ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

 the tall professor

 a six-year-old child
 the unhappiest, richest man
 An interesting book
 A big brown bear
 A tall and thin girl
 This house is beautiful
 She's ill

Quantity Quality Size age shape colour origin material nouns

beautiful long curly brown hair
An old French car
a pretty small steel bridge
I.-Put in order this sentences
1. American an she’s girl ……………………………She is an American girl……………………………………………….
2. expensive holiday an it’s ……………………………It is an expensive holiday…………………………………………………

3. sad you are why? …………………………………………………….………………………………………….

4. are beautiful girl you a …………………………………………………..…………………………………………….
5. an job interesting it’s …………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. handsome is husband my ………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Spanish you are? ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. very I’m hungry …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
COMPARATIVE

= +  er + est

big (grande) bigger (más grande)  biggest (el más grande)

Anteponiendo la palabra more (más) para el comparativo de superioridad y "the most" para el
superlativo
intelligent
more intelligent comparative
the most intelligent superlative
Los adjetivos de una sola sílaba forman el comparativo y el superlativo con -er y -est
old, older, the oldest
new, newer, the newest
dark, darker, the darkest
CONSIDERACIONES
 large, larger, the largest
 easy, easier, the easiest
 big, bigger, the biggest
 He is taller than his brother
 She is more funny than happy
Positive Comparative Superlative
rich richer richest
lovely lovelier loveliest
most
beautiful more beautiful
beautiful
Irregular Comparative and Superlative
Forms
good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
much
many more most
some
far further furthest
Look at the picture, and complete the sentences.
1. Joe is……….. than Ed. (short)
2. Al is the …………… . (short)
3. Ed is the ………. . (thin)
4. Joe is………. than Al. (thin)
5. Al has the ………. clothes. (colourful)
6. Al is ……….. than Joe. (heavy)
7. Ed is the ……………. (light)
8. Joe is……..than Ed. (happy)
9. Ed is the …………. . (mysterious)
10. Joe is ……….than Ed. (energetic)