COMPARATIVeS and SUPERLATIVes

THE ADJECTIVES OF TWO SYLLABLES CAN FORM THE COMPARATIVE BY ADDING -ER, AS THE ADJECTIVES OF A SYLLABLE, OR BY PLACING MORE IN FRONT OF THE ADJECTIVE, AS IT HAPPENS WITH THOSE OF THREE SYLLABLES. LIKEWISE, THESE ADJECTIVES CAN FORM THE SUPERLATIVE BY ADDING THE ENDING -EST OR BY PUTTING MOST IN FRONT OF THE ADJECTIVE.

• COLD, COLDER (FRÍO, MÁS FRÍO)
• BIG, BIGGER (GRANDE, MÁS GRANDE)
• SMALL, SMALLER (PEQUEÑO, MÁS PEQUEÑO)
• SHORT, SHORTER (CORTO, MÁS CORTO)
• FAST, FASTER (RÁPIDO, MÁS RÁPIDO)
• YOUNG, YOUNGER (JOVEN, MÁS JOVEN)
• SOON, SOONER (PRONTO, MÁS PRONTO)
• LONG, LONGER (LARGO, MÁS LARGO)
• TALL, TALLER (ALTO, MÁS ALTO)
• OLD, OLDER (VIEJO, MÁS VIEJO)
• FAT, FATTER (GORDO, MÁS GORDO)
• SMART, SMARTER (INTELIGENTE, MÁS INTELIGENTE)
• NEW, NEWER (NUEVO, MÁS NUEVO

exercises: 

+https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/comparatives-and-superlatives

+http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson12/05.html

+https://www.ejerciciosinglesonline.com/exercises-and-theory/grammar-exercises-and-theory/comparative-superlative/

PAST TENSE

• IF IN THE PRESENT SIMPLE, THE VERB TO BE HAS THREE FORMS (AM, IS, ARE), IN THE SIMPLE PAST, IT HAS TWO: WAS AND WERE.
• WAS CORRESPONDS TO THE FIRST PERSON SINGULAR (I) AND THE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR (HE, SHE, IT); WERE USED FOR OTHER PEOPLE (YOU, WE, THEY).

• EXAMPLE :

I WAS AT WORK.
YOU WERE QUITE ILL.
WE WERE IN SCOTLAND LAST WEEK

• 
  AS CAN BE SEEN, IN THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE, NO CONTRACTION IS FORMED BETWEEN THE PRONOUN AND THE VERB TO BE. BOTH WAS AND WERE APPEAR ALONE.
• EXAMPLE:

YOU WERE IN ENGLISH CLASS.
IT WAS GOOD.
THEY WERE AT HOME.

HOWEVER, WHEN THE PHRASE IS NEGATIVE, THE CONTRACTION IS MADE BETWEEN WAS AND NOT AND WERE AND NOT:

I WAS NOT	I WASN’T
YOU WERE NOT	YOU WEREN’T
HE WAS NOT	HE WASN’T
SHE WAS NOT	SHE WASN’T
IT WAS NOT	IT WASN’T
WE WERE NOT	WE WEREN’T
YOU WERE NOT	YOU WEREN’T
THEY WERE NOT	THEY WEREN’T

EXAMPLE:

HE WASN’T A MEMBER OF THE CLUB.
IT WASN’T COLD.
THEY WEREN’T LATE.

AS ALWAYS HAPPENS IN ENGLISH, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE PHRASE TO ASK THE QUESTION. WITH THE ANSWER WE CAN MAKE A "LINGUISTIC SHORTCUT" WHEN ANSWERING WITH THE AUXILIARY VERB, THAT IS, WITH WAS OR WERE:

questions	short  questions
WAS I AT HOME?	YES, I WAS / NO, I WASN’T
WERE YOU AT WORK?	YES, YOU WERE / NO, YOU WEREN’T
WAS HE CANADIAN?	YES, HE WAS / NO, HE WASN’T
WAS SHE A DOCTOR?	YES, SHE WAS / NO, SHE WASN’T
WAS IT SLEEPING?	YES, IT WAS / NO, IT WASN’T
WERE WE THERE?	YES, WE WERE / NO, WE WEREN’T
WERE YOU READY?	YES, YOU WERE / NO, YOU WEREN’T
WERE THEY STUDYING?	YES, THEY WERE / NO, THEY WEREN’T

