COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

We use adjectives to describe things. We can also compare two or more things using
adjectives in their comparative and superlative forms.
Have a look at this chart to see how we form these comparative and superlative
adjectives depending on 2 easy rules and some exceptions.

TYPE ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

1 Tall Taller The tallest

2 Nice Nicer The nicest

(ends in –e)
3 Big bigger The biggest
(CVC)
4 Easy easier The easiest
(ends in –y)
5 Beautiful More beautiful The most beautiful

6 Good better The best

7 Bad worse The worst

8 Far farther The farthest

9 Far further The furthest

There are two main types of adjectives: short and long:

Short adjectives have one or two syllables (short, tall, long, fast, young, old, narrow...)
To form the compartive you must add –er in the comparative form and –est in the
superlative.
Long adjectives have more than two syllables (beautiful, intelligent, interesting,
expensive, comfortable...)
To form the comparative you add ‘more’ before the adjective to compare and ‘the most’
before the adjective in the superlative form.
Exceptions in short adjectives:
Type 2: when the adjective ends in ‘e’ you just add ‘r’ or ‘st’
Type 3: whe the adjective finnishes in CVC we double the last consonant
Type 4: we transform the ‘y’ into an ‘i’
Types 6 and 7 change the roots of the adjectives.
Type 8: when far means distance (kms) the comparative and superlative are spelt with ‘a’
Type 9: when far means time the comparative and superlative are spelt with ‘u’.

We form senteces following this pattern:

Something + verb To be + comparative + than + something
( Alison is taller than Jane)
Somethig + To be + superlative + in the world, in the school, of all, of them...
(Alison is the tallest in her class)

When A and B are the same we use as...as

Paula is as tall as Mara.

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 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Usamos los adjetivos para describir cosas. También podemos comparar cosas usando
los adjetivos en su forma comparativa y superlativa.
Observa este cuadro para ver cómo se forman los adjetivos y superlativos según dos
simples reglas y las excepciones.

TYPE ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

1 Tall Taller The tallest

2 Nice Nicer The nicest

(ends in –e)
3 Big bigger The biggest
(CVC)
4 Easy easier The easiest
(ends in –y)
5 Beautiful More beautiful The most beautiful

6 Good better The best

7 Bad worse The worst

8 Far farther The farthest

9 Far further The furthest

Principalmente los adjetivos de dividen en cortos o largos:

Los adjetivos cortos tienen una o dos sílabas (short, tall, long, fast, young, old,
narrow...) Se forman añadiendo–er para comparar y –est e el superlativo.
Los adjetivos largos tienen dos o más sílabas (beautiful, intelligent, interesting,
expensive, comfortable...) y se forman añadiendo ‘more’ delante del adjetivo
comparativo y ‘the most’ delante del adjetivo en superlativo.

Excepciones:
Type 2: Si el adjetivo acaba en ‘e’ añades solo ‘r’ o ‘st’
Type 3: Si el adjetivo acaba en Consonante- Vocal –Consonante doblamos la última
consonante
Type 4: Cambiamos la ‘y’ por ‘i’
Types 6 and 7 cambia la raíz de la palabra.
Type 8: cuando far significa lejos de distancia en kms, se escribe con ‘a’
Type 9: cuando far significa distancia temporal se escribe con ‘u’.

Para construir frases usamos este esquema:

Algo o alguien + verb To be + comparativo + than + algo o alguien
( Alison is taller than Jane)
Algo o alguien + To be + superlative + in the world, in the school, of all, of them...
(Alison is the tallest in her class)
Cuando A y B son iguales (comparativo de igualdad), usamos as... as
Paula is as tall as Mara.

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FORM THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE OF THESE ADJECTIVES:

Clever
Expensive
Tall
Bright
Interesting
Crazy
Marvellous
Short
Heavy
Good

WRITE SENTENCES USING THE INFORMATION GIVEN (you can write more than one
sentence)
1- (Paul 45kg/ Ray 48 kg)
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2- (Blue car 300kms/h – Red car 280kms/h)
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3- (Film 1 interesting / film 2 boring)

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4- (Robert kind / John rude)

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COMPLETE:

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

Light

The most hadsome

Slim

fatter

The best

richer

boring

funny

prettier

The longest

Poorer

happy

darker

The most interesting

farther

interesting

The thickest

More intelligent

Soft

TRY TO INVENT SENTENCES USING ALL THESE ADJECTIVES.

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