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• Pastevents.

-Adverbs of time.
-Use of adjectives.
-Comparatives and superlatives.
-Future tense.
-Will and goingto.
Professor: Manuel Moreno
CLASS N 16 & 17
Professor: Manuel Moreno

2. CONVERSATION 1
Bruce: Haveyoueverworkedbefore, Alice?
Alice: Yes. Around a yearago I workedfor a software company in Seattle.
Bruce: Thatsawesome. And wheredidyoustudy?
Alice: I studied software engineering in theUniversity of Ottawa.
conversation 2
Richard: Hey John. Did you play tennis yesterday?
John: No, I totally forgot about my practice session!
Richard: And what did you do instead of it?
John: I played my guitar all day long.

3. Adverbs of time
Some adverbs tell us when something happened.
These include: afterwards, later, now, soon, yesterday etc.
For example:-
Yesterdayall my troubles seemed so far away.- In this sentenceyesterdayshows us when the singers troubles seemed so far away..

4. Other adverbs of time include:-
Time Example Saturday, Sunday... I am going to the shops on Monday. Today I've been to the shops today. Yesterday I went yesterday. Next week/month/year I am going next week. Last week/month/year I went last year.
Finally I finally went. Eventually I eventually went to the shops. Already I've already been to the shops. Soon I'm going to the shops soon. Just I'm just going to the shops. Still I'm still at the shops.

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7. Types of Adjectives

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9. QualifyingAdjectives
Awake despierto
Asleep dormido
Beautiful hermoso
Ugly feo
big grande
Small pequeo
bitter amargo
Sweet dulce
dead muerto
Alive vivo
deep profundo
Shallow superficial
dirty sucio
clean limpio
expensive caro
Cheap barato
Far lejano
Near cercano

10. fast rpido
Slow lento
fat gordo
thin flaco, delgado
full lleno
empty vaco
glad contento
sad triste
good bueno
bad malo
happy feliz
sorry apenado
hard duro
soft blando
Healthy saludable
sick enfermo
Heavy pesado
light liviano
High alto
Low bajo
hot caliente
cold fro
long largo
shortcorto
newnuevo
oldviejo
polite corts
rude grosero
Poorpobre

11. Comparison
We use thecomparativeformwhenwewantto compare twoobjects. Tomakethesecomparisonweneedtobeaware of certain rules:
Wehavetoadd er totheadjective, or r ifitendswith e.
Short- Shorter Tall-Taller.
e.g., He is taller thanhisbrother.
He isshorterthanhisbrother.
Yourpencilislargerthan mine.
Yourpencilissmallerthan mine.

12. Ifthewordendswith a vowel + consonant, weaddanotherconsonant.
big-bigger. Hot-hotter sad-sadder
e.g., Summerishotterthan Winter.
Romanticmovies are sadderthancomedies.
Theelephantisbiggerthanthe mouse.

13. Ifthewordendswith y, wechangeitfor ier.
Happy-happier. Dry-Drier
He ishappierthanhisfriend.
He issadderthanhisfriend.
The Atacama DesertisdrierthanthePacificOcean.
ThePacificOceaniswetterthanthe Atacama Desert.

14. Whentheadjective has more than 3 syllables, thecomparativeisformedbyusingtheword more beforetheadjective.
A car is more expensive than a bicycle.
Albert Einstein is more intelligentthanHomer Simpson.

15. Superlatives
Weformthesuperlativeformwiththefollowing rules:
Wehavetoadd est totheadjective, or st ifitendswith e.
Small- theSmallest Nice- theNicest
Ifthewordendswith a vowel + consonant, weaddanotherconsonant.
Big- thebiggest hot- thehottest sad- thesaddest

16. Ifthewordendswith y, wechangeitfor iest.
happy - thehappiestface.
Healthy Thehealthiestfood.

17. 3 or more syllablesadjectives.
Thesuperlativeisformedbyusingtheword themost beforetheadjective.
Themostexpensivehouse.
Themostbeautifulgirl.
Themostcomfortablebed.

18. Exceptions
There are someexceptionstothe rules, thesewordsdontfollowthesamepattern of rules. These are the irregular forms of adjectives.

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20. Less than (menos que..)
Itisusedforadjectivesthathave 3 or more syllables.
E.g., Living in Chile is LESS expensivethan living in the U.S.A
E.g., Sheis AS tall AS my brother.
E.g., Living in Chile isnot as/so expensive as living in Europe.
EQUAL COMPARISON: AS AS
NOT AS

21. Note:

• the wordthanfrequently accompanies the comparative and the wordthe precedes the superlative.
• 22. Adjectives that end in a vowel and one consonantdoublethat final consonant:
• 23. big bigger the biggest
• 24. hot hotter the hottest
• 25. wet wetter the wettest