Comparativos y superlativos write the spanish equivalents of the words in parentheses. changed ese apartamento es you answered (blank) (bigger) que el tuyo. changed juana es you answered (blank) (the youngest) de las hermanas. changed el reproductor de cd es más barato you answered (blank) (than) el reproductor de mp3. changed en este restaurante siempre tienen you answered (blank) (the best) carne. changed no tengo you answered (blank) (as many) discos compactos como tú.

In Spanish, there are two forms of comparisons: Comparison of equality and comparison of inequality. Tan como and tanto como are part of comparisons of equality while más que and menos que are part of comparison of inequality. On the other hand, superlatives are formed with (el, la, los, las) más or (el, la, los, las) menos. Thus:

1. Ese apartamento es más grande que el tuyo.

COMPARISON OF INEQUALITY

2. Juana es la más joven de las hermanas.

SUPERLATIVE

3. El reproductor de CD es más barato que el reproductor de MP3.

COMPARISON OF INEQUALITY

4. En este restaurante siempre tienen la mejor carne

SUPERLATIVE

5. No tengo tantos discos compactos como tú.

COMPARISON OF EQUALITY

4) read the following excerpt. cognitive psychology has been widely developed, not only in brazil, but also in the world. it studies human intellectual capacities, analyzing the ways in which people solve mental tasks, and construct models for understanding such processes, understood from the information processing paradigm. this occurs through basic and superior cognitive processes. is one of the basic cognitive processes, considered the gateway to the stimuli that will be processed cognitively. through it we can extract meanings from the external environment, either through vision or through hearing. check the alternative that fits the gap correctly. select an alternative: a) perception. b) attention. c) memory. d) consciousness. e) intelligence.

ancient india is often called the harappan civilization because one of the ancient cities was called harappa. harappa was just one of 1500 cities in the indus river valley. another well-known city is called mohenjo-daro. historians estimate ancient india to be the biggest of all four early civilizations.