comparatives and superlatives
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Jessica Alba is pretty.
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Jessica Alba is prettier than Julia Roberts
Jessica Alba is the prettiest girl in the world.
The blue whale is a big animal.
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The blue whale is bigger than the elephant.
The blue whale is the biggest animal on earth.
This chair is comfortable.
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This chair is more comfortable than that chair.
This chair is the most comfortable chair
in my house.
This cat is funny.
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This cat is funnier than that one.
This cat is the funniest cat I've seen!
My father is lazy.
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My father is lazier than my mother.
My father is the laziest person in my family.
Lucy is talkative.
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Lucy is more talkative than Shirley.
Lucy is the most talkative girl in the class.
Einstein was a smart man.
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Einstein was smarter than Picasso.
Einstein was the smartest man of all times.
Mr Johnson is a nice teacher.
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Mr Johnson is nicer than Mr Baldwin.
Mr Johnson is the nicest teacher in my school.
These cars are very fast.
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These cars are faster than that one.
These cars are the fastest cars in the world.
Larry is stupid.
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Larry is more stupid than Jim.
Larry is the most stupid person I know
Homer is not intelligent.
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Homer is less intelligent than Jerry.
Homer is the least intelligent cartoon character I know !
Ben is a very good player.
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Ben is better than Chris.
Ben is the best player in his team.
This was a bad day.
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This day was worse than that day.
This was the worst day of my life.
The bakery is far from my house.
The bakery is further than the pharmacy.
The bakery is the furthest store.
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Adjectives Comparative form Superlative form
One syllableadj -er than
smarter than
the adj -est
the smartest
Two syllables
Ending in « y »
adj -ier than
lazier than
adj -iest
the laziest
Two/three/four syllables
Not ending in « y »
more adj thanless adj than
more comfortable than less intelligent than
the most adjthe least adj
the most comfortable the least intelligent
good better than the best
bad worse than the worst
far further than the furthest