ADJECTIVES (Comparative Degree)

We form the comparative degree of one syllable adjectives by adding er.

Cold colder
Bright brighter
We usually form the comparative degree of adjectives with more than two syllables by using more.
Difficult more difficult
Beautiful more beautiful
Good and bad have special comparative degree.
Good better
Bad worse
The comparative form of all adjectives is followed by than.
She is taller than her sister.
This exercise is more difficult than that one.
This book is better than that one.

Complete these sentences by supplying the comparative form of the adjectives in parentheses. Also
include the word than.
1. He is . . . . . (young) . . . . . I am.
2. Mr. Smith is much . . . . . (big) . . . . . I expected.
3. Chicago is . . . . . (big) . . . . . Paris.
4. This book is . . . . . (good) . . . . . the last one we used.
5. The weather this winter is . . . . . (bad) . . . . . the weather last winter.
6. This exercise is . . . . . (easy) . . . . . the last one.
7. This metal is . . . . . (valuable) . . . . . gold.
8. Jane is . . . . . (attractive) . . . . . her sister.
9. The weather today is . . . . . (warm) . . . . . the weather yesterday.
10. John’s car was much . . . . . (expensive) . . . . . my car.
11. This contract is . . . . . (satisfactory) . . . . . the previous one.
12. This street is even . . . . . (wide) . . . . . Broadway.
13. These exercises are . . . . . (difficult) . . . . . some of the others.
14. The climate of Caracas is . . . . . (good) . . . . . that of Maracaibo.
15. John is much . . . . . (clever) . . . . . his brother.
16. This summer is . . . . . (hot) . . . . . last summer.

ADVERBS (Comparative Degree)

We form the comparative degree of one syllable by adding er.

Soon sooner
Fast faster
We usually express the comparative degree of adverbs with two or more syllables by using more.
Quickly more quickly
Carefully more carefully
Well and badly have special comparative forms.
Well better
Badly worse
The comparative form of all adverbs is followed by than.
She works faster than I do.
He drives more carefully than she does.
John feels better than he did yesterday.
Complete these sentences by supplying the comparative form of the adverbs in parentheses. Also
include the word than.
1. She speaks . . . . . (rapid) . . . . . I.
2. He prepares his homework . . . . . (careful) . . . . . most students.
3. She works . . . . . (hard) . . . . . her sister.
4. We stayed . . . . . (long) . . . . . we expected.
5. Our troops fought . . . . . (brave) . . . . . anyone expected.
6. The time passed . . . . . (quick) . . .. . expected.
7. The speaker spoke . . . . . (loud) . . . . . was really necesseary.
8. They arrived . . . . . (soon) . . . . . we.
9. We walked . . . . . (far) . . . . . we planned.
10. He goes there . . . . . (often) . . . . . I.
11. They go to the movies . . . . . (frequent) . . . . . you.
12. I get up every morning much . . . . . (early) . . . . . you.
13. She speaks English . . . . . (good) . . . . . she speaks French.
14. He can help you . . . . . (easy) . . . . . I can.
15. John knows her much . . . . . (good) . . . . . I do.
16. He returned . . . . . (soon) . . . . . we expected.

ADJECTIVES (Superlative Degree)

We form the superlative degree of one syllable adjectives by adding est.

Cold coldest
Bright brightest
We usually form the superlative degree of adjectives with more than two syllables by using most.
Difficult most difficult
Beautiful most beautiful
Good and bad have special superlative forms.
Good best
Bad worst
The precedes the superlative form of all adjectives.
She is the tallest girl in the class.
This exercise is the most difficult one in the book.
This book is the best.

Supply the superlative form of the adjectives in parentheses.

1. Grace is . . . . . (old) girl in our class.
2. This is . . . . . (expensive) book that I won.
3. George is . . . . . (bad) student in the class.
4. The Jawapos is . . . . . (important) newspapaer in the town.
5. Tokyo is . . . . . (large) city in the world today.
6. He is . . . . . (ambitious)boy that I know.
7. Helen was . . . . . (attractive) girl at the pretty.
8. She also wore . . . . . (pretty) dress.
9. She is . . . . . (intelligent) person that I know.
10. The story which you told was . . . . . (funny) of all.
11. January is . . . . . (cold) month of the year.
12. Which is . . . . . (good) route from Miami to New York?
13. The Pacific is . . . . . (large ocean in the world.
14. Mt. Everest is . . . . . (high) mountain in the world.
15. This chair is . . . . . (comfortable) chair in the whole house.
16. These exercises are . . . . . (difficult) in the whole book.