COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

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Planets

There are eight planets in our solar system. Let´s talk about them.

First planet: Mercury
Second planet: Venus
Third planet: The Earth
Fourth planet: Mars
Fifth planet: Jupiter

Sixth planet: Saturn
Seventh planet: Uranus
Eighth planet: Neptune



Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system (superlative)

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun.

Jupiter is colder than The Earth (comparative)

Jupiter is 778 km far from the Sun.


Venus is hotter than Mercury.
Uranus is the coldest planet, not Neptune.
Saturn has got rings.
The Earth has got a moon, but Uranus has got 27 moons.
Venus has got the longest day. It completes one rotation every 243 Earth days.
A year on Neptune is the longest. It is 60,182 Earth days long.

Superlatives

1.- Russia is the biggest country in the world. (El más grande)  17,075,200 km²
2.-Canada: 9,984,670 km² 

1. 3.-United States: 9,631,418 km²
2. 4.-China: 9,596,960 km² 
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4. The smallest countries in the world are...

   1 Vatican City	0.44 km sq
   2 Monaco	2.02 km sq
   3 Nauru	21 km sq
   4 Tuvalu	26 km sq
   5 San Marino	61 km sq

   
   

Comparatives and Superlatives

Spanish	English	Comparative	Superlative
Frío	Cold	Colder	The coldest
Calor	Hot	Hotter	The hottest
Grande	Big	Bigger	The biggest
Pequeño	Small	Smaller	The smallest
Húmedo	Wet	Wetter	The wettest
Seco	Dry	Drier	The driest

Canada is colder than Spain.         Spain is hotter than Canada.

Canada is bigger than Spain.         Spain is smaller than Canada.

Canada is wetter than Spain.         Spain is drier than Canada.

DESERTS

Sahara Desert
• size: 9,400,000 km2
• temperature–
average summer day: 50 ºC
average winter night: 4 ºC
• rainfall: 25 mm / year

Atacama Desert
• size: 105,000 km2
• temperature–
average summer day: 40 ºC
average winter night: –25 ºC
• rainfall: 15 mm / year

Sahara Desert is bigger than Atacama Desert.

Atacama is smaller than Sahara.

Sahara is wetter.

Atacama is drier.

Sahara is hotter.

Atacama is colder.

NAMIB DESERT, NAMIBIA