UNIT 1

LET’S CHAT

Prepared By Tcer Muni

3. COMPARISON
 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

WE USE COMPARATIVES WHEN WE COMPARE TWO PEOPLE, ANIMALS OR THINGS

WE USE SUPERLATIVE WHEN WE COMPARE ONE PERSON, ANIMAL OR THING WITH

SEVERAL OF THE SAME KIND.
 Adjectives
Positive Form Comparative Form Superlative Form
short (one- shorter shortest
All one-syllable and most two-syllable
sylabble)
adjectives (take: –er/-est)
happy (two- happier happiest
syllable)
Adjective with three or more syllable and Interesting (four more most
some two-syllable adjectives (take: syllable) interesting interesting
more+adjective / most+adjective)
Adverbs
Positive Form Comparative Form Superlative Form

All one-syllable adverbs and early (take: - Fast (one- faster fastest
er/-est) syllable)
Early (early) earlier earliest

Adverbs with two or more syllabes (take: Carefully (three- more carefully most carefully
more+adverb / most+adverb) syllables)
 IRREGULAR COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS

POSITIVE FORM COMPARATIVE FORM SUPERLATIVE FORM

good/well better best

bad/badly worse worst

little less least

far farther/further farthest/furthest

many/much more most

 OTHER FORM OF COMPARISON

Examples

Less + adjective/adverb + than Ahmad sings less terribly than his sister

The least + adjective/adverb + of/in This is the least interesting movie in the world!

As + adjective/adverb + as Ahmad runs as fast as Rahim

Not as/so + adjective/adverb +as Rahim does not run as/so fast as Ahmad

Comparative + and + comparative The car was going faster and faster

The + comparative…, the + comparative The more you study, the more you learn