Just Right – Units 5 & 6 GRAMMAR SUMMARY

1. Cycling is healthy
2. But it’s dangerous if you don’t wear a helmet
3. Sue is good at French. Bob isn’t.
4. London is far from Sesto Calende. Milan is near
5. I am terrible/bad at singing. You are good at it.

Comparativi di Maggioranza degli aggettivi

1. Cycling is healthier than taking a bus
2. Cycling is more dangerous than walking.
3. Sue is better than Bob at French
4. London is further from Sesto Calende than Milan
5. I am worse than you at singing

Comparativi di uguaglianza degli aggettivi (forma negative)

1. Taking the bus is not as healthy as cycling. (or Taking the bus is less healthy than cycling – ma forma comparative di minoranza non
usato tanto in inglese)
2. Walking isn’t as dangerous as cycling
3. Bob isn’t as good as Sue at French.
4. Milan is not as far as London
5. I’m not as good as you at singing.

Superlativo degli aggettivi

1. Cycling is the healthiest way to go to school
2. Riding a motorbike is the most dangerous way to travel to school
3. Sue is the best at French in our class
4. Sydney in Australia is the furthest
5. It’s the highest mountain in the world (IN a place or group)
6. It was the hardest test of the year (OF a period of time)

Comparativi di uguaglianza degli aggettivi

a. I am as tall as my mum. = My mum and I are the same height
b. Jude’s school report is as good as Helen’s.
c. His bike is as new as mine = Our bikes are the same age
d. Sue is as old as John = Sue and John are the same age
Confrontare quantità di sostantivi (nomi)

Countable Uncountable
++++ di più more more
-------- di meno fewer less

There are fewer pencils than pens on the table

I do less homework than my brother
She takes less sugar in her coffee than you
There is more furniture in this house. There is less furniture in my bedroom than in yours.
I have fewer friends than you. She had more money than her sister.
My Dad usually has less free time than my Grandpa.

One/Ones Pronomi (utilizzati per non ripeter un sostantivo numerablile appena menzionato.)

ONE – singolare Is there a public toilet in this café? Yes, there is one upstairs
Which scarf is the prettiest, the pink one or the grey one? The pink one.

ONES – plurale Which apples do you want, the red ones or the green ones? The red ones please.

ONE esiste come un numero: How many brothers have you got? One

Aggettivi che terminano in ED e ING

-ED
es: bored, disappointed, excited, interested, tired, frightened, worried annoiato, deluso, emozionato, interessato, stanco, spaventato,
preoccupato

-ING
es: boring, disappointing, exciting, interesting, tiring, frightening, Noioso, deludente, emozionante, interessante, stancante/faticoso,
worrying. spaventoso, preoccupante

Ingrid Lown April 2019