Sa ee ER ia 1 Adjectives and adverbs: comparative and superlative forms enim Accommodation would be cheaper in Athens. Ie probably the cheapest hotel in Athens. I want to come home more relaxed and healthier/more healthy. The walking tour in France was the healthiest/most healthy holiday I've had. It will be more expensive to get to Corfu than Athens. Its the most expensive flight that day. There are exceptions to the comparative and superlative forms illustrated above. We usually add -er/-est_ However, we use more/most to one-syllable © before past participle adjectives: adjectives. T want to come home more relaxed. © before fun, real, right, wrong: I'd be more fun to go to Corfu. We can usually add However, we always use more/most with -er/-est or put more/most @ participle adjectives: before two-syllable It was the most boring holiday I've ever had. adjectives. © adjectives ending -ful or -less: It would be more peaceful than heing in a city. © afraid, alert, alike, alone, ashamed, cautious, complex, direct, exact, famous, frequent, modern, special, recent: I'm more afraid of flying than travelling by boat. The Parthenon is one of the most famous buildings in the world. We usually put However, we can add -er/-est to ‘more/most before © unhappy, unhealthy, unlikely, unlucky, unsteady, untidy: three- or more syllable I came back feeling unhealthier than when I went away. or adjectives. I came back feeling more unhealthy ... ‘We can use a sentence with two comparatives to say that as one thing changes, another thing also changes: The longer we leave it, the more expensive it’s going to be. We can use less/least as the opposite of more/most with all adjectives, including one-syllable adjectives: Hotels in Corfu are quite cheap ~ although less cheap than they used to be. It was the least expensive flight I could find. A In informal contexts we usually prefer not as... as rather than less than: Irs probably not as unspoilt as some of the other Greek islands.