LOS ADJETIVOS Y ADVERBIOS

Las siguientes estructuras no pertenecen a las categorías de tiempos gramaticales

que suelen poseer la información principal–sin embargo, muchas veces el “núcleo” de
la información es un verbo que se puede describir de manera más específica con
ADVERBIOS, y otras veces es un SUSTANTIVO que se puede describir de manera
más específica con ADJETIVOS.
No existe una norma única para formar adjetivos o adverbios; vamos a mostrar la
FORMA sobre todo para las formas comparativas de los Adjetivos y Adverbios
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS (quick/quickly)

COMPARATIVES

Comparatives are used to show the difference between two objects.

** En si un comparativo nos permite usarlo para mostrar la diferencia que existe entre
dos objetos**

FORMAS COMPARATIVAS
Hay más explicaciones en apartados posteriores – pero la tabla que viene a
continuación recoge la información principal referente a las formas comparativas:

Comparativo
Adjectivos cortos cold colder
nice (ends in –e) nicer (add only –r)
big (short adjective with one bigger (double consonant)
vowel + consonant)

Adjetivos que funny funnier (y changes to

acaban en –y i)
early earlier
Adjetivos con dos o careful more careful more
más sílabas boring boring more
expensive expensive
Adjectivos far further
Irregulares good better
bad worse
 LINKERS AND CONNECTORS

Los linkers nos permitirá darle una forma más gramatical y con mayor sentido a nuestras
oraciones, existen diferentes conectores como los siguientes:

SEQUENCE
Then he looked outside.
First (of all) He opened the door.
After that

ADDING IDEAS

a. Adding adjectives within a sentence.

London is (both) exciting and / as well as tiring

b. Adding nouns within sentences

, together with his friend, is

My brother , as well as his friend, is attending university in Scotland.
and his friend are

“And” CANNOT be used to join sentences in formal English

c. Adding ideas in different sentences

Furthermore
In addition
My father was a teacher. he was a very good one.
Not only that,
Moreover

ALTERNATIVES

a. Joining ideas within sentences:

You can have fish or meat tonight

I don't like (either) meat or fish.

I like neither meat nor fish

b. Alternatives in two sentences:

I could write this text by hand. Alternatively, I could type it.

CONCESSION / CONTRAST

a. Within sentences

Even though
Although my brother prefers country life, he lives in the city.
Whereas

formal English.
“But” joins main clauses, NEVER sentences in
En el caso de but el conector va a unir las oraciones principales para darle sentido a
la oracón
My brother prefers country life but he lives in the city.

TOO / ENOUGH

TOO : DEMASIADO
USOS
Con adjetivo ------------------- too + adjetivo
Con nombre contable ------- too many + contable
Con nombre incontable ----- too much + incontable

EJEMPLOS
He wanted us to go to a restaurant, but I was too hungry to wait.
She has too many shoes, I think she´s obsessed.
There is too much sugar in my tea.

ENOUGH : SUFICIENTE / BASTANTE

USOS
Con adjetivo --------------------------- Enough + adjetivo
Con nombre (cont/incont) --------- Nombre + enough

EJEMPLOS
This car is fast enough for the race.
There are not enough cookies for all the kids.
 SUPERLATIVES

Comparatives are used to show the difference between more than two objects.
** En si un comparativo nos permite usarlo para mostrar la diferencia que existe entre
más de dos objetos**

FORMAS DE SUPERLATIVE
 PRACTICE

Combine each pair of sentences with the

above connectors to form sentences with
contrasting ideas.
1. She tried to solve the problem for two hours. She was unable to do it.
2. Many people think it's fun to swim in the dark. It's often dangerous to swimthen.
3. Some sharks are dangerous. Most of them don't attack people.
4. Some people think that eating parts of sharks makes them strong. This isn'ttrue.
5. My sister stayed home. She wasn't feeling well.
6. They worked very hard on their project. It was a great success.
7. I told him not to do it. He did it!
8. They got up very early this morning. They were late for school.
9. She is very tired. She won't take a break.
10. My sister likes drawing very much. She doesn't devote enough time to it.
Complete the sentences:
Complete the sentences:
1 – There aren’t (bread) ___________ on the freezer, you have to stop to buy some.
2 – I don’t like that art gallery, there are (pictures) _________ in each wall.
3 – You don’t have (coke) __________ for the party
4 – She is (short) __________, she’ll never play basket.
5 – I’m not going to the party, I have (work) __________ today.
6 – You don’t have to wam up my dinner, it is (warm) __________.
7 – There were (people) __________ at the party.
8 – He isn’t (old) __________ to drin alcohol.
9 – Are you (tall) __________ to reach that self?
10 – This exercise was (easy) __________.