1.2 The comparaison of adjectives Flashcards

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What is a syllable?

A

A syllable is the sound of a vowel (A, E, I, O, U) that is created when pronouncing the letters A, E, I, O, U, or Y.

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What does adjectives with one syllable and those ajdectives with two syllables that end on -_,-_,-_ and -_ take to form

  1. the comperative form and
  2. the superlative form?
A

To form the comperative form, the adjectives ending in

-y, -er, -le and -ow take an -er

to form the superlative form they take a -est

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Form the comparative form and the supportlative form.

Cold

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comparative : colder

superlative: coldest

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whats the comparative form and superlative form from the verb:

big

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comparative form

bigger

superlative form

biggest

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whats the comparative form and superlative form from the adjective:

easy

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comparative form

easier

superlative form

easiest

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whats the comparative form and superlative form from the adjective:

clever

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comparative form

cleverer

superlative form

cleverest

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whats the comparative form and superlative form from the adjective:

simple

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comparative form

simpler

superlative form

simplest

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whats the comparative form and superlative form from the adjective:

narrow

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comparative form

narrower

superlative form

narrowest

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what is a vowel?

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A, E, I, O, U

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what is a consonant?

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all buchstaw ausser “a,e,i,o,u”

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when does the consonant gets doubled?

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When the adjective ends on a simple, short, pronounced

“vowel + consonant”

then the consonant gets doubled.

examples:

hot hotter the hottest

thin thinner the thinnest

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when does the adjective ending with a “y” changes into “ie”?

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when the ajdective ends on a “consonant + y”, then the “y” changes into “ie”

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