SOME VIDEOS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PAST TENSE

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/past-tense

https://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/simple-past-tense/

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/simple-past/

EXERCISES REINFORCE WHAT LEARNED                                                            https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/past-simple
https://english.lingolia.com/es/gramatica/tiempos-comparacion/past-tenses/ejercicios
https://english.lingolia.com/es/gramatica/tiempos-verbales/simple-past/ejercicios

Mi english taller

Authors: Maria fernanda fragoso Gomez 

and Alma Dennia Castañeda

1. adjetive
2. comparative
3. superlative
4. past tense
5. regular verbs: pronunsation, irregula and use ED
6. use going to

                        ADJETIVES 

• In this section we will see some adjectives in an easy and fun way

The adjectives are those words that join a name to expand, complement and quantify their meaning. In English there are eight kinds of adjectives: 1. Qualifiers: good, good; thin, thin; dry, dry; bad, bad; short short 2. Demonstrative: this, this; that, that; these, these; those, those 3. Distributive: each, each; every, everything; either, one and the other; neither, neither one nor the other. 4. Of quantity: some, some; any, any; little, little; few, few; many, many; much, much; enough, enough 5. Interrogative: which ?, which ?; What? What? whose ?, from whom ?, etc. 6. Possessives: my, my; your, your, your, your, his, his (his); her, his (her); its, its (of it), ours, ours; your, yours, their, yours (their) 7. Own: French, French; English, English; Spanish, Spanish; etc. 8. Numerals: one, one; ten, ten; first, first, second, second; etc.

a page where you will be more adjetives

https://www.aprendemasingles.com/2012/06/12/lista-de-60-adjetivos-comunes-con-traduccion-pdf/





page where of adjective exercises

https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/adjectives

comparativos y superlativos

the adjectives of two syllables can form the comparative by adding -er, as the adjectives of a syllable, or by placing more in front of the adjective, as it happens with those of three syllables. Likewise, these adjectives can form the superlative by adding the ending -est or by putting most in front of the adjective.

• Cold, colder (frío, más frío)
• Big, bigger (grande, más grande)
• Small, smaller (pequeño, más pequeño)
• Short, shorter (corto, más corto)
• Fast, faster (rápido, más rápido)
• Young, younger (joven, más joven)
• Soon, sooner (pronto, más pronto)
• Long, longer (largo, más largo)
• Tall, taller (alto, más alto)
• Old, older (viejo, más viejo)
• Fat, fatter (gordo, más gordo)
• Smart, smarter (inteligente, más inteligente)
• New, newer (nuevo, más nuevo

past tense

• If in the present simple, the verb to be has three forms (am, is, are), in the simple past, it has two: was and were.
• Was corresponds to the first person singular (I) and the third person singular (he, she, it); were used for other people (you, we, they).

• example :

I was at work.	Estaba en el trabajo
You were quite ill.	Estuviste realmente enfermo.
We were in Scotland last week	Estuvimos en Escocia la semana pasada

• 
  
• As can be seen, in the simple past tense, no contraction is formed between the pronoun and the verb to be. Both was and were appear alone.
• example:

You were in English class.	Estuviste en la clase inglés.
It was good.	Fue bueno.
They were at home.	Estuvieron en casa

However, when the phrase is negative, the contraction is made between was and not and were and not:

I was not	I wasn’t
You were not	You weren’t
He was not	He wasn’t
She was not	She wasn’t
It was not	It wasn’t
We were not	We weren’t
You were not	You weren’t
They were not	They weren’t

example:

He wasn’t a member of the club.	No era socio del club.
It wasn’t cold.	No hacía frío.
They weren’t late.	No llegaron tarde.

As always happens in English, you have to change the order of the phrase to ask the question. With the answer we can make a "linguistic shortcut" when answering with the auxiliary verb, that is, with was or were:

Pregunta	Respuesta corta
Was I at home?	Yes, I was / No, I wasn’t
Were you at work?	Yes, you were / No, you weren’t
Was he Canadian?	Yes, he was / No, he wasn’t
Was she a doctor?	Yes, she was / No, she wasn’t
Was it sleeping?	Yes, it was / No, it wasn’t
Were we there?	Yes, we were / No, we weren’t
Were you ready?	Yes, you were / No, you weren’t
Were they studying?	Yes, they were / No, they weren’t

Here you will find some exercises on the subject
https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/comparatives-and-superlatives

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