DEGREE OF ADJETVES

Ilázaro Figueiredo

Usamos o verbo “To be” (ser/estar) no presente [am / is / are]

Lembrar que: I ‘am’ / He, she, it ‘is’ / You, we, they ‘are’

Usamos um sujetito (no exemplo Brazil e Canadá)

1. DEGREE	AFFFIRMATIVE (as … as)	NEGATIVE (not so … as)	INTERROGATIVE (To be suj + as + adj + as)
Comparativo de Igualdade (Indica igualdade de proporção)	Brazil is as big as Canada Suj. + to be + as + adjective + as + Suj	Brazil is not so big as Canada Suj. + to be + not + so + adjective + as + Suj	Is Brazil as big as Canada? To be + Suj. + as + adjective + as + Suj
2. DEGREE	AFFFIRMATIVE (less … than)	NEGATIVE (not less … than)	INTERROGATIVE (To be + suj + less + adjet + than)
Comparativo de inferioridade (Indica o menor)	Brazil is less big than Canada Suj. + to be + less + adjective + than + Suj	Brazil is not less big than Canada Suj. + to be + not + less + adjective + than + Suj	Is Brazil less big than Canada? To be + Suj. + less + adjective + than + Suj
3. DEGREE	AFFFIRMATIVE (adjetctive/er … than)	NEGATIVE (not + adjective/er … than)	NTERROGATIVE (To be + suj + adjet + than)
Comparativo de superioridade (Indica o maior entre dois)	Brazil is bigger than Canada Suj. + to be + adjective/er + than + Suj	Brazil is not bigger than Canada Suj. + to be + not + adjective/er + than + Suj	Is Brazil bigger than Canada? To be + Suj. + adjective/er + than + Suj
4. DEGREE	AFFFIRMATIVE (adjetctive/est …)	NEGATIVE (not + the + adjective/est)	INTERROGATIVE (To be + suj + the + adjet)
Superlativo (Indica o maior de todos)	Canada is the biggest country of the world Suj. + to be + adjective/est + complemento	Canada is not the biggest country of the world Suj. + to be + not +  the + adjective/est + complemento	Is Canada the biggest country of the world? To be + Suj. + adjective/est + complemento