COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVE We use comparative adjectives + than to compare two things, people etc. The mouse is smaller than the elephant. The elephant is bigger than the mouse.

How do we form it? ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE RULE old cheap older cheaper One-syllable adjectives: add -ER big hot bigger hotter Consonant + vowel + consonant: DOUBLE the consonant + -ER dry healthy drier healthier One- or two-syllable adjectives ending with Y: -IER famous expensive more famous more expensive Two- or more syllable adjectives: MORE + ADJECTIVE good bad far better worse further IRREGULAR

SUPERLATIVE We use the + superlative adjective to say which is the bigger, best, etc. in a group. After superlatives, we use IN (not OF) + places. I am the best teacher IN THE WORLD. The red apple is the biggest apple.

How do we form it? Adjective Comparative Superlative Rule cold high colder higher the coldest the highest add -est big hot bigger hotter the biggest the hottest double consonant dry sunny drier sunnier the driest the sunniest add -iest dangerous more dangerous the most dangerous the most + adjective good bad far better worse further the best the worst the furthest irregular