Comparative ad superlative adjectives
| Adjective
| Comparative
| Superlative
| One-syllable adjectives
| old
safe
big
hot
| older
safer
bigger*
hotter*
| the oldest
the safest
the biggest*
the hottest*
| Adjectives ending in -y
| noisy
dirty
| noisier
dirtier
| the noisiest
the dirtiest
| Two or more syllable adjectives
| boring
beautiful
| more boring
more beautiful
| themost boring
the most beautiful
| Irregular adjective
| good
bad
far
| better
worse
further
| thebest
the worst
the furthest
| *Adjectives which and in one vowel and one consonant double the consonant.
You’re older than me.
New York is dirtier than Paris.
Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
5.2 have got and have
Have got means the same as have to talk about possession, but the form is very different. We often use have got in spoken English.
Have got
Positive Negative
I
You
We
They
| have
| got
| a cat
a garden
| | I
You
We
They
| haven’t
| got
| a dog
a garage
| He
She
It
| has
| | He
She
It
| hasn’t
|
Questions
Have
| I
You
we
they
| got
| any money?
a sister?
| How money children have they got?
Short answers
Yes, I have. /No, I haven’t
Yes, she has/No, she hasn’t
The past of both have and have got is had.
| Has
| he
she
it
|
Have
Positive Negative
I
You
We
They
| have
| a cat.
a garden
| | I
You
We
They
| don’t
| have
| a dog
a garage
| He
She
It
| has
| He
She
It
| doesn’t
|
Questions
Do
| I
you
we
they
| got
| any money?
a sister?
| How many children do they have?
Short answers
Yes, I do/ No, I don’t
Yes, she does/ No, she doesn’t
| Does
| he
she
it
|
Prepositions
The country is quieter than the city.
The house is 50 meters from the sea.
Everest is the highest mountainin the world.
He spends his time on the banks of the river.
He drove along the road.
He drove round the corner.
They run over the bridge.
I walked past the pub.
He walked up the hill.
He ran down the hill.
The cat ran through the house.
He jumped into the lake.
Exercises
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- I. Look at the following sentences paying attention to the use of the degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs
- III. Vocabulary: Making Adjectives and Adverbs
- Match the following adjectives with their opposites.
- Now use adjectives from the table above instead of the underlined words in these sentences. Make any other changes that are necessary to produce a correct sentence.
- Positive / Comparative / Superlative (2). Fill in the blanks with the correct form.
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