Comparative & Superlative (upper-intermediate) COMPARISON Comparative & Superlative (upper-intermediate)

You’re the most intelligent person I’ve ever met. You’re getting taller and taller; cities are becoming more and more dangerous. The more I eat, the fatter I get. The kitchen is bigger than the bathroom; houses are cheaper than they used to be. The flat sold more quickly than I expected; houses sell faster in the spring. This is the least spacious house in…; there’s less space in my room than in yours. Which flat has the fewest rooms? Can you identify the comparative and the superlative forms in these examples?

ANSWERS The most intelligent…I’ve ever met Taller and taller; more and more dangerous The more…the fatter bigger than the bathroom; cheaper than they used to be More quickly; faster the least spacious; less space the fewest rooms ANSWERS

And now can you think of new rules to make comparisons?

RULE 1: Present perfect with ever > we often use a superlative > example1 RULE 2: DOUBLE comparatives to say that something is changing > example 2 RULE 3: The + comparative…, the + comparative to say that one thing is the consequence of the other. > example 3 RULE 4: We can make comparisons with simple nouns and with clauses> example 4 RULE 5: We use more and most to form comparative / superlative adverbs (more quickly). But we add –er, -est to some short adverbs (faster) RULE 6: We use less and least with long adjectives (the least spacious), adverbs and uncountable nouns (less space) RULE 7: fewer & fewest with countable nouns (the fewest rooms)