THE COMPARATIVE AND THE SUPERLATIVE
KINDS OF COMPARATIVES EQUALITY AS BIG AS
COMPARATIVE BIGGER THAN MORE EXPENSIVE LESS 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+consont at 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 •The most + adj
•Two syllable words not ending in –y e.g careful, modern
•More than two syllables e.g intersting, beautiful
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 people strong, healthy, fat,slim, busy, thin, old, young shy, modern, trendy, pretty, patient, quiet, good-looking, honest, nice, elegant, tall, attractive, intelligent, lazy, polite