Superlative

Building the Virgin Record Label

Learning Goals
By the end of this assignment, you will be able to:
• use the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs
• use the superlative form of adjectives and adverbs
• use some of the vocabulary for talking about negotiations and contracts
• write about your favorite music

[pic]Activity 1: Listening Practice

IDEAS ABOUT STARTING A NEW COMPANY.

[pic]Activity 4: Introduction to Grammar

SUPERLATIVE FORMS
COMPARATIVE FORMS

[pic]Activity 6: Vocabulary Practice

➢ demand ➢ have in mind ➢ own the rights ➢ license ➢ agree ➢ negotiations

Pindorama is smaller than SP.
São Paulo is bigger than Pindorama.
São Paulo is more polluted than Pindorama.
Living in Pindorama is better than [living] in SP.

ADJECTIVES – fat / strong / intelligent / beautiful / cheap / short / tall / good* / bad* / far* / long / happy

SMALL ADJECTIVES: one syllable words – fat / big / small / tall / short
Friendly
LARGE ADJECTIVES: 2+ syllable words – intelligent / beautiful / expensive / interesting

COMPARATIVES OF ADJECTIVES: COMPARING TWO THINGS

Maguila is STRONGER than Scott.
Maguila is TALLER than Scott.
INTELLIGENT ( Scott is MORE INTELLIGENT than Maguila.
Scott is YOUNGER than Maguila.

SMALL ADJECTIVES (1 syllable)

(SMALL ADJ + ER) + THAN

Fast ( Faster
Cold ( Colder

CVC ( Consoante / vogal / consoante

FAT ( FAT + T + ER ( FATTER
BIG ( BIG + G + ER ( BIGGER
HOT (HOT + T + ER ( HOTTER

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –Y

DIRTY ( DIRT + I + ER ( DIRTIER
MESSY ( MESS + I + ER ( MESSIER
HEAVY ( HEAV + I + ER ( HEAVIER

LARGE ADJECTIVES (2+ syllables)

MORE + (LARGE ADJ) + THAN

( • In safety, CE is more efficient than TC. • CE is farther than TC from Taubaté. • It is better to work in CE than in TC. .

(Rio is smaller than SP.
I think Rio is more violent than SP.
Rio’s carnival is more interesting than São Paulo’s.
USP is more famous