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Comparatives
1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms.
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Adjective Comparative form
cold
big
difficult
bad • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
dry
• Short adjectives ending in one
early
consonant double the last letter +
good
high -er: big – bigger
hot • Long adjectives (more than two
long
popular
syllables): more + adjective: more
rain expensive
sunny
• Be careful of irregular adjectives
wet
e.g. good, bad
Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.
friendly
good
intelligent
loud
popular
slow
small
strange
ugly
tortoise / slow
The tortoise is the slowest.
1 blue whale / big
2 cheetah / fast
3 mosquito / dangerous
4 cat / friendly
5 hippo / ugly
6 dolphin / intelligent
7 parrot / loud