COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

SUPERIORIDAD. Formaremos los comparativos y los superlativos dependiendo del

número de silabas del adjetivo.

ADJ 1 sílaba COMPARATIVO SUPERLATIVO

Young Younger (than) The youngest (of/ in)
Large Larger (than) The largest (of/ in)
Slim Slimmer (than) The slimmest (of/ in)
Doblamos la última consonante cuando el adjetivo acaba en C+V+C y el acento recae en
la última silaba

ADJ +1 sílaba COMPARATIVO SUPERLATIVO

SUPERIORIDAD SUPERIORIDAD
Careful More careful (than) The most careful (of/ in)
Casual More casual (than) The most casual (of/ in)
Intelligent More intelligent (than) The most intelligent (of/ in)

INFERIORIDAD. En este tipo de comparativo el adjetivo NO se modifica.

ADJETIVO COMPARAT INFERIORIDAD SUPERLATIVO INFERIORIDAD

Careful Less careful (than) The least careful (of/ in)

IGUALDAD. En este tipo de comparativo el adjetivo NO se modifica.

ADJETIVO COMPARAT IGUALDAD EXAMPLE

Tall As tall as Maria is as tall as Yolanda

OJO!! Maria is not as / so tall as
Yolanda
As + many/ much/ Bill doesn’t have as much/ little money as Anne.
Little/ few + as Peter doesn’t eat as many/few hamburgers as you

ADJETIVOS DE DOS SILABAS QUE ADOPTAN LAS DOS FORMAS

SIMPLE, COMMON, PLEASANT, POLITE, GENTLE, LIKELY, NARROW, CLEVER,

CRUEL, STUPID, HANDSOME, TIRED…..

ADJETIVOS DE DOS SILABAS ACABADOS EN –Y

Angry angrier the angriest

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ADJETIVOS IRREGULARES

ADJETIVO COMPARATIVO SUPERLATIVO

Good Better The best
Bad Worse The worst
Far Further/farther The furthest/ the farthest
Old Older/ elder The oldest/ the eldest

Los comparativos y superlativos de los adverbios que acaban en –ly se forman añadiendo
more / the most. Así como los adjetivos que acaban en –ed/-ing

ADVERBIO COMPARATIVO SUPERLATIVO

Commonly More commonly The most commonly
Readily More readily The most readily
Bored More bored The most bored
Worried More worried The most worried
Interesting More interesting The most interesting

ADVERBIOS DE GRADO

ADVERBIO QUE VAN DELANTE DEL EXAMPLE

COMPARATIVO
A BIT/ A LITTLE/ SLIGHTLY This T-shirt is a bit cheaper than the others

A GOOD DEAL/ A GREAT DEAL This computer is a great deal simpler than yours

A LOT / MUCH/ RATHER Helen is much more intelligent than the rest of
the group

ADVERBIO QUE VAN DELANTE DEL EXAMPLE

SUPERLATIVO
BY FAR Ana is by far the best teacher ever!

EASILY You are easily the cleverest person I know

MUCH / QUITE She is quite the strongest man in Jumilla

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REPEATING COMPARATIVES

EXAMPLE MEANING/ USE

She was getting more and more irritated Está cambiando todo el tiempo

The older I get, the wiser I become Dos cosas que están cambiando al mismo
The less intelligent they are, the more tiempo
difficult they will find the test

The bigger the better Frases communes / dichos

The sooner the better