COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJETIVES

COMPARATIVES

SUPERLATIVE

Superlatives are used to compare one thing or one person with a group

Comparatives are used clearly to compare two things or people, within the same sentence.

Comparative Adjective

The most important thing to form adjectives comparatives is to see if the adjective is long or short.

Short EXAMPLEOLD adj+er than older than

LongEXAMPLE:Difficult more+adj+than more difficult than

the adjective in comparative form can be:

of superiority

to form short comparative adjectives of superiority

we have to add the suffix -ER and accompany them with THAN in the sentence.If the adjective already ends in E we just have to add the letter -R at the end

Long → Longer Cold → Colder Large → Larger Nice → Nicer

When the adjective is short and ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel, the consonant is doubleif the consonant is already double, it is not changed

examples:Hot → Hotter

Big → Bigger

EXAMPLETall → Taller

She is taller than me

For adjectives ending in Y, the end of the word becomes IER by removing the Y.EXAMPLESHappy → HappierTiny → Tinier

For long adjectives, we put MORE before it, not forgetting to add THAN after it.EXAMPLES:Beautiful → More beautiful thanExpensive → More expensive thanUncomfortable → More uncomfortable than

Inferiority

To construct this kind of comparison we use the conjunctions NOT AS __ AS or LESS THAN In both cases, the adjective remains in its simple form

EXAMPLEBernardo is not as funny as Pedro

My car is less clean than my brother's car.

Equality

To form sentences comparing objects in a degree of equality, we must use the formula AS ...... AS keeping the adjective also in its simple form.

EXAMPLESGareth Bale is as fast as Usain BoltSelena Gomez is as pretty as her mother

Superlative adjectives

To construct short superlative adjectives, we must add the suffix EST If the adjective ends in E you would only have to add the ending -ST.

EXAMPLES High → Highest

NOTE: we must always put the article THE in front of the adjective.

EXAMPLEPopocatépetl is the highest volcano in Puebla

when the adjective is short and ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel, just as in the comparative the consonant is doubled

Tall → Tallest Big → Bigges

In short adjectives ending in Y, the end of the word becomes “iest”

Funny → Funniest Tiny → Tiniest

For long adjectives we add THE MOST in front of the adjective in simple form

Important → The most important Beautiful → The most beautiful Expensive → The most expensive

Comparative and superlative irregular adjectives

good - better -best

bad - worse - worst

little - less - least

far - further / farther - furthest / farthest