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EXERCISES – STAGE 3 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES When an adjective has one syllable, we make the comparative by adding the letters “er” and the superlative by adding the letters “est”. For example: cheap – cheaper than; cheap – the cheapest When an adjective has three syllables we make the comparative by using the word “more” and to make the superlative we use the word “most”. For example: Expensive – more expensive than; Expensive – the most expensive EXERCISE 1 Correct these sentences using comparative and superlative rules. The pen is more long than the pencil. __________________________________________________________________________ The door is more high than the table. __________________________________________________________________________ This cup is beautifuler than that glass. __________________________________________________________________________ My shoes are more new than my shirt. __________________________________________________________________________ My brother is the more young in my family. __________________________________________________________________________ It’s most cold in winter than in summer. __________________________________________________________________________ São Paulo is most large than Jacareí. __________________________________________________________________________ France is more near to England than Japan. __________________________________________________________________________ I go to bed more early than my Father. __________________________________________________________________________ The chair is more light than the table. __________________________________________________________________________ GERUND PREPOSITION+NOUN A gerund is a noun that we make by putting the letters “ing” at the end of a verb. For example: “speaking”, “eating”, “coming”. In English, after a preposition we use a noun. For example: “on the table”, “after the lesson”. If we want to say an action after a preposition, we use the gerund – not the infinitive. For example: “after eating”, “for buying”.EXERCISE 2 Complete the sentences below using the words given to you. I am (eat) ___________________ dinner. I was (buy) ___________________ a book for my brother. He is (cut) ___________________ the bread with a knife. We are (lift) ___________________ the paper with our little finger. The dog is (follow) ___________________ her to the house. Was the sun (shine) ___________________ yesterday? She is (enter) ___________________ the church. My cousin wasn’t (smoke) ___________________ in the house. Are you (talk) ___________________to the student next to you? The teacher is (stand) ___________________ behind the table. PAST TENSE PAST TENSE OF REGULAR VERBS The past tense of “I am”, “you are”, “he/she/it is” etc. is “I was”, “you were”, “he/she/it was”, “we were”, “you were” and “they were”. We form the past tense of regular verbs by putting the letters “ed” at the end. For example: walk – walked; talk – talked; live – lived etc. EXERCISE 3 Correct this dictation. Last month is August and next month will be October. This ear is 2018. The government makes the laws and people brake them. The oranges and bananas was old, and tasted bad. The window is made of would and glass. I walk a lot yesterday. I watch television last week. I live at home with my parents when I was a child.