COMPARATIVESand

SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVES

• Comparatives are very commonly followed by than

• We use them to compare• They end with ER

•John is taller than me.

COMPARATIVES • They end with ER

Ex: faster lighter nearer cuter smaller taller

• When it has one vowel and one consonant at the end

Hot hotter big bigger fat fatter

• If an adjective ends in a consonant followed by -y, -ier: dry → drier

Adjective Comparative

Lucky luckier

Pretty Prettier

Tidy Tidier

MORE • Adjective ENDS…• Ful useful• Ed relaxed • Ing interesting • Two or more syllabus More modern more beautiful More interesting more expensive More important more popular

• When it ends in Y drop the Y and add ier

• Ex. Happy happier lonely lonelier

• We use MORE before the adjective

More modern more beautiful More interesting more expensive More important more useful

SUPERLATIVES

• They are often used on their own if it is clear what or who is being compared.

Ex: the most delicious chocolate cake I’ve ever eaten

SUPERLATIVES

• They end with EST

Ex: fastest lightest nearest cutest smallest tallest

• When it has one vowel and one consonant at the end

Hot hottest big biggest fat fattest

• When it ends in Y drop the Y and add iest

• Ex. Happy happiest lonely loneliest

MORE/MOST

• Important Popular • Dangerous Intelligent• Expensive Polluted• Pleasure Relaxed• Difficult Famous • Comfortable Fascinating

IRREGULARS

ADJ COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE Good/well Better the best Bad worse the

worstLittle less leastFar further/farther furthest farthest

• Choose the correct form of the adjective (comparative or superlative):

• 1) My English teacher is .......... (friendly) my history teacher.

• 2) This medicine works .......... (good) the one I took last week.

• 3) Who is .......... (good) soccer player in the world?

• 4) She always gets good grades; she must be .......... (intelligent) girl in the class.

• 6) Which country is .......... (big): Mexico or Costa Rica?

• 7) Aconcagua is .......... (high) mountain in South America.

• 8) A Ferrari is .......... (fast) a Jetta.

• 9) Michael Jackson is .......... (famous) Luis Miguel.

• 10)This exercise was .......... (easy) the previous one

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