ADJETIVOS SUPERLATIVOS
Forman el superlativo según el doble método seguido por los adjetivos:soon = soonest / beautifully = most beautifullyPara formar el superlativo añadiremos al adjetivo -est, además el adjetivo irá precedido del artículo The.
Por ejemplo, al adjetivo old (viejo) le añadimos -est: the oldest (el más viejo/mayor)
Ejemplo:
My father is the oldest. (Mi padre es el más mayor)
My house is the largest. (Mi casa es la más grande)
Contesta las siguientes preguntas en inglés:
1. Who is the oldest person in your family?
my father
2. How old is he/ she? my sister
3. Who is the second oldest in your family?
my mother
4. Who is the youngest in your family?
I
Contesta las siguientes preguntas acerca de tus compañeros de clase:
1.- Who is wearing the most complete uniform today?yes every day
2.-Who has the curliest hair?_is pearl lucero susana and tania denisse
3.-Who has the longest name?Federico alejandro
4.-Who has the largest shoe?Joel alejandro and federico
5.-Who has the nicest notebook?Tania guadalupe
6.-Who has the most brothers and sisters?Susana
7.-Who brings the most books to class?Alejandro
8. - Who is the best singer in the class?Eduardo Alejandro
9. - Who has studied english the longest?Rosalia
10.-Who traveled the farthest to come to this school?Dina del pilar
Read the ad and label the pets in the pictures.
We’re the biggest pet store in the area.We have the most interesting selection of pets in town.
Puppies, kittens, rabbits, hamsters, canaries, tropical fish, snakes, iguanas, and much, much more.
We have the best prices, too!
What does the ad say about…?
a) the size of the store?
b) the selection of pets?
c) the prices?
Listen to a radio program. Which pet is…?
1. the most popular? is the dog
2. the cheapest? is cat
3. the easiest to take care of?dog
4. the smallest?fishes
5. the most unusual?spider
Complete the table and the sentences about the animal in the store.
ADJECTIVE
SUPERLATIVE
big theCheap thebiggest than
Interesting thecheapest than
Good thegoodesd than
Popular the populares than
easy the easieist
1. Pete’s is the inteligent pet store in the area.
2. Cats are the pretty pets.
3. Hamsters the populares are pets.
4. Fish are the beatiful pets to take care of.
5. Iguanas are the inusual pets.
6. Dogs are the dangerous pets.
There are many animals that can be pets: dogs, cats, rabbits or even spiders.
Send us you answers to our pet questionnaire and you can win a prize.
* Which pet do you think is:
* The most boring?
* The most difficult to take care of?
* The easiest to take care of?
* The coolest?
Do you have a pet?
What do you have?
* The most boring?dog
* The most difficult snake
* The easiest rabbit
* The coolest fish
I have a dog
I don’t have a pet.rabbit
ADJETIVOS COMPARATIVOS
1. Añade "er" a los adjetivos que tienen una sílaba, como la palabra "big" (grande). Añadir "er" a los adjetivos de dos sílabas que terminan en "y", cambiando la letra "y griega" por una "i", como la palabra "happy" (feliz), que se convierte en "happier". Después de la forma adjetiva, añada "than."
Adjective + er + than
big I am bigger than my sister. Soy mayor que mi hermana.BIGGER
happy Sara is happier than Bob. Sara es más feliz que Bob.HAPPIER
rich A dentist is richer than his secretary. Un dentista es más rico que su secretaria. RICHER
Easy Math is easier than English. Las matemáticas son más sencillas que el inglés. EASIER
old Grandmother is older than grandfather. La abuela es más vieja que el abuelo. OLDER
2. Añade "more" cuando el adjetivo tiene dos o más sílabas, como la palabra "expensive". "more" se coloca delante del adjetivo y al adjetivo le sigue "than".
more + adjective + than
expensive His car is more expensive than her truck.Su coche es más caro que su camioneta. MORE EXPENSIVE THAN
beautiful A rose is more beautiful than a daisy.Una rosa es más bonita que una margarita. MORE BEAUTILFUL THAN
crowded Your office is more crowded than mine. Su oficina está más llena de gente que la mía. MORE CROWDED THAN
Contesta el siguiente ejercicio anotando en los espacios el adjetivo en su forma correcta.
1. Robert´s family live in a BIG ( big ) house.
2. Henry is TALLER(tall) and FATER (fat ) than javier.
3. Louisa, henry´s wife, is YOUNGER (young ) and SHORTER (short ) than her husband.
4. Robert is THINNER (thin ) than his brother.
5. Susy, the baby, is PRETTIER(pretty) than her brothers.
Find and underline the comparative adjectives in the ad. What do they mean?
THE ORANGE X
It’s small, it’s fast and it isn’t
expensive!
