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Comparisons and Superlatives

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Spanish and English use _________________ to indicate _________________ of two people or things
has a _________________, _________________, or _________________ of a quality.

Both languages also use _________________ to express the _________________ or lowest


_________________of a quality.

Comparisons and Superlatives

Comparisons of inequality

Comparisons of _________________ are formed by placing _________________ or


_________________ before _________________, _________________, and _________________ and
_________________ after them.

Adjective

_________________/_________________ +

Adverb

_________________

Noun

-Los bistecs son ms caros que el pollo. ___________________________________________________

-Estas uvas son menos sabrosas que esa pera. _________________________________________________


-___________________________________________________ Me acuesto ms tarde que t.
-___________________________________________________ Mi hermano se despierta menos temprano
que yo.
-Juan prepara ms platos que Jos. ___________________________________________________
-Susana come menos carne que Enrique. ___________________________________________________
ATENCIN!

Note that while English has a _________________ for short adjectives and adverbs (taller, later), such
forms do not _________________ in Spanish. (ms alto, ms tarde)

When the _________________ involves a _________________ expression de is used before the


_________________ instead of que.
o Hay ms de cincuenta naranjas. _________________ _________________ _________________
o Llego en menos de diez minutes. _________________ _________________ ________________

With verbs, the following _________________ is used to make _________________ of


_________________ .
o _________________ + _________________ /_________________ que
o _________________ _________________ . My brothers eat more than I (do).
o Arturo duerme menos que su padre. _________________ _________________

The following _________________ are used to make _________________ of _________________ .


o _________________ +

adj/adv

o _________________ +

sing/plural noun

_________________
+

_________________

o Este plato es tan delicioso como aqul. __________________________________

o ___________________________________________________. You tried as many dishes as


they did.
ATENCIN!

Note that _________________ acts as an _________________, and therefore agrees in


_________________ and _________________ with the noun it modifies: tantas cosas

_________________ and _________________ can also be used for emphasis, rather than to
_________________ with these meanings: _________________ so, _________________ so
much, _________________ so many.
o Tu almuerzo es tan grade. __________________________________
o __________________________________ Comes tanto.
o Comes tantas manzanas. __________________________________

Comparisons of _________________ with verbs are formed by placing _________________


after the verb.

Note that in this construction _________________ does not change in _________________ or


_________________.
o _________________ +

_________________

o ______________________________________________ No duermo tanto como mi ta.


o Estudiamos tanto como ustedes. ____________________________________________

The following _________________ is used to form _________________. Note that the


_________________ is always preceded by a _________________ article and that
_________________ is equivalent to the English _________________ or _________________.
o __________________________________ +
_________________ +

noun +

ms/menos

de

o Es el caf ms rico del pas. _________________________________________________

o ________________________________________________ It is the least expensive


menu of all of these.

While _________________ alone means _________________, after a noun or definite article,


it means _________________.

The _________________ in a superlative _________________ can be omitted if the person,


place, or thing referred to is _________________.
o Recomiendo el pollo asado. Es el ms sabroso del men.
___________________________________________________
o El restaurant El Crter? Es el ms elegante de la ciudad.
____________________________________________________________________

Adj.

Adj.

Comparative

Form

Superlative

Form

good
Peor
Bigger
Menor
Youngest
Viejo
Irregular comparatives and superlatives

When _________________ and _________________ refer to age, the _________________


comparative and _________________ forms, _________________ and _________________ are used.

However, when these _________________ refer to size, the _________________ forms,


_________________ and _________________ are used.
o Isabel es la mayor de su familia. ___________________________________________________
o _________________________________________________ Your salad is bigger than that one.

o Yo soy menor que t. ___________________________________________________


o ____________________________________________ I ordered the smallest dish on the menu.

The adverbs _________________ and _________________ have the same irregular


_________________ forms as the adjectives _________________ and _________________ .
o Julio nada mejor que los otros chicos. _________________ _________________ ___________
o _______________________________________________. They sing worse than the other guys.

In Spanish, the absolute _________________ is equivalent to _________________,


_________________, _________________, or _________________ before an _________________ or
_________________.

You encountered an _________________ superlative when you learned to say:


__________________________________

Absolute superlatives

El bistec est malsimo. ___________________________________________________

Comes muchsimo. ___________________________________________________

Esta prueba es dificilsima. ___________________________________________________

Los examenes son facilsimos. ___________________________________________________

_________________ and _________________ whose stem ends in c, g, or z change spelling to


_________________, _________________, and _________________ in the absolute superlative.

o Rico _________________
o Largo _________________
o Feliz _________________

_________________ that end in _________________ or _________________ normally form the


absolute superlative by adding _________________
o Joven _________________ = _________________
o Trabajador _________________ = _________________

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