October 3rd - Reconstruct Mr Bean's story + Adjectives & Adverbs

1. It's Hollywood Time.  Time for you to become a movie writer and director. Watch the following animated episode of Mr Bean and write down in your own words utilizing as much new vocabulary as possible what is happening.  You will narrate the episode in front of the class as you play the video.  

Adjectives - Comparative vs Superlative

Positive Form

Use the positive form of the adjective if the comparison contains one of the following expressions:

as … as

Example: Jane is as tall as John.

not as … as / not so … as

Example: John is not as tall as Arnie.

Comparative Form and Superlative Form (-er/-est)

• one-syllable adjectives (clean, new, cheap)
• two-syllable adjectives ending in -y or -er (easy, happy, pretty, dirty, clever)

positive form	comparative form	superlative form
clean	cleaner	(the) cleanest

Exceptions in spelling when adding -er / -est

• silent ‘e’ is dropped
  Example: late-later-latest
• final ‘y’ after a consonant becomes i
  Example: easy-easier-easiest
• final consonant after short, stressed vowel is doubled
  Example: hot-hotter-hottest

Comparative Form and Superlative Form (more/most)

• adjectives of three or more syllables (and two-syllable adjectives not ending in -y/-er)

positive form	comparative form	superlative form
difficult	more difficult	most difficult

Comparative Form and Superlative Form (irregular comparisons)

positive form	comparative form	superlative form
good	better	best
bad / ill	worse	worst
little (amount)	less	least
little (size)	smaller	smallest
much / many	more	most
far (place + time)	further	furthest
far (place)	farther	farthest
late (time)	later	latest
late (order)	latter	last
near (place)	nearer	nearest
near (order)	-	next
old (people and things)	older	oldest
old (people)	elder	eldest

Exercise on Comparison of Adjectives

Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

1. My house is (big)  than yours.
2. This flower is (beautiful)  than that one.
3. This is the (interesting)  book I have ever read.
4. Non-smokers usually live (long)  than smokers.
5. Which is the (dangerous)  animal in the world?
6. A holiday by the sea is (good)  than a holiday in the mountains.
7. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive)  than a beer.
8. Who is the (rich)  woman on earth?
9. The weather this summer is even (bad)  than last summer.
10. He was the (clever)  thief of all.

Form and Comparison of Adverbs

Adverbs are used to express how something is done (adjectives express how someone or something is).

Example: The dog sleeps quietly. The dog is absolutely quiet.

Form

In general: adjective + -ly

adjective	adverb
slow	slowly

Exceptions in spelling

exception	example
silent e is dropped in true, due, whole	true → truly
y becomes i	happy → happily
le after a consonant is dropped	sensible → sensibly
after ll only add y	full → fully

Adjectives ending in -ic: adjective + -ally (exception: public-publicly)

adjective	adverb
fantastic	fantastically

Adjectives ending in -ly: use ‘in a … way / manner’ or another adverb with similar meaning

adjective	adverb
friendly	in a friendly way in a friendly manner
likely	probably

Exceptions

adjective	adverb (meaning)	adverb (meaning)
good	well
difficult	with difficulty
public	publicly
deep	deep (place)	deeply (feeling)
direct	direct	directly (=soon)
hard	hard	hardly (=seldom)
high	high (place)	highly (figurative)
late	late	lately (=recently)
most	most	mostly (=usually)
near	near	nearly (=almost)
pretty	pretty (=rather)	prettily
short	short	shortly (=soon)
The following adjectives are also used as adverbs (without modification):	daily, enough, early, far, fast, hourly, little, long, low, monthly, much, straight, weekly, yearly, …

Exercise on the form of adverbs

Comparison

Comparison (-er/-est)

	Comparative ending in -er	Superlative ending in -est
one-syllable adverbs (hard)	harder	hardest
adverbs with the same form as adjectives (early)	earlier	earliest

Comparison (more / most)

	Comparative formed with more	Superlative formed with most
adverbs ending in -ly (happily)	more happily	most happily

Irregular comparisons

positive form	comparative	superlative
well	better	best
badly	worse	worst
ill	worse	worst
little	less	least
much	more	most
far (place + time)	further	furthest
far (place)	farther	farthest
late (time)	later	latest

Exercise on Comparison of Adverbs

Fill in the correct adverb form (comparative or superlative) of the adjectives in brackets.

1. I speak English (fluent)  now than last year.
2. She greeted me (polite)  of all.
3. She smiled (happy)  than before.
4. This girl dances (graceful)  of all.
5. Could you write (clear) ?
6. Planes can fly (high)  than birds.
7. He had an accident last year. Now, he drives (careful)  than before.
8. Jim can run (fast)  than John.
9. Our team played (bad)  of all.
10. He worked (hard)  than ever before.