$ 1,199
THE SUPER X
It’s very small, it’s very light,
it’s superfast and it’s pretty!
$ 1,999
Find the opposites of these adjectives in the ad.
1. heavy LIGHT
2. slow SPEEDY
3. big SMALL
4. ugly HANTSOME
5. cheap CLEAR
3. Listen and circle the words you hear. Then listen again and answer the questions.
Smaller
Bigger
Lighter
Heavier
Faster
Prettier
More powerful
Better
More expensive
uglier
cheaper
slower
1. Which computer does the boy prefer?
2. Does he want to buy a computer?
3. What does he want?
Complete (write) the table.
ADJECTIVE
small smaller
light ligther
big bigger
powerful
COMPATATIVE
heavy heavier (than)
beit better (than)
More expensive (than) expensive
Father: That cell phone is good!
Daughter: Yes, but this one is better!
Father: That one is small.
Daughter: But this one is cell phones!
Father: But it’s more expensive, so forget it!
Write a similar conversation
about another product in the picture.
A. That MP3 player is good. B: Yes, but this one is …
Read the messages and answer the questions.
1. Which message is an answer?message1
2. Which product does the writer recommend? Why?message2
MESSAGE 1I’m looping for a new laptop, but I don’t have a loto f Money.I thing the Orange X is good. But what about the Super X?
MESSAGE 2I need a new cell phone. Is the Motola F23 better than the Sam X3? Help, please!
MESSAGE 3The Sami s more expensive than the Motola, but it’s lighter, smaller and more attractive. I think it’s better! So, buy the Sam!
VERBOS IRREGULARES
• En la siguiente lista se incluyen todos los verbos irregulares ingleses. En ella se recoge el infinitivo y el presente (ambos tienen la misma forma, salvo que el infinitivo va precedido de la partícula "to"), así como el pasado simple y el participio.
• En algunos casos, el verbo tiene dos posibles formas en el pasado o en el futuro que aparecen indicadas. En otros casos, el verbo no tiene infinitivo (son algunos verbos modales y en la tabla aparecen sin partícula "to").
• Estos verbos no siguen una regla determinada, por lo que hay que aprenderlos de memoria. Al ser numerosos, entendemos que lo más práctico es irlos estudiando poco a poco (algunos de ellos apenas se utilizan).
verbos irregulares
Infinitivo/Presente Significado Forma pasada Participio
To stand soportar stood stood
To come up surgir came up come up
To wake despertar woke woke
To be ser / estar was been
To stand aguantar stood stood
To beat golpear beat beaten
To become llegar a ser became become
To happen ocurrir happened happened
To procreate procrear procreated procreated
To begin empezar began begun
To notice observar noticed noticed
To bend doblar bent bent
To grieve estar afligido grieved grieved
To keep asking preguntar con insistencia kept asking kept asking
To bet apostar betted / bet betted / bet
To bid ordenar bade bidden
To bid pujar bid bid
To bind atar bound bound
To bite morder bit bitten
To bleed sangrar bled bled
To blow soplar blew blown
To break romper broke broken
To breed engendrar bred bred
To bring traer brought brought
To broadcast retransmitir broadcast broadcast
To build construir built built
To burn quemar burned / burnt burned / burnt
To burst explotar burst burst
To buy comprar bought bought Can poder could be able
To throw away arrojar / lanzar threw away thrown away
To catch coger caught caught
To chide regañar chid chidden
To choose elegir chose chosen
To cut cortar / romper cut cut
To cling agarrarse clung clung
To clothe vestir clothed / clad clothed / clad
To come venir came come
To cost costar cost cost
To creep deslizarse con sigilo crept crept
To sing cantar sang sung
To cut cortar cut cut
To dare desafiar dared / durst dared / durst
To deal tratar con dealt / delt dealt / delt
To dig cavar dug dug
To do hacer did done
To draw dibujar drew drawn
To dream soñar dreamed / dreamt dreamed / dreamt
To drink beber drank drunk
To drive conducir drove driven
To live in habitar lived in livled
To eat comer ate eaten
To fall caer fell fallen
To feed alimentar fed fed
To feel sentir felt felt
To fight luchar fought fought
To find encontrar found found
To run away escapar ran away run away
To fling arrojar flung flung
To fly volar flew flown
To stop desistir stopped stopped
To forbid prohibir forbade forbidden
To forget olvidar forgot forgotten
To forgive perdonar forgave forgiven
To leave renunciar a algo left left
To freeze helar(se) froze frozen
To get coger got got
To make golden dorar made golden made golden
To fasten sujetar con cinturón fastened fastened
To give dar gave given To go ir went gone
VERBOS REGULARES
INFINITIVO,PASADO Y PARTICIPIO PASIVO.
