COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVE + NOUN(S)

SHORT
ADJECTIVES

LONG
ADJECTIVES
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE + THAN COMPARATIVE STRUCTURE

La Bella Napoli is nearer than Pietro's. (near)

My brother is crazier than me.

They use the worst cheese

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
When we want to describe how something or someone changes we can use two
comparatives with and:
The balloon got bigger and bigger.
Everything is getting more and more expensive.
Grandfather is looking older and older.

We often use the with comparative adjectives to show that one thing depends on another:
When you drive faster it is more dangerous
> The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is.
When they climbed higher it got colder
> The higher they climbed, the colder it got.

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
We use the with a superlative:
It was the happiest day of my life.
Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
That’s the best film I have seen this year.
I have three sisters, Jan is the oldest and Angela is the youngest .
 COMPARATIVE STRUCTURES

AS………(ADJECTIVE)…………………….AS
(tan)………………………………………..(como)

I'm not as tall as you. (= I'm smaller than you)

Maybe the pizza at La Bella Napoli isn't as good as I remember.
Peter was as taller as me.
No se traduce
DOUBLE COMPARISON
THE + COMPARATIVE……., THE + COMPARATIVE…….,
(Cuanto) más……. , más……

The sooner, the better.  cuanto más rápido mejor (será)

The redder the compound, the more molybdenum it contains.  cuanto más rojo (es) el
compuesto, más molibdeno contiene.

less and least are also ways of comparing things. They are used more in writing.

It is less cold in the north of the country than in the south. (the north is warmer, but both
north and south are cold)

Of the four participants, Bill is the least experienced. (the other three have more
experience)
We use comparative adjectives to describe people and things:

This car is certainly better but it’s much more expensive.

I’m feeling happier now. We need a bigger garden

We use than when we want to compare one thing with another:

She is two years older than me.

New York is much bigger than Boston.
He is a better player than Ronaldo.
France is a bigger country than Britain.