ESCUELA PROFESIONAL DE
ENFERMERÍA
TEMA:COMPARATIVES
AND SUPERLATIVES
CURSO: Inglés Técnico
DOCENTE:Mag..LAURA CASILDA SICCHA MACASSI
SEMESTRE
ACADÉMICO 2021A
17 DE MAYO– 21 DE MAYO– del 2021
HEALTH
ACTIONS
Short adjectives (one syllable):
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE
Comparative adjectives old older
long longer
1. Look at the way compare things
nice nicer
new newer
slow slower
fat fatter
hot hotter
big bigger
Long adjectives (two syllables or more):
$100 for a test $50 for a test ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE
famous more famous
Suiza lab test is cheaper than the Roe lab test. difficult more difficult
Roe lab is bigger than Suiza lab. careful more careful
Roe lab test is more expensive than Suiza Lab test expensive more expensive
Suiza lab is smaller than Roe lab. Adjectives ending with –y:
happy happier
2. Cheaper and more expensive are comparative adjectives. hungry hungrier
We form them like this:
Irregular adjectives
good better
bad worse
Comparative adjectives
One – syllable adjectives: add – erl-r. high – higher
Adjectives ending in – y: change – y to – i and easy – easier
add – er.
Adjectives of two or more syllables: add more difficult – more difficult
Good/well and bad are irregular good/well – better
bad – worse
We use comparative adjectives to compare Exercises become easier when you do them
two people or things. We often use tan after regulary.
the comparative adjective. This exercise is better than that one
Grammar Practice Comparative Adjectives
A. write the comparative form form of these
adjectives 1. reach ___________
cold colder 2. long ___________
1. big _________ 3. hungry ___________
2. careful _________ 4. nice ___________
3. expensive _________ 5. happy ___________
4. good _________ 6. difficult ___________
5. fat _________ 7. old ___________
6. famous _________ 8. beautiful ____________
7. new _________ 9. friendly ____________
8. modern _________ 10. hot ____________
9. young _________ 11. wonderful ____________
10. cheap _________ 12. bad ____________
11. delicious _________ 13. small ____________
14. sad ____________
Superlative adjective
We use superlative adjectives to make a comparison between more tan two things.
Adjective type example superlative
One syllable +-the … est mild The mildest
One syllable ending – e + the – est safe The safest
Two syllable ending - y to be –iest easy The easiest
-y
Two or more syllables + the most painful The most painful
Irregular good The best
bad The worse
Grammar Practice
Comparatives and superlatives
1. Put the adjectives from the box in the correct column and write the comparative and superlative forms.
• bad • big
• clever • easy + -er / -est Y +ier/ -iest + -r / -st Double final irregular
• far • friendl consonant + -er/ -est
• good y
• heavy • hot short friendly nice fat good
• near • late shorter friendlier nicer fatter better
• pretty • nice the shortest the friendliest nicest the fattest the best
• short • fat
• tall • sunny
Complete these sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets
1. Do the muscles in your arm feel ____________ (strong) after the exercise sessions?
2. Thank’s, I feel much ________ (good) today.
3. Excellent, Mr. Elliot! That’s ___________ (high) than yesterday.
4. Can we stop, please? The pain is getting _________ (bad).
5. I find the ROM exercises ________(easy) now tan three weeks ago.
6. It’s ________ (difficult) to life my left leg than my right leg. There’s still a lot of pain.
7. I see you’re ________ (well) today; that’s great.
8. I think Tilly’s movements are ______ (slow) this afternoon after the medication.
Complete this “pain diary” of one of the patientes in 1 with the comparative form of the adjectives in the
box.
Bad difficult easy (x2) good strong
It’s day 5 and the exercise sessions are getting (1) _______ and (2) ____________. The
consultant is pleased with my improvement. The muscles are much (3) _________ than
a couple of weeks ago. The pain in my shoulders (4) _______ in the morning, so
the first exercise session is (5) _____________. I still can’t lift my shoulder veri high but the
nurse says it will get (6) __________. I hope she’s right.
Adjectives 2
Complete the sentences using the adjectives in the box.
Use each adjective once only. The first one has been
done for you as an example.
bedriden / infirm / mobile obsessive
/painful /tender / viable/lethal
1 These fumes are lethal if inhaled.
2 My grandfather is quite ___________now.
3 It is important for elderly patients to remain ______
4 His foot is so _________he can hardly walk.
5 A fetus is __________by about the 28th week of the
pregnancy.
6 He is _________ and has to be looked after by a
nurse.
7 He has an __________desire to steal small objects.
8 Her shoulders are still _______where she got
sunburnt.
Hospital Write the correct letter to complete the word
Me, Be, Ex, Ma. Am. Bl. Wh. Cr. X - Do
Hospital Write the correct letter to complete the word
St. St. Sy. Pa. Ba. Dr. Su. Un. Pr. Ox
I can make comparisons and comparative language
Here is a picture of Florence Nightingle Here is a picture of a nurse. A
Famous nurse from the 1800’s today.
WRITING
EXERCISE What are the similarities between these nurses?
1 They both work hard to look after people and save lives.
2________________________________________________________
3________________________________________________________
_
What are the differents between these nurses?
1 Their clothes are very different in style, material and color
2________________________________________________________
3________________________________________________________
COMPARATIVE EXERCISES
1 I think football is
(exciting) than swimming.
2 Our soccer field is
(big) than my tennis court.
3 For me, basketball is
(good) than handball.
4 The black jacket is
(expensive) than the blue one.
5 For me, play ping pong is
(easy) than play tennis.
6 I think tennis is
(safe) than ice hockey.
