1 COMPARATIFS

C1 – Comparatif - superlatif
COMPARATIFS - SUPERLATIFS
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Ils servent à comparer des choses ou des personnes.
INFERIORITE
COMPARATIF
SUPERLATIF
Adjectifs courts et adjectifs longs :
Adjectifs courts et adjectifs longs :
LESS + ADJ + THAN
THE LEAST + ADJ
Ex : I’m less tall than you
Ex : This is the least interesting
book of the library
Adjectifs courts et adjectifs longs :
EGALITE
X
AS+ ADJ + AS
Ex : Marie is as beautiful as Julie
Adjectifs courts :
Adjectifs courts :
THE ADJ -EST
ADJ -ER THAN
Ex : She is smaller than me
SUPERIORITE
Ex : Tom is the tallest boy of his
class
Adjectifs longs:
Adjectifs longs:
MORE + ADJ + THAN
Ex : Kévin is more jealous than his
cousin
THE MOST + ADJ
Ex : Paris is the most beautiful
town of the world
Note
Adjectifs courts =
- adjectifs d'une syllabe (ex: young)
- adjectifs de deux syllabes se terminant par -y (ex: pretty)
Adjectifs longs : tous les autres
Comparatif de supériorité:
a) Si l'adjectif se termine par Consonne-Voyelle-Consonne, on double la consonne finale
(big -> bigger)
b) S'il se termine par -y, le -y se transforme en -i: pretty -> prettier
c) Exceptions:
GOOD donne BETTER.
BAD donne WORSE.
FAR donne FARTHER
Superlatif de supériorité:
Exceptions:
GOOD donne THE BEST.
BAD donne THE WORST.
FAR donne THE FARTHEST.
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C1 – Comparatif - superlatif
QCM
Mark the good answer
1) I have four dresses. I think this is ….
a niver than
nicer
the nicer
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the nicest
2) The C. and J. Corporation has become the seventh …. producer
large
larger
largest
of large
3) My daughter is … than any girl in this class
the taller
the tallest
taller
tallest
4) My father’s car is ….. than that of your father
the bigger
bigger
big
the biggest
5) This necklace is … of the jewelry
the most expensive
the more expensive
the expensivest
the more expensivest
6) John is … than his brother
intelligent
most intelligent
more intelligent
the most intelligent than
7) Carla is … her sister
as cute than
more cute as
less cute as
as cute as
8) This book is … that I’ve ever read
the more interesting
the interestingest
the most interesting
so interesting
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