superlatives and comparative Flashcards

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what is the comparative?

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used to compare tow things or people,it may focus on adjectives,adverbsor nouns

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what is the most common pattern use structure

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-plus+adjective+que/qu’(more..than)
moins+adjective+que/qu’)(less than)
aussi+adjective+que/qu’(as..as)
autant que-as much as

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how does it agree?

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it agrees with the preceeding noun or pronoun ..elle est plus connectee que son pere

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what are the adjectives which are irregular?

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bon has an irregular-meilleur e.g le deuxieme film est meilleur que le premiers
mauvais-le pire,il est le pire
il est meilleur que l’autre athlete

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examples

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elle est aussi grande que sa soeur,il est aussi intelligent que moi,il est moins intelligent que moi
je travaille autant que mon college

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rules

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adverbs can be compared in the same way as adjectives with the use of plus..que/moins que/aussi que e.g maintenant, les gens communiquent plus facilement qu’avant

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rules

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the adverb never agrees

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the comparatve adverb for bien is mieux

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il travaille bien mais je travaille mieux que lui

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comparatives with nouns

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don’t use aussi for nouns use autant que-as many as
e.g autant de garcons que des filles ont un ordinateur
add de before the noun e.g plus de gens utilisent ,linternet aujourd’hui

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what is the superlative?

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is used to describe the most or the least of more than two things

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common structure

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the most(+adjective)= le/la/les plus+adjective
the leasr(adjective)=le/la/les moins+adjectives
the definite article and adjective must agree with the noun they refer to
-superlative is usually followed by du/de la/de l’/des e.g le plus intelligent du groupe,la plus petite des trois
before a country de/d’ should be used
if an adjective preceeds the noun it superlative form does it as well e.g c’est la plus grande invention du siecle

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the comperlative +noun

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autant de+noun+que=as much..as
plus de +noun+que-more..than
moins de +noun+que=less than
e.g on n’a autant d’argent que mon frere
on a plus d’argent que mon pere
on a moins d’argent que mon pere

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petit used for adjective

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moindre
e.g c’est la moindre des choses(its the least we can do)

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