Uy EX See 4 This house (s big, His also This house is bigger than the fst, This house fs the biggest arc’ the expensive, ‘tS also more expensive, most expensive of ai. © Adjectives have got three forms: positive, comparative and superlative. © We use the comparative form + than to compare two people or things. e.g. Tom is taller than Richard. Russia is larger than Austraila. © We use the + superlative form + of/in to compare three or more people or things. ¢.g. Chris is the tallest of ail We use In when we talk about places. 0.9. Russia is the largest country In the word, NOT: 2k the word © Formation of the comparative and superlative of adjectives, ‘Adjectives of one or two syllables form the comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding -25t. €.g, fast - faster - fastest, Adjectives of more than two syllables form the comparative with more and the superlative with most. ¢.9. beartful- more beautiful - most beautiful. Some adjectives such as clever, stupid, narrow, gentle, friendly, etc form the comparative and superiative either with -er'- est or with more/most. e.g. clever - cleverer - cleverest OR clever - more clever - most clever the comparative and superlative form of the following adjectives. © One-syllable adjectives ending in-< take rin 1 small smaller. smallest. the comparative and-st inthe superiativeform. 2 big eg. large - larger - largest fi, Wes © Two-syllable adjectives ending in ~y turn the 4 dangerous -y Into -I and then take -er/-est. © g. happy 5 slow happier - happiest 6 pretty © Adjectives ending in a stressed vowel 7 eae 3 belween two consonants double the tinat 8 beautiful consonant and then take -er/-est ° fat big - bigger - biggest but old - older - oldest aeAdverbs form the comparative and superlative in the same way as adjectives. Adverbs of one or two syllables take -er in the comparative and -est in the superlative. e.g. hard - harder -haraast, early -earier -eariest. The adverbs which are formed by adding -ly 10 the adjective (adverbs of manner), take more In the ‘comparative and most In the superlative. ‘eg. carefully - mare carefully - most carefully. Write the comparative and superlative form of the following adverbs. easily fast late = tea clearly carelessly generously hard early - more easily... ..most easily @vaKsens worse more less furtherifarther Write sentences using the prompts (10, 1. George's house is very big Yes, i's bigger than mine... 2 Sally's dress is very expensive 3. Peter's sister is very young. 4 Tom's job is very excting, 5 6 , as in the example. Jenny's hair is very long, ‘This book is very interesting, Adjectives/Adverbs/ Write sentences using the prompts. given, as in the example. That's a fast car. It's the fastest car Ive ever seen. Those are expensive rings. ‘That's a small house That's a big plane. That's a tall building That's a long snake Those are nice flowers That's a cheap watch eveaasen Fill in the comparative form as in the example. 1. Mymotorbike goes .. faster than... last) yours, BL WOK oer sees (hard) Pat 3 Today itis (coid) yesterday 4 lm : snes (0'd) You. 8 English is 4 (Uitle) difficutt so Japanese 6 The last bus was (ctowded) the first bus. 7 (need a (big) bag, Ahi. 8 Travelling by train is (expensive) traveling by bus 9 A coat costs... 10 Vegetables are crisps. {itluch) a jacket (good) for your health Fill in the superlative form as In the example. 1. Sarah is ...the youngest... person i my family (young) 2 Thatis ress | have ever seen. (horrible) 3 Roses are the flowers which have smell. (nice) 4 JaMUAEY 18 sence MONth of the year. (Cold) 5 That was joke I've ever heard. funny) 6 Sheis eT ioc women I've ever met. (beautiful) 7 Mrs Greens . person know. (interesting) BOTMIS [8 cescsesnsensn SONG I'VE 2VEr Heard, (bad)