COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS
The comparative (and superlative) is formed depending on how many
syllables the adjectives or adverbs have. Look at the chart below:
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The
comparative form: -ER
THAN or MORE + adjective+ THAN
She is taller than
me He isn’t more
handsome than Peter That dog was
funnier
The box is more beautiful than mine My
car is more expensive than yours
1 syllable
|
2 syllables
|
3 syllables
|
Old -- older (than me)
Fat --- fatter (than Susan)
Nice ---nicer (than Tony)
|
Adjectives ending
in-Y
Funny
--- funnier than TV
Lovely
--- lovelier than mine
|
Expensive
--- more expensive than
this one
Beautiful --- more beautiful than yours
Easily
done --- more
easily done than hers
|
The rest of
2-syllable adjectives
handsome --- more
handsome
Boring --- more boring than TV
|
·
The
superlative form: -EST
IN or THE MOST + adjective+ IN
They are the
most important people in the room This
is the easiest exercise in the test
1 syllable
|
2 syllables
|
3 syllables
|
Old --- the oldest
Fat --- the fattest
Nice --- the nicest
|
Adjectives ending
in-Y
Funny
--- the funniest in TV
Lovely
--- the loveliest
|
Expensive ---
the most
expensive in the shop
Beautiful --- the most beautiful in my
house
Easily
done --- the most
easily done in my job
|
The rest of
2-syllable adjectives
handsome --- the
most handsome
Boring --- the most boring
|
Spelling
rules
1) If the adjective ends in CONSONANT + STRESSED VOWEL + CONSONANT = you double the consonant.
For example:
big ---
bigger ; the biggest or thin
--- thinner ; the thinnest
2) If the adjective ends in –E, you drop the –E and add –ER
or –EST .E. g : white ---
whiter ; the whitest
3) If the adjective ends in –Y and you add –ER you have to change it into –IER, or –IEST like in
the following examples:
pretty ---
prettier ; the prettiest easy ---
easier; the easiest
Inferiority
form: LESS and THE LEAST
This form is not very frequent but
you can use it in certain occasions; the forms LESS and THE LEAST is the same
for all the adjectives and adverbs because it doesn’t change. For
example:
My
car is bigger but less expensive and less fast than my father’s
She’s the least shy of all my
children
Comparison
with AS ..... AS
You use this form to say that two
things or people have the same quality; e.g.: Susan is as tall as Mary
Exercises
·
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom.htm
: an explanation with exercises
·
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/adjektive_steig.htm
: a large explanation and some pages for exercises
·
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fleok757P90
: a video explaining comparatives
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pwwrF0UBQQ&feature=player_embedded#at=40
: a simple video with comparatives
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http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives/exercises
: an easy exercise to practise
·
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/45.html
: a bit longer but still easy to do
·
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson12/05.html
: this page is in Spanish and at the end you can go to the following exercise
with superlative adjectives or click this: http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson12/06.html
·
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.comp.i.htm
: it has the three forms of comparative
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