C OMPARATIVE AND S UPERLATIVE Miss Yerty Martínez C. English teacher Santa Sabina

A DJECTIVE “ER” The suffix er is often added to adjectives to compare two things. Examples: My feet are large. Your feet are larger than my feet.

When a one- syllable adjective ends in a single consonant and the vowel is short, double the final consonant before adding er. When a word ends in two or more consonants, adder. BIGBIGGER FASTFASTER THIN EAS Y EAS IER FAT SMALL LARGE UGLY

A DJECTIVES THAT ADD EST : Adjectives that end with -est compare three or more things. EXAMPLE : Alexis is the fastest player on the team. (fast)

COMPLETE THE CHART. USE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORM. POSITIVE ADJECTIVE COMPARESUPERLATIVE FASTFASTEST SMALLER TALLEST OLD HAPPIER

AS + ADJECTIVE + AS = TAN + ADJETIVO + COMO EXAMPLE BUENOS AIRES IS AS EXPENSIVE AS WALT DISNEY