COMPARATIVEA AND SUPERLATIVES

-We use Comparative when we compare two people or things.       Lots of Comparative adjectives end in:-er   -Example: 1. Small-Smaller                           3.Old-Older   2. Warm-Warmer                          4.Tall-Taller       If  one-syllable adjective ends with an e, we just add –r -Example: 1. Nice-Nicer, 2.Wide-Wider       We use more with the unchanged adjectives: -Example: 1. Boring-More Boring 2. Beautiful-More Beautiful Note: If the word ends: consonant-vowel-consonant, then the last consonant is usually doubled in the comparative. Examples: big-bigger, fat-fatter, hot-hotter.

Superlatives are used to compare more than two things.       Lots of Comparative adjectives end in: est - Example: 1. Short- Shortest                                 3.High-Highest 2. Smart-Smartest                                4.Dark-Darkest       If one-syllable adjective ends with an e, we just add st -Examples: 1. Nice-Nicest, 2.Wide-Widest       We use most with the unchanged adjective -Example: 1. Boring-Most Boring 2. Beautiful-Most Beautiful      Adjectives with one syllable + Y (Y changes to I) -Example: Friendly-Friendliest

Certain adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative and superlative degrees: Adjective Comparative Superlative 1.     Good Better The best 2.     Little less least 3.     Bad worse worst 4.     Far farther farthest

1) Exercise

Complete the comparative and superlative adjective chart below.

1.     Sweet
2.     Long
3.     Fast
4.     Old
5.     Expensive
6.     Large
7.     Tall
8.     Rich
9.     Hard
10.                                                           Warm
11.                                                           Nice
12.                                                           Bad
13.                                                           Young

2) Exercise            Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

1. This is the (interesting) _____________________book I have ever read.
2. She is ______________________ (happy) now than he was last year.
3. I always tell the _______________________ (fun) jokes.
4. They are not going to the__________________(bad) hotel.
5. He was the (clever) _______________________ boy of all.
6. Sara is 13 years old.  Ana is 5 years old.  Sara is (old)__________________Ana.
7. The weather is not good today - it's snowing. I hope the weather will be (good) _______________ next week.