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Comparative &

Superlative
Adjectives: Comparative form: Short adjectives
 Short: una o dos Adjective + er + than
sílabas
 Long: más de dos Rules:
Examples: nice - nicer than hot - hotter than

Short Long cute - cuter than big - bigger than

 Hard  Intelligent large - larger than thin - thinner than

 Big  Romantic happy – happier than


 Wet  Important friendly - friendlier than
pretty – prettier than
Comparative
form: Examples:
Realizar comparaciones
dos o más personas,
animales, etc.
Comparative form: Long adjectives
More (más) + Adjective + than
Less (menos) + Adjective + than
Examples:
Questions: How +  Luis Miguel is more important than Maluma / Luis Miguel es

adjetctive 
más importante que Maluma
Puebla is less expensive than Veracruz / Puebla es menos caro

Examples:
que Veracruz

Comparative form: Irregular


adjectives
More (más) + Irregular Adjective + than
Less (menos) + Irregular Adjective + than
Comparisons: as - as
En español significa
Examples:
 Healthy food is (good) better than junk food / La comida
‘’tan’’ y ‘’como’’ saludable es mejor que la comida chatarra
 Your cellphone is (bad) worse than Maria’s cellphone / Tu
Comparisons: Affirmative form celular es peor que el celular de maría

 An apple is a sweet as a pear / La manzana


Subject 1 + verb + as + adjective + as + subject 2. es tan dulce como la pera

Comparisons: Negative form


Subject 1 + verb (negative form) + as + adjective + as + subject 2.
 My cat is cutter than Helen’s Cat / Mi gato es más lindo que el gato de
Helen
 Veracruz is hotter than Cordoba / Veracruz es más caluroso que
Córdoba
 Shakira is prettier than Laura Pasini / Shakira es más bonita que Laura
Pasini

 How big is the park? / ¿Qué tan


grande es el parque?
 How tall are you? / ¿Qué tan alto
eres?
 How high is the mountain? / ¿Qué tan
alta es la montaña?

 An apple isn’t as sweet as pear / La


manzana no es tan dulce como la pera
Comparative &
Superlative
Se utiliza para otorgar
grados de superiorridad
a los advjetivos
Superlative form: Short adjectives
The + adjetivo + est + than
Rules:
nice - nicest happy – the happiest hot – the hottest
cute – the cutest easy - the easiets big – the biggest
large – the largest pretty – the prettiest thin – the thinnest
 Emma is the nicest girl / Emma  My sister is the happiest girl / Mi  Veracruz is the hottest city /
es la chica más agradable hermana es la chica más feliz Veracruz es la ciudad más calurosa

 Luis Miguel and Ricky Martin


 Puebla isn’t the most expensive
are the most important singers /
city in México / Puebla no es la
Luis Miguel y Ricky Martin son
ciudad más cara de México
los cantantes más importantes

Examples:

 Superlative form:
Healthy food is the best (Good)
 Your cellphoneLong
is the worstadjectives
 The sun is the furthest (far) star
option / La comida saludable es (bad)/ Tu celular es el peor. / El sol es la estrella más lejana.
la mejor opción
The most + adjetivo
Examples:

Superlative form: Irregular adjectives


Examples:

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