THE COMPARATIVE AND THE SUPERLATIVE

KINDS OF COMPARATIVES

EQUALITYAS BIG AS

COMPARATIVEBIGGER THAN

MORE EXPENSIVELESS COLD THAN

SUPERLATIVE THE NICEST

THE MOST HANDSOME

RULES for short adjectives

•-er than•the -est

•One syllable words

e.g short, clean

Const+vowel+consontat the end of the word

e.g hot, fat, thin

Two syllable words ending in –y

e.g heavy, pretty

RULES for long adjectives

•More than two syllablese.g intersting, beautiful

•more ….than•The most + adj

•Two syllable words not ending in –ye.g careful, modern

How to use comparatives and

superlatives• Comparatives___

we compare two things

e.g Al is fatter than Joe

• Superlatives___ we compare more than two things

e.g Al is the fattest

Compare these peoplestrong, healthy, fat,slim,busy, thin, old, youngshy, modern, trendy,

pretty, patient, quiet,good-looking, honest,

nice, elegant, tall, attractive, intelligent, lazy, polite