1. COMPARATIVES
&
SUPERLATIVES
Xavier Pujolà

2. Short Adjectives Two types:
· One syllable (most adjectives) but not past participles like bored or scared
· Two-syllable adjectives which end in –y/-le/-er/-ow like ugly or clever
We add -er to short adjectives to make comparatives and -est to make the superlative form; like longer or longest
If the adjective ends in –e we add -r or -st like wide/wider/widest
If it ends in a single vowel and consonant, we double the consonant and add -er or -est like big/bigger/biggest
Some adjectives are irregular like:
Good/better/best
Far/further/furthest
Bad/worse/worst

3. Long Adjectives
We use more and most for the majority of long adjectives which have more than one syllable.
Examples:
Exciting/more exciting/most exciting
Attractive/more attractive/most attractive
Intelligent/more intelligent/most intelligent

4. Adverbs We add more and most to form comparatives and superlatives
When two-syllable adjectives ends in -ly we add -er and –est
-We use more and most for two-syllable adverbs like more slowly/most slowly
Some irregular verbs have the same forms ending as short adjectives -er /-est to form superlatives and comparatives.
Examples:
Fast/faster/fastest
Well/better/best
Badly/worse/worst

5. More/Most and Less/Least
To make comparative forms we use much/many and to make superlatives we use more/most
We can use more/most to reffer as the greatest or the better in something
We can use less/least with adjectives or adverbs to make comparisons
Examples:
I ate more than my brother, but my dad ate the most
Consumers are starting to complain more
We’re less poor than we used to be

6. Excercise My brother has a (tidy) room than me.
Australia is (big)  than England.
I'm (good)  now than yesterday.
She's got (little)  friends than you, but she doesn't care.
He thinks Chinese is (difficult)  language in the world
Valencia played (bad)  than Real Madrid yesterday.
Cats are not (intelligent)  as dogs.
Show me (good)  restaurant downtown.
(hot)  desert of all is the Sahara and it's in Africa.
Who is (talkative)  person in your family?

7. Excercise My brother has a tidier (tidy) room than me.
Australia is bigger (big)  than England.
I'm better (good)  now than yesterday.
She's got less (little)  friends than you, but she doesn't care.
He thinks Chinese is the most difficult (difficult)  language in the world
Real Madrid played worse (bad)  than Valencia yesterday.
Cats are not as intelligent (intelligent)  as dogs.
Show me the best (good)  restaurant downtown.
The hottest (hot)  desert of all is the Sahara and it's in Africa.
Who is the most talkative (talkative)  person in your family?