Describing people and objects

Class Objective:
Use adjectives and adverbs to compare
people and their actions.
 Anne is taller than Lucy.
Lucy is taller than Joe.
Bill is the tallest of all.
Jenny is darker than Anne.
Lucy is younger than Bill.
Joe is the youngest of all.
 Comparative and superlative forms of
adjectives

Adjectives with one syllable

quick quicker quickest

tall taller tallest
 Adjectives with one syllable ending in e

nice nicer nicest

large larger largest
 Adjectives with one syllable that change their
spelling

big bigger biggest

sad sadder saddest
 Adjectives than end in y

happy happier happiest

tidy tidier tidiest
 Adjectives with two or more syllables

famous more famous most famous

interesting more interesting most interesting
 Adjective that change their spelling
Some common adjectives have irregular
comparative and superlative forms that you just
have to learn:

bad worse worst

good better best
little (of a quantity) less least
much more most
far farther farthest
further furthest
Comparative adjectives and adverbs
Complete each sentences with the correct comparative form of
the adjective in parentheses. Add than when necessary.
Use the words in parentheses to complete each sentence. Use the
comparative form of the adverb and the correct form of the verb.
Reading
 Resources
Murphy, Raymond. (2007). Essential Grammar
in Use.
Evans, V., Dooley, J. (2011). Upload 3