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 Comparatives & superlatives
• Forming regular comparatives and superlatives
• We use comparatives to compare two things or two people.
(e.g She is taller than her husband.)
• Superlatives are used, however, to compare to show the
difference between more than two things or more than
two people. (e.g Paris is the biggest city in France)
• To form comparatives and superlatives you need to know
the number of syllables in the adjective. Syllables are like
"sound beats".
• For instance:
• "find" contains one syllable,
• but "finding" contains two — find and ing.

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The rules to form comparatives and superlatives:

1. One syllable adjective ending in a silent 'e' — nice

Comparative — add 'r' — nicer
Superlative — add 'st' — nicest
2. One syllable adjective ending in one vowel and one consonant — big
Comparative — the consonant is doubled and 'er' is added —bigger
Superlative — the consonant is doubled and 'est' is added—biggest
3. One syllable adjective ending in more than one consonant or more
than a vowel — high, cheap
Comparative — 'er' is added — higher, cheaper
Superlative — 'est is added — highest, cheapest
4. A two syllable adjective ending in 'y' — happy
Comparative — 'y' becomes 'i' and 'er' is added — happier
Superlative — 'y' becomes 'i' and 'est' is added — happiest
5. Tow syllable or more adjectives without 'y' at the end — exciting
Comparative — more + the adjective + than — more exciting than
Superlative — more + the adjective + than — the most exciting
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 Examples.
• The Nile River is longer and more famous than the
Thames.
• Egypt is much hotter than Sweden.
• Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
• This is one of the most exciting films I have ever seen.

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Complete the sentences with the right
comparatives and superlatives.
Use the adjectives from the second
column.
When clicking on the speaker you can
listen to the pronunciation of the
whole sentence.

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Fill in the missing comparative or superlative. Use the Adjective
adjective from the next column.
hotter
Do you think this summer will be ____________ than usual? HOT
the most exiting book that I have ever read. EXITING
This is ________________________
the laziest person I know.
Tom is _______________ LAZY
the quickest
Flying is ____________________ way to travel. QUICK
better
The camera you bought is ______________ than mine. GOOD
the youngest
His mother had three sons, and he was __________________ . YOUNG
the worst
Today was __________________ day of my life. BAD
prettiest
Mary is one of the _____________ women in Boston. PRETTY
more beautiful
You’re ________________________ than I remember you. BEAUTIFUL
the biggest
Jupiter is ___________________ planet in our solar system. BIG
more useful
This book is much ______________________ than that one. USEFUL

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Fill in the missing comparative or superlative. Use the Adjective
adjective from the next column.
the busiest
What do you think is _________________ airport in the world? BUSY
taller
Roger is only a few centimeters ______________ than Jessica. TALL
This is probably ______________________
the most boring book in the world. BORING
The fog is getting ______________
thicker . THICK
the cheapest
This is ____________________ shop in town. CHEAP
the scariest
That was ____________________ movie I’ve ever seen. SCARY
cleaner
Fred’s bedroom is _______________ than mine. CLEAN
shorter
John is _____________ than all of his friends. SHORT
the coldest
January is usually ____________________ month. COLD
simpler
Life was so much ______________ before all that happened. SIMPLE
the most comfortable chair in the house.
This is ___________________________ COMFORTABLE

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Fill in the missing comparative or superlative. Use the Adjective
adjective from the next column.
sweeter
Oranges are ______________ than lemons. SWEET
smaller
The earth is ______________ than the sun. SMALL
Susan is _____________________
the cutest girl in town. CUTE
Jack’s parents are much _______________
stricter than Kate’s parents. STRICT
the most dangerous
Mosquitoes are perhaps one of ________________________ DANGEROUS
animals in the world.
darkest
What’s your _____________ secret? DARK
the smartest
Who do you think is ______________________ kid in your SMART
class?
the most difficult languages in the world. DIFFICULT
That is one of _____________________
stronger
What doesn’t kill me makes me _______________. STRONG

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