivo o un adverbio la cual es usada para mostrar
comparacin entre dos cosas.
En ingles el comparativo es formado con el sufijo -er o con la palabra
more.

The use of -ER (ms):
Usamos ER para los adjetivos y adverbios que son cortos.
Examples:
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Cheap Cheaper
Hard Harder
Thin Thinner
Big Bigger

Entonces podemos afirmar que ER significa ms.
The use of MORE (ms):
Usamos MORE y no ER para los adjetivos que tienen ms de dos
silabas y se usa antes del adjetivo.
Examples:
Expensive More expensive
Modern More modern
Beautiful
Polite
Important
Famous

Entonces est demostrado que MORE significa ms y que se utiliza
para adjetivos que tienen ms de dos silabas.
The use of THAN (que):
La palabra THAN es usada para mostrar comparasion entre dos cosas.
Entonces cuando queremos comparar dos cosas debemos utilizar la
palabra THAN.

Examples:
My dog is bigger than your dog.
My brother is taller than your brother.
I arrive later than yesterday.
The desert is drier than the forest.
The book is more colorful than the notebook
My computer is bigger than my cellphone.
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Dogs are more obedient than cats.
English is more difficult than math.
A turtle is slower than a rabbit.
Antonia is slimmer than karina.
I am happier than my friend.
RULES:
1. Para adjetivos que terminan en Y, pero antecedida por una
consonante se cambia la Y por IER.
Examples:
Easy Easier
Happy Happier
Funny
Lucky
Pretty
Crazy
Angry
Busy
dirty
Heavy
Noisy
Friendly
Ugly



2. Para adjetivos que terminan en una consonante pero antecedida de
una vocal se dobla la consonante y se agrega ER.
Examples:
Big Bigger
Hot
Thin
Fat

3. Cuando el adjetivo termina en dos vocales ms una consonante
solo se le aumenta ER.
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Examples:
Cool cooler
Clean
Near
Neat
Poor
Quiet
Sour
weak

4. Cuando un adjetivo termina en E se le agrega solo la R.
Examples:
Wide
Late
safe


SUPERLATIVES







La caja D es la ms pequea de todas las cajas.
La caja C es la ms grande de todas las cajas.
La palabra MS indica lo mximo en cuaidad, cantidad o intensidad de
un grupo de 3 o ms cosas que se comparan.
Un superlativo empieza en la oracin con la palabra THE.
Para demostrar en ingles el superlativo se usa EST o la frase THE
MOST.
Entonces viendo el ejemplo de las cajas diramos:
The box D is the smallest box.
The box C is the biggest box.
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B
C
D
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The use of -EST (el ms, la ms):
Se usa para los adjetivos cortos.
Examples:
Old The oldest
Cheap
Large
Tall
Big
Hot
Small
easy

Mary is the tallest of all the students.
Of the three students, Max is the oldest.
My dog is the biggest of all the dogs in the neighborhood.
Mary is the fattest person in class.
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Solar System.
Health is more important than money.
The use of THE MOST (el ms, la ms):

Usamos THE MOST para adjetivos que tienen ms de 2 silabas.
Examples:
Expensive The most expensive
Modern The most modern
Beautiful
Polite
Important
Famous
interesting

Mary is the most intelligent person in class
This is the most interesting book I have ever read.
Sam is the most handsome boy in the whole school.
I cant find my most comfortable jeans.