Superlatives

Grammar Adjetives Superlatives and some comparatives

• Leonardo Daniel Rebollo Calero
• Yoshua Raymundo Moreno Arredondo

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Differences

Superlative

Comparative

We use the superlatives to compare more than two nouns.

We use to make a comparation beetwen two nouns.

This cell phone is the biggest.

This cell phone is bigger than that cellphone.

Superlative

Comparative

Adjetive

( the ) + Superlative Adjetive

Comparative Adjetive + ( than )

The worstThe bestThe farthestThe leastThe cheapestThe nicestThe easiest

BadGoodFarLittleCheapNiceEasy

WorseBetterFartherLessCheaperNicerEasier

More examples of superlatives

Noun + verb + the + superlative adjective + noun.

• Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
• This is the smallest box I've ever seen.

• What's the tallest building in the world?
• The Nile is the longest river.

the most =the least =

Another grammar examples

These expressions indicate the highest or lowest degree of a quality in comparison with other elements.

( the most / the least )+ adjetive

( more / less ) + adjetive + ( than )

Examples :

Superlative

Adjetive

Comparative

more/ less comfortable (than)more/less portable (than)more/less difficult (than)

the most/ least comfortablethe most/ least portable the most/ least difficult

ComfortablePortableDifficult

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