Nouns and adjectivas
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Comparatives and superlatives
FORM
Comparative Superlative
One-syllable adjectives | older, faster oldest, fastest
One-sytable adjectives | wider, nicer widest, nicest
ending ine
One-syllable adjectives | hottest, biggest hotter, bigger
ending in one vowel +
consonant
Two-syltable adjectives | happier, funnier, | happiest, funniest
ending in -y, er, -ow | cleverer, narrower | cleverest, narrowest
Other adjectives with | more careful, more | most careful, most
nvo or more syllables | interesting imeresting
Irregular adjectives: | better, worse, less | best worst, least
good, bad, little
USE
* Comparatives are used (0 compare two nouns, They are followed by than if
the second noun is mentioned:
Cats are cleverer than dogs, but dogs are friendlier.
+ Superlatives are used to compare one thing with more than one other thing
They are used with the
John is the youngest child in ihe cla
Practice
Write the comparative or superlative of the adjectives in brackets.
1
ls Wale? today than it was yesterday. (warm)
2 This is the M99, expensive dress in the shop. (expensive)
3° What's the _ mountain. in your countey? (high)
4 This car is toa small. We need to get a ...... vee one.
(big)
SIT WAS ThE essere music I've ever heard. (beautiful)
6 Your COMpULEL 1S oo. eeeceseeeeeeeceeeeseeeess than mine. (modern)
7 Australia is the earth’s -- vontinent. (old)
8 My sister was always than me. (pretty)
9 This year’s exam WaS eee cccceeeeceeteceesseees than last year's. (difficult)
10 This is the ... seeceuneeenetoeee PAN WE'VE Bat. (large)7
The quali
Nouns and adjectives
ication of comparatives and superlatives
abit
alittle
The chair ig | *Mttle bit) cheaper than that one.
much more comfortable
quite a lor
a lot
as
nearly as
is chairis | ore cheap . .
This chair is | n't comfortable | 2% that ene.
Wl nearly as
twice/three times as
i's | by far | the most expensive car in the world
S| easily | the most expensive of all the cars I’ve seen.
Practice
Complete these sentences.
the weather is much “ter £480. it usually is at this time, (warm)
Bow
It was by far 2
The train’s a lot...
Going by car took twice 4.!¢4 49 going by train. (long)
swateé time of my life, (bad)
there. (fast)
. all the other ways of getting
5S This exam was a bit a