Comparatives

&
Superlatives
ADJECTIVES
 01
ARE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE
THE QUALITIES OR STATES OF
BEING OF NOUNS

What is an 02 ADJECTIVES ARE WORDS THAT

ADJECTIVE?
MODIFY (DESCRIBE) NOUNS.

MARGOT WORE A BEAUTIFUL HAT TO

THE PIE-EATING CONTEST.

Ex. FURRY DOGS MAY OVERHEAT IN THE

SUMMERTIME.

THE SCARIEST VILLAIN OF ALL TIME IS

DARTH VADER.
 Pretty Ugly Tall

Examples Intelligent Green Fat

Mean Fast Delicious

Handsome Good Slow

Comparative
Adjectives
We use "comparative adjectives" to
compare characteristics between 2
or more things, people or animals

The mouse is smaller than the owl.

 Superlative
Adjectives
WE USE "SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES"
WHEN WE WANT TO DETERMINE THE
HIGHEST DEGREE OF A
CHARACTERISTIC OF SOMETHING IN
RELATION TO OTHERS OF THE SAME
GROUP

The fastest car is the blue one

 Rules
ON THE MONOSYLLABLE ADJECTIVES WE ADD -ER AL THE
END TO THE COMPARATIVES AND FOR THE SUPERLATIVE
WE ADD "THE" BEFORE THE ADJECTIVE AND -EST AT THE
END.

adjective comparative superlative

Monosyllable
TALLER THE TALLEST
TALL

HE IS TALL HE IS TALLER THAN HER HE IS THE TALLEST

OF THE GROUP
 Rules
ON THE BISYLLABLE ADJECTIVES, WE ADD MOST OF THE TIMES "MORE" AT THE BEGGINING
OF THE ADJECTIVE WHEN IS COMPARATIVE AND ADD "THE MOST" TO THE SUPERLATIVE. IN
SOME CASES WE CAN ALSO ADD -ER TO COMPARATIVES AND "THE" / -EST TO SUPERLATIVES

adjective comparative superlative

bisyllable
MORE CLEVER / CLEVERER THE MOST CLEVER /
CLEVER THE CLEVEREST

SHE IS CLEVER SHE IS MORE CLEVER / SHE IS THE MOST

CLEVERER THAN HER CLEVER / THE
SISTER CLEVEREST OF HER
CLASS
 Rules
ON THE ADJECTIVES WITH MORE THAN 2 SYLLABLES WE ADD
"MORE" TO THE COMPARATIVES AND "THE MOST" TO THE
SUPERLATIVES

adjective comparative superlative

more than 2 syllables
MORE DIFFICULT THE MOST DIFFICULT
DIFFICULT

THIS IS DIFFICULT THIS IS MORE DIFFICULT THIS IS THE MOST

DIFFICULT
 irregular adjectives
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

good better the best

bad worse the worst

far futher / farther the furthest / the

farthest