1. COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Business English 1
Unit 4

2. Comparatives
Comparatives are used to compare two things. You can use sentences with “than”, or you can use a conjunction like “but”.
Jiro is taller than Yukio. Yukio is tall, but Jiro is taller.

3. Superlatives
Superlatives are used to compare more than two things. Superlative sentences usually use “the”, because there is only one superlative.
Masami is the tallest in the class. Yukio is tall, and Jiro is taller, but Masami is the tallest.

4. One-syllable adjective
Tall
Taller
tallest
Hot
Hotter
Hottest
Fast
faster
fastest

5. Three-syllable adjectives
Comfortable
More comfortable
Most comfortable
Expensive
More expensive
Most expensive
Charming
More charming
Most charming

6. Two-syllable adjectives: it depends…
Happy
Happier
happiest
Modern
More modern
Most modern
Sturdy
Sturdier
sturdiest
Basic
More basic
Most basic