Comparatives & superlatives

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1Madam Haslinda Midy12/04/2023

COMPARATIVES &

SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVES &

SUPERLATIVES

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sweetesthappiest

richertallerprettyugly

sweetesthappiest

intelligentbeautifulcareful

successfuldelicious

comfortable

intelligentbeautifulcareful

successfuldelicious

comfortable

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Contents

What are Adjectives1

Comparative Adjectives2

Superlative Adjectives 3

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4 Examples

5 Sentences

What are Adjectives

We use the adjectives to describe nouns.The adjectives modify the nouns by describing,

identifying or quantifying words.There are comparative and superlative

adjectives.Comparative adjectives are used to compare 2

nouns. Superlative adjectives are used to compare 3

or more nouns.


Comparative Adjectives

What are comparative adjectives?Comparative adjectives are used to clarify the

difference between 2 objects/nouns.

Comparative adjectives are used to compare 2 nouns.

To state that one noun has more of something than the 2nd noun.


Superlative Adjectives

What are Superlative Adjectives?Superlative adjectives are used to compare 3 or

more nouns.

Expresses the extreme or highest degree of a quality.

To describe the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things.


Adjectives

Examples


old - new old - young

small - bigPretty - uglyTall - short


One Syllable Adjectives

By adding –er for the comparative

Examples

tall - tallerold - olderlong - longer


Comparative AdjectivesAdd ‘-er’


smart smarter

high higher

young younger

sweet sweeter

rich richer

short shorter


Two Syllable Adjectives ending with ‘y’

You change the ‘y’ with ‘i’ and add ‘er’

Examples

easy - easierhappy - happierfunny - funnierBusy - busier




heavy heavier

funny funnier

lovely lovelier

busy busier

easy easier

happy happier

Change ‘y’ to ‘i’add ‘er’


Two Syllable Adjectives

You form the comparative with more

Examples

peaceful - more peacefulcareful - more carefulthoughtful - more thoughtful



Three or more Syllables

You form the comparative with more

Examples

generous - more generousimportant - more importantintelligent - more intelligent




careful More careful

active More active

beautiful More beautiful

delicious More delicious

intelligent More intelligent

comfort More comfort

Add ‘more’



little less

bad worse

much more

many more

far farther

good better

Irregular comparatives


Text

Tall -tallest

Old - oldest

Long – longest

One syllable Adjectives



Two syllable adjectives

Peaceful

Careful

Thoughtful

Most peaceful

Most careful

Most thoughtful



Generous – most generous

Important – most important

Intelligent – most intelligent

Three or more syllables adjectives


Superlative AdjectivesAdd ‘-est’


smart smarter smartest

high higher highest

young younger youngest

sweet sweeter sweetest

rich richer richest

short shorter shortest



heavy heavier heaviest

funny funnier funniest

lovely lovelier loveliest

busy busier busiest

easy easier easiest

happy happier happiest

Change ‘y’ to ‘i’add ‘est’



careful More careful Most careful

active More active Most active

beautiful More beautiful Most beautiful

delicious More delicious Most delicious

intelligent More intelligent Most intelligent

comfort More comfort Most comfort

Add ‘most’



little less least

bad worse worst

much more most

many more most

far farther farthest

good better best

Irregular comparatives

Sentences

The lady is taller the man.

Merlin is older than Harry.

Legolas’s hair is longer than Edward’s hair.


Examples of One Syllable Adjectives

Sentences

Peter is happy.

Jack is happier than Peter.

Tom is the happiest among them.


Examples of two Syllable Adjectives

PETER

JACK

TOM

Sentences

Stacy is a beautiful lady.

Siti Nurhaliza is more beautifulthan Stacy.

Ashwarai is the most beautiful lady.


Examples of Three or more

Syllable Adjectives

Sentences

John is the most generous of all the people I know.

John is the most generous of all the people I know.

Of all the taxi drivers, Jack is the most careful .

Of all the taxi drivers, Jack is the most careful .

Mary is the tallest of all the students.

Mary is the tallest of all the students.

One syllable adjectives One syllable adjectives



Three or more syllable adjectives



Now try these questions

beautiful –dangerous –intelligent –interesting –difficult –hardworking –understanding -

easy –busy –pretty –heavy –smelly –happy –cosy –funny -

big –small –tall –short –strong –weak –long –high –low -

One syllable adjectives+er than


Two syllable Adjectives+ier than



More ……. than


More ……. than


Now try these questions

beautiful – more beautiful thandangerous – more dangerous thanintelligent – more intelligent thaninteresting – more interesting thandifficult – more difficult thanhardworking – more hardworking thanunderstanding – more understanding than

easy – easierbusy – busierpretty – prettierheavy – heaviersmelly – smellierhappy – happiercosy – cosierfunny - funnier

big – biggersmall – smallertall – tallershort – shorterstrong – strongerweak – weakerlong – longerhigh – higherlow - lower


One syllable adjectives+er than Two syllable

Adjectives+ier than



More ……. than


More ……. than



1. The fish I caught is (big) than the one you caught. _______________________________________________2. That is the (small) umbrella I have ever seen! _______________________________________________3. She is the (pretty) lady in the room. _______________________________________________4. My friend is (fabulous) than yours. _______________________________________________5. That building is (large) than the one next to it. _______________________________________________

Rewrite the following sentences with the correct adjectivesRewrite the following sentences with the correct adjectives


1. The fish I caught is (big) than the one you caught. The fish I caught is bigger than the one you caught.2. That is the (small) umbrella I have ever seen! That is the smallest umbrella I have ever seen!3. She is the (pretty) lady in the room. She is the prettiest lady in the room.4. My friend is (fabulous) than yours. My friend is more fabulous than yours.5. That building is (large) than the one next to it. That building is larger than the one next to it.

Rewrite the following sentences with the correct adjectivesRewrite the following sentences with the correct adjectives

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