Comparaciones - simplificado

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Comparaciones - simplificado

• Unidad 3a

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Unequal comparisons

• más que menos que
• -er less
• More less than
• More than

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Comparacions con adjetivos

• To compare two things using the same adjective
• For er and more than comparisons
• Más adjective que between both things being
  compared.
• Tomás is taller than Miguel
• Tomas es más alto que Miguel.

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Juan
Mario
atlético
Juan es más atlético que Mario.
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feo
Chico
Bozo
Bozo es más feo que Chico.
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Alto/bajo
Amelia
Ana
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delgado
Gordo
Rayas
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Try these.

1. Susana es más inteligente que Ana.
2. Mi gato es más gordo que tu gato.

• Now these
• My team is faster than your team.
• Carlos is shorter than I am.
• Esteban is funnier than Max.

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Comparaciones con verbos

• To compare two verbs.
• Put más que between the two verbs. I
• EX I like to swim more than run.
• Me gusta nadar más que correr.

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• If the verbs have the same subject they have the
  same form.
• Yo corro más que canto.
• I run more than I sing.
• Mario dances more than he acts.
• Mario baila más qu actua.

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• If you have two subjects and one verb it looks a
  little different.
• Sra. Egan draws more than I do.
• La Sra. Egan dibuja más que yo. (notice the verb
  is only used once and is the same form as the
  FIRST subject.

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Try these..

• 1. Margarita plays soccer more than she runs.
• 2. Juan y Jorge play football more than César
  does.
• 3. Sra. Castro reads more than she plays
  baseball.

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Comparaciones con sustantivos

• When comparing 2 nouns.
• Sometimes the más que is between the 2 nouns,
  other times it is separated by the nouns.
  Usually, this follows order of the words in
  English.
• I like books more than magazines.
• Me gustan los libros más que las revistas.
• Mario has more money than time.
• Mario tiene más dinero que tiempo.

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You guessed it. Try these. D

• Isabel prefiere voleibol más que baloncesto.
• I need a new computer more than a phone.
• We prefer to eat pizza more than hamburgers.
• They like basketball more than tennis.

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Challenge yourself.

• 1. We need to study math more than science
  because we understand science more than math.

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Unequal comparisons with numbers

• When a number follows the more than or less
  than change que to de
• More than one thousand people
• Más de mil personas
• Less than 150 pages
• Menos de ciento cincuenta páginas

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One last note..

• There are 4 irregular comparisons that do not use
  Más .
• Bueno mejor (good-better)
• Malo peor (bad worse)
• Viejo mayor (old-older)
• Joven menor (young-younger)

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Equal comparisons

• Tan.como as.as
• Tanto como as much as

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Equal comparisons with adjectives and adverbs

• Equal comparisons work just like unequal, as far
  as their construction when used with adjectives
  and adverbs.
• El beisbol es tan interesante como el futbol.
• Miguel corre tan rápido como yo.

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Equal comparaciones con verbos

• Tanto como comes between the verbs being
  compared.
• Me gusta correr tanto como cantar.

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Yes, try these, too.

• 1. I read as much as I watch TV.
• 2. Marcos likes to watch football as much as
  baseball.
• 3. Teo is as good as Jorge in tennis.
• 4. Volleyball is not as popular as football,
  because footbal is more fun to watch.