COMPARATIVES AND

SUPERLATIVES

By

Ivonilde Mota

IFNMG- Campus Januária

Comparatives

I am stronger than you.

The comparatives

Short adjectives

........- ER THAN

( one or two syllables)

Long adjectives

MORE......THAN

( two or more syllables)

Short adjectives

rich

old

tall

high

hot

cold

fat

big

thin

sad

young

poor

large

small

easy

crazy

pretty

happy

strong

nice...

Comparative of superiority

Short adjectives

........- ER THAN

Examples

I am richer than you.

Examples

My father is older than my mother.

Attention!

Big- bigger than

Hot- hotter than

Fat- fatter than

Thin- thinner than

Sad- sadder than

Attention!

Happy- happier than

Easy- easier than

Pretty- prettier than

Funny- funnier than

Crazy- crazier than

Lazy- lazier than

Hungry- hungrier than

Irregular comparatives

Good- better than

Bad- worse than

Your bicycle is better than mine.

Today I am worse than yesterday.

Long adjectives

beautiful

important

dangerous

generous

expensive

interesting

comfortable

exciting

intelligent

sensitive

agreeable

Comparative of superiority

MORE.................. THAN

Mary is more beautiful than Jane.

Health is more important than money.

Comparative of equality

AS................................ AS

You are as beautiful as your mother.

Comparative of inferiority

LESS......................THAN

NOT SO.................. AS

Life in Brazil is not so expensive as in Japan.

Life in Brazil is less expensive than in Japan.

The superlative

Short adjectives

(one or two syllables)

THE........EST

in...

of...

that...

Long adjectives

(two or more syllables)

THE MOST......

in...

of...

that...

Short adjectives

Mrs. Fortune is the richest woman in my town.

Albert is the tallest boy in my class.

Attention!

Big- the biggest

Hot- the hottest

Fat- the fattest

Thin- the thinnest

Sad- the saddest

Attention!

Happy- the happiest

Easy- the easiest

Pretty- the prettiest

Funny- the funniest

Crazy- the craziest

Lazy- the laziest

Hungry- the hungriest

Irregular superlatives

Good- the best

Bad- the worst

Lisa is the best friend I have.

This is the best way to get there.

Long adjectives

THE MOST......

in...

of...

that...

Christmas is the most important date of all for Christian people.

Grammar notes:

The comparative and the superlative of adverbs are formed according to the same rules of the adjectives.

Examples

Early-

I came back earlier than my brother.

Slowly-

Please drive more slowly.

Double comparative

She is getting more and more beautiful.

It is getting colder and colder.

Attention!

Than is often followed by an object pronoun or by a subject pronoun plus a verb.

He is older than me.

He is older than I am.