act Acted Actuar
add Added Sumar, añadir
aid Aided Ayudar
arrest Arrested Arrestar
assist Assisted Ayudar
attend Attended Asistir, ir
address Addressed Dirigirse
advertise Advertised Anunciar
amuse Amused Entretener
approach Approached Acercarse
ask Asked Preguntar, pedir
accompany Accompanied Acompañar
accustom accustomed Acostumbrar
agree agreed Concordar
annoy annoyed Molestar
answer answered Responder
appeal applealed Atraerappear appeared Aparecer
arrange arranged Arreglar, ordenar
arrive arrived Arribaraccompany accompanied Acompañar
accustom accustomed Acostumbrar
agree agreed Concordar
annoy annoyed Molestara
nswer answered Responder
appeal applealed Atraerappear appeared Aparecerarrange
arranged Arreglar, ordenar
board boarded Abordar
balance balanced Equilibrar
banish banished Desterrar
bark barked Ladrar
bless blessed Bendecir
brush brushed Cepillar
behave behaved Comportarse
belong belonged Pertenecer
beg begged suplicar, mendigar
believe believed Creer
boil boiled Hervir
breathe breathed Respirar
complete completed Completar
consist consisted Consistir
count counted Contar
close closed Cerrar
cook cooked Cocinar
crash crashed Chocar
cross crosssed cruzar
call called Llamar
care cared Cuidar
carry carried Llevar
change changed Cambiar
check checked Chequear
charge charged cargar, cobrar
clean cleaned Limpiar
climb climbed escalar, subir
comb combed Peinar
cover covered Cubrir
cry cried Llorar
crawl crawled gatear, arrastrarse
dance danced bailar
dress dressed vestir
dropp dropped dejar caer
dial dialed sintonizar, marcar
die died morir
declare declared declarar
delay delayed demorar
deliver delivered entregar
deny denied negar
dine dined cenar
AUXILIAR COULD
Could and might show there is a chance that something will happen in the future.
*Ejemplo:You could have an accidentYou might get hurt
Use ought to to give advice and to show there is one correct way to do something.
*Ejemplo:You look tired. You ought to go home.You ought to wear your seat belt all the time
Use have to to show that something is necessary.
*Ejemplo:You have to lock the door when you leave.
Use of Could: Past Possibility or AbilityWe use could to talk about what was possible in the past, what we were able or free to do:
*I could swim when I was 5 years old.
* My grandmother could speak seven languages.
* When we arrived home, we could not open the door. (...couldn't open the door.)
* Could you understand what he was saying?
We use could (positive) and couldn't (negative) for general ability in the past. But when we talk about one special occasion in the past, we use be able to (positive) and couldn't (negative).
Look at these examples:
Afirmativa My grandmother could speak Spanish.
Negativa My grandmother couldn't speak Spanish.
Could: RequestsWe often use could in a question to ask somebody to do something. The use of could in this way is fairly polite (formal):
*Could you tell me where the bank is, please?
*Could you send me a catalogue, please?
*Could is an auxiliary verb, a modal auxiliary verb. We use could to:
* talk about past possibility or ability
* make requests
Structure of Couldsubject + could + main verb
The main verb is always the bare infinitive (infinitive without "to").
Afirmativa My grandmother could swim.
Negativa She could not walk.
Interrogativa Could your grandmother her?
Request
Would you mind making a copy for me?
Polite and formal.
Could you look over this report?
Polite and less formal.
Can you help me with this box?
Polite and informal
Give me that!
Very informal, or impolite.
*Would you mind is followed by a gerund.
* Can and could are followed by the base form.
* Use polite and formal language when talking with a boss or manager.
* Use polite or informal language when talking with coworkers.
* Use very informal or impolite language in an emergency or to show anger.
1. Etiqueta cada situación.
EXAMPLE: Can you answer that phone?
Polite and informal
1 Would you mind reviewing my resume again? polite and informal
2 Can you help me with these reports? polite or formal
3 Call the boss right away?polite and informal
4 Can you come in early tomorrow morning?polite and formal
5 Would you mind changing your 2:00 appointment to 3:00?polite and formal
6 Could you sign all three copies? polite and formal
2. Completa las respuestas. Algunas respuestas pueden usar Can or Could.
EXAMPLE: (lend me your goggles) To a friend:Hey,Helen. Can you lend me your goggles?
1. (sign this check ) To your supervisor:Oh, Ms. Reeves Can you sing this chek please?
2. (open the door ) To a friend:Say, Jose. Can you open the door for me?3. (help me pick them up) To a stranger:Oh no! I dropped all the reports Can you help me pick them up?
4. (answer the phones) To your co – worker:Oh, Arnie. Could you answer the phones while I’m at lunch?
5. (open the door ) To a friend: I’m in a hurry!
Could you open the door ?
