Superlatives and Comparatives

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March 1 & 4, 2011
Oscar 2011 highlights
Best picture: The King's Speech
Best Actor in a leading role: Colin Firth
Best Actress in a leading role: Natalie
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World Records
Tallest Man: the tallest man in medical history
is Robert Pershing, born on February
22,1918.
Oldest person: Jeanne Louise Calment was
the oldest person who ever lived. Her date
of birth was February 21, 1875, and she
died in Arles, France in 1997, at the age of
122.
World Records
Most expensive wedding: the wedding of
Mohammed, son of Shaik Rashid Bin Saeed Al
Maktoum, to Princess Salama in Dubai in May
1981 lasted seven days and cost $ 44 million.
Longest English word: the longest word in the
Oxford English Dictionary is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,
which has 45 letters and means a lung disease
caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust.
More World Records
Smallest country: the smallest independent
country in the world is the State of Vatican
City, an enclave within the city of Rome,
Italy.
Most widespread language: English is
spoken by an estimated 800 million people.
Of these, 310 million are native speakers,
including 216 million in the United States
and 53 million in the United Kingdom.
More World Records
Longest Portuguese Word: inconstitucionalissimamente,
27 letters, means, “with the highest degree of
inconstitutionality”.
Superlatives
Irregular Forms: Best, Worst
E.g. Who is the best soccer player in the world?
Who is the worst soccer player in the world?
Para os adjetivos pequenos, acrescentamos a
terminação – est:
Old- the oldest
Small -...............
Fast - .................
Large - ...............
Young - ...............
Slow - ..................
Superlatives
Para adjetivos grandes:
Careful: the most careful
Let' s practice!
Who is the richest man in Brazil?
Influential: the most
influential women
What was the worst experience
you had in your life?
Interesting: ...................
What is the most dangerous city
in Brazil?
Beautiful: .....................
Important:......................
Talented: ........................
Handsome:.....................
Who is the best student in your
classroom?
Who is the oldest person in your
family?
Exercise on Superlatives
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the most beautiful place you've
ever been to?
2. What is the worst book you've ever read?
3. Who is your best friend?
4. Where can you find the most delicious
food?
5. what is the longest river in Brazil?
Teenage Pregnancy
1. Facts
. Recent statistics show that teen birth rates are
higher than they were during the early to mid1980's.
2. Health risks to the baby
. A baby born to a teenage mother is more at risk
than a baby born to an older mother. The risk of
having a lowbirthweight baby is higher for
young mothers.
Teenage Pregnancy
3. Health risks to a teenage mother
. A teenage mother is more at risk of pregnancy complications such as
premature labor, anemia, high blood pressure and placental problems.
These risks are even greater for teens who are under 15 years old.
4. Consequences of teenage pregnancy
Teenage mothers leave a very important part of life behind –
adolescence – a time for growing up and having fun, not for being a
parent.
Comparativo de Superioridade
Veja os exemplos abaixo:
Paraná is colder than São Paulo.
Rio is more violent than Paraná.
Para adjetivos pequenos, usamos a
terminação: adjetivo cold + er: colder
(than...)
Para adjetivos grandes, usamos more antes
do adjetivo: more violent (than)...
Veja alguns exemplos especiais:
Heavy – heavier
Irregular comparatives:
Easy - ...............
good/well: better
Funny - .............
bad/badly: worse
Happy - .............
Hot - ..................
Big- ...................
Thin- .................
Far: further/farther
Examples:
The weather is better than it was
yesterday.
The situation is worse than we
expected.
I'm exhausted. I can't walk much
further.
Veja agora esses dois exemplos:
....more likely than....
....less likely than.....
Less é o oposto de more; assim less significa:
__________
Did you travel more or less than 400 km?
The more I hear about Glory, the less I like her.
Use o comparativo de superioridade:
Dê sua opinião, comparando os seguintes
elementos:
a) São Paulo x Paraná (cold): Paraná is colder
than São Paulo
b) Angélica x Xuxa (beautiful)
c) Basketball x Volleyball (exciting)
d) Geography x History (easy)
e) Chemistry x Biology (difficult)
f) Drinking x Smoking (bad)
g) boys x girls (intelligent)
h) studying x working (hard)
Cs (comparativo de superioridade) ou S
(Superlativo)?
1. The Amazon is longer than the Mississipi ( )
2. My father was older than my mother. ( )
3. Reading a book is more interesting than
watching TV. ( )
4. I think love is the most important thing in life. ( )
5. In my opinion, Marilia Pera is the best actress in
Brazil. ( )