Com­pa­ri­si­on ad­jec­tives

How to com­pa­re (ver­glei­chen) per­sons or things

Let´s think of the Sim­psons:

• Bart is older than Lisa.
• Lisa is older than Mag­gie.
• Bart is the ol­dest.

→ Give a rule:

old - alt 

old+_____ than - älter als

old+_____ - am äl­tes­ten

And the Sim­psons again:

• Itchy is angry.
• Scratchy is an­grier than Itchy.
• But Homer is often the an­griest.

angry - wü­tend

angr-_____t­han - wü­ten­der als

angr-______ - am wü­tends­ten

→ Give a rule: y chan­ges to ___

Sim­psons, a third time:

• Marge is be­au­ti­ful.
• Lisa is more be­au­ti­ful.
• Mag­gie is the most be­au­ti­ful.

→ Give a rule:

be­au­ti­ful - schön

______ be­au­ti­ful than - schö­ner als

_______ be­au­ti­ful - am schöns­ten

How to com­pa­re(ver­glei­chen) per­sons or things

When do we use –er/-est?

→ count the syllables (Sil­ben) in old and pret­ty

→ We use –er/-est for ad­jec­tives with _________ syllable (e.g. old)  or with _________ syllables (if the ad­jec­tive ends in –y, e.g. pret­ty, angry, silly)

When do we use more/most?

→ count the syllables in be­au­ti­ful (to do this you must say the word)

→ we use more/most for ad­jec­tives with two syllables (e.g. bo­ring) or ______________ syllables (e.g. be­au­ti­ful, ex­cit­ing, in­te­res­ting)

Note:

older than – älter als

as old as – so alt wie

Now you:

Choo­se per­sons from your book and com­pa­re them. Do that with four dif­fe­rent ad­jec­tives

Choo­se things or pla­ces from your book and com­pa­re them. Do that with three dif­fe­rent ad­jec­tives.

These are the ad­jec­tives:

old new ex­cit­ing angry fri­end­ly ter­ri­b­le awful bo­ring small nice 

ex­pen­si­ve cheap quick 

Write the sen­ten­ces on an extra sheet of paper.

When your part­ner has che­cked your sen­ten­ces give them to your teacher so that she/he can check again.

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