DEGREES OF
COMPARISON
COMPARATIVE DEGREE
(Grau Comparativo)
Compara UM elemento com OUTRO.
Nessa comparação poderá haver
IGUALDADE, DESIGUALDADE,
SUPERIORIDADE e
INFERIORIDADE.
COMPARATIVE DEGREE
EQUALITY
Frases
e
AS
ADJ
AS

Mary is as slim / intelligent as Peter.
UNEQUALITY
Frases
NOT (SO) AS
ADJ
AS
Dogs aren’t so / as calm / patient as cats.
COMPARATIVE DEGREE
SUPERIORITY
>
Short adjectives: ADJ
ER
THAN
She is taller than he.
Long adjectives: MORE
ADJ THAN
She is more intelligent than he.
COMPARATIVE DEGREE
INFERIORITY
<
Short adjectives: LESS
ADJ THAN
Long
She is less thin / beautiful than he.
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
(Grau Superlativo)
Compara UM elemento com OUTROS.
Nessa comparação só poderá haver
SUPERIORIDADE e INFERIORIDADE.
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
SUPERIORITY
>
Short adjectives: THE
ADJ
EST
She is the tallest girl in the class.
Long adjectives: THE MOST
ADJ
She is the most intelligent of our family.
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
INFERIORITY
<
Short adjectives: THE LEAST
ADJ
Long
She is the least thin / beautiful of all.
IMPORTANT:
Adjetivos curtos (short
adjectives): 1 ou 2 sílabas
terminadas em Y (pretty),
OW (narrow), ER (clever), e
LE (simple).
IMPORTANT:
C Y
Pretty
CVC
Big
Hot
IER / IEST
prettier / prettiest
C (final) ER / EST
bigger / biggest
hotter / hottest
COMPARAÇÕES IRREGULARES:

ADJETIVO
COMPARATIVO
GOOD (bom)
BAD (mau)
MANY (muitos, as)
MUCH (muito, a)
LITTLE (pouco)
FAR (longe)
LATE (atrasado, tarde)
BETTER THAN
WORSE THAN
MORE THAN
MORE THAN
LESS THAN
FARTHER /
FURTHER THAN
LATER THAN
SUPERLATIVO
THE BEST
THE WORST
THE MOST
THE MOST
THE LEAST
THE FARTHEST /
FURTHEST
THE LATEST /
LAST
CONSTRUÇÕES ESPECIAIS:
AUMENTO GRADUAL:
TALL = ALTA
taller = mais alta
taller and taller = cada vez mais alta
She is getting / becoming taller and taller .
(= Ela está ficando cada vez mais alta)
BEAUTIFUL= BONITA
more beautiful = mais bonita
more and more beautiful= cada vez mais bonita
She is getting / becoming more and more beautiful.
(= Ela está ficando cada vez mais bonita)
CONSTRUÇÕES ESPECIAIS:
AUMENTO PARALELO:
...the taller, the better!
(= quanto mais alto, melhor)
...the colder, the worse!
(= quanto mais frio, pior)
...the hotter, the better!
(= quanto mais quente, melhor)
... the deeper, the more dangerous!
(= quanto mais fundo, mais perigoso)
... the more difficult, the more fascinating!
(= quanto mais difícil, mais fascinante)
AND NOW...
LET’S PRACTICE THE
DEGREES OF
COMPARISON WITH
SOME EXERCISES...
BYE...
TEACHER NARA