CATHOLIC UNIVERSTY OF CUENCA

NAME:

RICHARD MACAS

CLASS:

FOURTH OF LANGUAGES

SUBJECT:

GRAMMAR STRUCTURE III

TEACHER:

LIC. GISELA ARIAS

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

To compare two or more nouns with one another, we use

comparative and superlative adjectives.

• COMPARATIVE – compare two nouns.

•SUPERLATIVE – compare three or more nouns.

S. V. COMPARATIVE THAN S.

Richard is taller than Diego.

Tere is older than Fanny.

S. V. THE SUPERLATIVE C.

Today is the hottest day of the summer.

New York is the biggest City in the United States.

COMPARATIVE – er

We use than with the comparative form.

• You are wiser than Pepito.

• Yesterday was hotter than today. 

SUPERLATIVE – est

We use the with the superlative form.

• John is 16, Freddy is 14, and Sam is 12. Sam is the youngest.

SPELLING CHANGES

• We add – er and – est to two syllables adjectives

ending in

– ow

–er

• Two syllables adj. ending in –y, -y is replaced with –i.

ADJ. COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

hollow hollower hollowest

ADJ. COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

clever cleverer cleverest

ADJ. COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

dirty dirtier dirtiest

happy happier happiest

angry angrier angriest

busy busier busiest

Two nouns are the same – as… as to compare them.

Negative form not as… as if they are different.

S. V. AS ADJECTIVE AS S.

You are as beautiful as a rose.

Carlos is as tall as Jorge.

S. V. NOT AS ADJECTIVE AS S.

Cuenca is not as long as Guayaquil.

AS…AS

For longer adjectives (2, 3 or more syllables) we use the

words more or less (comparative) and most or least

(superlative) in front of the adjective.

S. V. MORE/LESS ADJ. THAN S.

This mornig is more peaceful than yesterday morning.

A car is less expensive than a house.

S. V. THE MOST/LEAST ADJ. C.

Max’s house in the mountains

is the most peaceful in the world.

Azuay is the least expensive

province in Ecuador.

COMPARATIVE

SUPERLATIVE

IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Sometimes comparatives and superlatives are

used in advertising slogans.

• a better solution

• a fuller flavour

• the greatest show on Earth

EXERCISES