1. COMPARATIVES - SUPERLATIVES
We use comparatives to compare two things or two people.
Superlatives are used to compare more than two things or more than two people.

2. Paris is the biggest city in France.
COMPARATIVES
SUPERLATIVES
She is taller than Mick Jagger.
Paris is the biggest city in France.

3. SYLLABLES
To form comparatives and superlatives you need to know the number of syllables in the adjective.
Syllables are like "sound beats", they are measured by the beats created by vowel sounds.
Now we will watch a video, explaining how to count the syllables.

5. Exercise counting syllables
Book
Joke
Tire
Race
Course
Tired
Pencil
Forest
Laughed
Outline 1 2
Replied
Quietly
Instead
Animals
Decided
Mountain
Declared
Computer
Finished
Television 2 3 4
Answered
Notebook
Celebrated
Recreation
Summarize
Cooperation
Dictionary
Congratulation 2 4 3 5

6. Video Comparative Adjectives

7. COMPARATIVES One syllable adjective : Adjective + er
Ex. : Short => shorter
If short vowel : double the consonant + er
Big => bigger
Two or more syllables : add « more » before adjective
Ex: drunken => more drunken
boring => more boring

8. COMPARATIVES Special cases Good => better - Many => more
Adjectives ending in « y » : two possibilities
a) « y » changes in « ier »: easy => easier
b) « more » in front of adjective: easy => more easy
Special cases
Good => better - Many => more
Bad => worse - Old => elder
Far => further - Well => better

9. Exercises comparatives
My house is (big) _____ than yours.
This flower is (beautiful) _____ than that one.
Bangkok is (far) _____ than Phnom Penh.
Often cola is (expensive) _____ than beer.
My brother has a (tidy) _____ room than me.
Barcelona played (bad) ______ than Real Madrid.
I’m (good) _____ now than yesterday.

10. Video Superlative Adjectives

11. SUPERLATIVES One syllable adjectives : the adjective + est
Tall => the tallest
Two or more syllable adjectives :
the most adjective
Beautiful => the most beautiful

12. SUPERLATIVES – Special cases
Adjectives ending in « y » : two possibilities
a) « y » => « iest » : easy => easiest
b) « The most » in front of adjective : easy => the most easy
Special cases:
Good => better => best
Bad => worse => worst
Far => further => furthest
Many => more => most
Old => elder => eldest
Well => better => best

13. SUPERLATIVES - exercises
Who is (tall) ____ person in your family?
My mum is (good) _____ cook in the world.
Bob is the (happy) _____ boy that I know.
This is (expensive) _____ car.
Where are (nice) _____ beaches?
This was (bad) _____ moment in my life.
It is (enjoyable) _____ book I’ve ever read.
This is (quiet) _____ place on earth.

14. Big differences Small differences Much / a lot / far + comparative
Mike and Kate are much younger than Kate.
He is a lot taller than his brother.
This is a far better solution.
Small differences
A little (bit) / a bit / slightly + comparative
Jack is a little more experienced than Jim.
This computer is a bit slower than the other one.
This cake is slightly sweeter.

15. The most extreme of a group
Superlative + of
Mike is the tallest of all his colleagues.
Sandra is the smartest of her class.
The representative of a group
One of + superlative
She is one of the best singers in the world.
This is one of the tallest buildings in the city.

16. The make the superlative stronger
By far + superlative
Kate is by far the most organized person in the company.
Ordinal numbers
Ordinal number + superlative
Battambang is the second largest city in Cambodia.

17. Some exercises This is a far (bad) _____ situation.
This is one of (beautiful) _____ beaches in Cambodia.
Who is (good) ____ singer of Cambodia?
Brazil is one of (big) _____ countries in the world.
Jupiter is (large) ____ of the nine planets
India is the second (populated) ______ country in the world.
Messi is by far (good) _____ player in the world.

18. The End