Transcript Comparative Form

Making Comparisons with Adjectives and Adverbs
Copy these notes. NP 24
Comparative Form
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Use (-er or more)
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Use when comparing two people or things.
Example: This apple is the larger of the two.
Superlative Form
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Use (-est or most)
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Use when comparing three or more people or things.
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Example: This apple is the largest of them all.
Irregular Forms of Comparison
The comparative and superlatives of some adjectives
and adverbs are formed in irregular ways.
Adjectives
Adverb
Base Form
good
Comparative
better
Superlative
best
bad
worse
worst
little
less
least
Adjective or Adverb?
An adjective modifies or describes a noun or
pronoun.
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Extraordinary weather can cause strange events.
Adjectives answer the questions
What kind? Which one? How many? How much?
Adjectives
What kind? a brisk
wind
Which one first
or ones?
warning
How
several
many?
tornadoes
How
much?
more ice
cream
destructive
flood
Mexican
earthquake
three
apples
Adverbs
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
See notebook page 23.
Adverbs answer the questions:
How? She crossed the street cautiously.
When? We will move soon.
Where? The plan landed nearby.
To What Extent? She is really pretty.
Good is always an adjective. It modifies a noun or
pronoun.
Poetry is a good way to express your individuality.
Well is usually an adverb. Well is an adjective when
it refers to health.
Well is an adverb (modifies a verb, adverb, or adjective).
Good poems can communicate ideas well.
You can write poems even when you don’t feel well.
Avoiding Double Negatives
A negative word implies that something does not exist or happen.
Some negative words are below.
barely
hardly
neither
never
no
nobody
none
no one
not
nothing
nowhere
scarcely
can’t
don’t
hasn’t
Think about math. In which instance would two negatives give you a
positive. In English, if you use two negatives the intended message
is wrong. Avoid using two negative words in one sentence.
Avoiding Double Negatives
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You (can/can’t) scarcely imagine how many people believe in
one-of-a-kind monsters.
You (can’t/can) barely read a newspaper or a magazine without
seeing a reference to one.
The “abominable snowman” (is/isn’t) nothing like the kind you
build.
No one has (never/ever) been able to prove it exists.
Researchers investigating the Loch Ness Monster (haven’t/have)
had nothing to show for their efforts.