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TEMA: Comparatives and Superlatives

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Instrucciones: Reconoce la forma comparativa y superlativa.

I. Propósito: Reconoce la forma comparativa y superlativa

Comparative
1. READ the article about consumer societies. Notice the words in bold.

What is a Consumer Society?

A consumer is a person who buys things, and a consumer society is a society that
encourages people to buy and use goods. Some people think that a consumer society
provides people with better lives. People in consumer societies tend to live more
comfortably. They eat a wider variety of food. They go to restaurants more often.
They also buy a lot of products, maybe more than they need.

Products such as TVs, cell phones, and computers used to be luxuries. Today
people can buy these things more easily than ever before. The market for these goods
is growing faster all the time. Consumer societies encourage people to buy bigger
and better products. For example, “smarter” phones come out every year. In a
consumer society, people are often buying newer and more advanced products. This
creates a lot of waste. Nowadays, many people are thinking more seriously about the
effects of consumer societies on the environment, and they are trying to become more
responsible consumers.

2. CHECK. Read each statement. Circle T for true and F for false.

1. Everyone agrees that consumer products improve their lives. T F

2. These days, consumer goods are hard to find. T F

3. Many people want luxury products these days. T F

4. Consumer societies help the environment. T F

3. DISCOVER. Complete the exercises to learn about the grammar in this lesson.

A. Find these sentences in the article from exercise 1. Write the missing words.
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1. They eat a wider variety of food.

2. …., and they are trying to become more responsible

consumers.

B. Look at the words you wrote in exercise A. Then circle the correct word to
complete each rule.

1. For long / short adjectives, put more before the adjective to form the comparative.

2. For long/short adjectives, add -er to the end of the adjective to form the comparative

Superlative
Mount Everest:

The Highest Garbage Dump in the World?

Most people know that Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. However,
there is another fact that many people don’t know: it has become one of the dirtiest
mountains in the world.

Mount Everest is one of the toughest and most exciting mountains to climb on Earth.
It is not the coldest or the windiest place on Earth, but it comes close! These
challenges make it one of the most attractive mountains for serious climbers. Since
1952, over 3500 climbers have reached the top. Unfortunately, most of them have left
equipment and trash on the mountain.

In fact, trash is now one of the biggest threats to the environment on Mount Everest.
Local organizations have brought tons of trash down from the mountain. One of the
most interesting projects handed over more than a ton of tin cans, glass bottles, and old
climbing tools to artists in Nepal. The artists used the trash to create works of art. Then,
they sold the art to raise money for local charities. The least expensive work of art cost
$17, and the most expensive one cost $2400

CHECK. Circle the correct word to complete each statement.

1. According to the reading, Mount Everest is very clean / dirty.

2. Climbing Mount Everest is very difficult / easy.

3. Mount Everest is an unusual / a popular mountain for serious climbers.

4. Climbers rarely / often leave trash on Mount Everest.

5. People create art / charities from the trash on Mount Everest.

DISCOVER. Complete the exercises to learn about the grammar in this lesson.

A. Look at the bold phrases in the reading from exercise 1. Then write three more examples in each
column of the chart.

Adjectives with - est Adjectives with most

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Tall Exciting
High Attractive
Cold Interesting
Dirty Expensive

B. Which adjectives add most ? Circle the correct answer.

a. long ones b. short ones

C. Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjective or adverb in parentheses.

1. The biggest (big) piles of trash on Mount Everest are on the lower areas.

2. Trash is one of the worst (bad) problems on Mount Everest now.

3. Many climbers consider K2, a mountain between Pakistan and China, to be the most difficult
(difficult) mountain to climb, not Mount Everest.

4. Ted was the most experienced (experienced) climber on the expedition.

5. Which climber is the farthest (far) from the top?

6. That was the easiest (easy) mountain I’ve ever climbed.

7. Danny climbs the most quickly (quickly) of all of us.

8. Mount Everest is the highest (high) mountain on Earth.

9. That company has the best (good) guides.

10. Climbing Mount Everest in a snowstorm is one of the stupidest (stupid) thing you can do. It’s
extremely dangerous!

Use the words in parentheses to write superlative sentences. Use least when not is
included in the parentheses. Make the nouns plural if necessary.

1. This is a state park. (not popular / in California)

This is the least popular state park in California.

2. Canada is a country. (large/ in North America)

Canada is the largest country in North America.

3. Tokyo has a population. (big / in Japan)

Tokyo has the biggest population in Japan.

4. This is an apartment. (not expensive / in the building)

This a apartment is the least expensive in the building.

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5. Alan drives. (fast / of my three brothers)

Alan i s t h e f a s t e s t driver of my three brothers.

6. Jane is a student. (one of the / intelligent / in her class)

Jane is one of the most intelligent students in her class.

7. That was a class. (one of the / not interesting / I’ve ever taken)

That was one of the least interesting classes I’ve ever taken.

8. Mel works. (not efficiently / all the people in this office)

Mel i s t h e l e a s t efficiently worker all the people in this office.

9. This is a computer. (cheap/ in the store)

This is the cheapest computer in the store.

10. That’s a street. (one of the / pretty / in this city)

That’s one of the prettiest streets in this city.

Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives and adverbs in
parentheses. Use least if not is included in the parentheses.

1. Kelly: I think people are too concerned about having (1) the most modern (modern)
cell phones. Cell phones contain some of (2) the rarest (rare) minerals on Earth, but many
people just throw their old cell phones away when they buy a new one. This is (3) one of the
worst things (one of the / bad / thing) you can do! But if you recycle your old cell phones,
it’s (4) one of the best things (one of the / good / thing) you can do.

2. Amir: My cell phone is (5) the most important thing (important / thing) I own. It’s (6) the
most convenient place (convenient / place) I have to keep information.

3. Brad: My new cell phone is a piece of junk! It was (7) the least expensive (not
expensive) phone in the store. What a mistake! Also, the salesperson in that store was
one of (8) the least helpful sales person (not helpful /salesperson) I’ve ever spoken to.

EDIT. Read the article about trash in the desert. Find and correct eight more
errors with superlatives.

Cameron’s Camels
hotest
The Arabian Desert in the Middle East is one of the most hot environments on Earth, and it
has the least amount of rainfall. But to the camel, it is home. The camel is one of the
strongest animals in the world. Camels can go for many days with only a little food and water.
When they do find water, they probably drink the most quickly of any land animal. Adult
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camels can drink about 25 to 30 gallons (95–114 liters) in ten minutes. Unfortunately,
finding water is the least serious problem camels face. The most dangerous threat to camels
comes from humans. Tourists in the desert leave trash behind. Camels think the trash is
food and eat it. This is very dangerous for the camels, because it can kill them.
One of the most polluted parts of the desert is outside the city of Abu Dhabi. Each year,
many camels die there from eating trash. Cameron Oliver has been trying to change this.
Since he was eight years old, Cameron has been telling people that trash is very dangerous
for camels. Of all the young people in Abu Dhabi, Cameron has worked hardest to help the
camels. When he was 12, Cameron became the youngest person to win an Abu Dhabi
award for community service.