COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

English II
Name: Mateo Duque Botero

QUESTION 1: What is a comparative? ‌

A comparative adjective compares someone or something with someone or
something else
For example:
Monday is worst day of the week

QUESTION 2: What is a superlative? ‌

A superlative adjective compares someone or something to every other person
or object in the group
For example:
Harry Potter books are more interesting tan the movies

QUESTION 3: How do you form comparatives and superlatives? ‌

Comparative:
Karen is shorter than Bob
Verb + Comparative + than

Superlative:
Karen is the shortest child
Verb + the + Superlative

QUESTION 4: How do you use comparatives and superlatives?

Irregular adjectives
Some example
Comparative
 Today is colder than yesterday
 China is bigger than Italy
 She is younger than her
brother
 He is older than his friend
 I stayed longer than I excepted
 My car is newer than yours
 His house is bigger than mine
 Tea is cheaper than
Superlative
 She is the smartest person I
know
 Today is the coldest day I can
remember
 China is the biggest country I
have visited
 She is the youngest in her
family
 He is the oldest man I know
 champagne
 We are smarter than they
 I am taller than my brothers
 Love is the most valuable
feeling
 This car is the most expensive
he has bought
 I read the most important
newspaper every morning
 She is the most ambitious
person in the team
 I am the most intelligent
student in the classroom