INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNOLOGICO SUDAMERICANO

ENGLISH AREA

ENGLISH –ID

AUTHOR: Lic. Karla Castillo

 IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
Adjectives Comparative Superlative

Good Better The best

Bad Worse The worst
Far Farther/Further The
farthest/furthest
Much/ a lot More The most
A little less The least
 Add -er , - est
Adjectives Comparative Superlative

Soft Softer The softest

Cheap Cheaper The cheapest
Sweet Sweeter The sweetest
Thin Thinner The thinnest
 -When end in -y usually form the
comparative by adding -er and the
superlative by adding -est,
-Note the change of -y to-i in the
comparative/superlative
Adjectives Comparative Superlative

Lucky luckier The luckiest

pretty prettier The prettiest
Tidy Tidier The tidiest
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -ed, -ing, -ful,
or –less, form the comparative with “MORE”
and superlative with “MOST”
Adjectives Comparative Superlative

Worried More worried The most worried

boring More boring The most boring
Careful More careful The most careful
useless More useless The most useless
 Either –er / -est or -more/ -most

Adjectives Comparative Superlative

Narrow Narrower/ The most narrow

More norrow The norrowest
simple Simpler/ More
simple The most simple
The simpest

Quiet Quieter/ More The most quiet

quiet The quiest
 Three or more syllables always form the
comparative and superlative with more and most.
Adjectives Comparative Superlative

Dangerous More dangerous The most dangerous

Difficult More difficult The most difficult

Exciting More exciting The most exciting

Ridiculous More ridiculous The most ridiculous

 AS… AS

Use as + adjective + as to compare actions and show

how they are the same or equal.
 Use just to make the comparison stronger.
Use not as + adjective + as to compare actions and
show how they are NOT the same or equal.

Subject V As Adjective As Complem

ent
intelligent
Happy
Juan is as nice as Andrea
hardworking
 COMPARATIVES

 Use comparative adjectives + than to show how the

actions of two people or things are different
 Use even to make comparison stronger.

Subject V Comparative Form Than Complement

Faster
The Bigger A cat
dog Is More covenient than
 SUPERLATIVES

Use superlative adjectives to compare one action

with the actions of other people or things in a
group
 We often use the superlative with expressions
beginning with of.
Subject V Superlative Form Complement
José The Of anyone in
The Best the game.
is The most aggressively
The least consistently