Comparatives and

superlatives!
With teacher Bertha 
 WHOA!
Today you are going to learn how to
use comparative and superlatives!
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Comparatives
We use comparative adjectives to
describe qualities of nouns…
 Comparative adjectives

The comparative adjectives are used to compare

differences between two objects (larger, smaller,
faster, higher). They are used in sentences where
two nouns are compared, in this pattern:

Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object).

 Let’s check some examples:

This box Your dog

is smaller than the runs faster than
one I lost. Jim's dog.
 Comparative adjectives

We use comparative adjectives to make comparisons:

For example:

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

I'm feeling happier now.
We need a bigger garden.
 You need to know
There are two ways to make or to "form“ a
comparative adjective:
Examples:
Smaller
short adjectives: add "-er“ Bigger
Prettier

More modern
long adjectives: use "more" More expensive
More intellectual
 There are some exceptions:

Good = better

Well = better

Bad = worse

Far = farther
 Let’s check some more examples

Angela’s room is cleaner than The spanish exam is easier than

Juan runs faster than Marco.
Josues’s.
I’m taller than Joseph.
New York is bigger than Los
Angeles.
the math.
Is more difficult to understand
German than English.
 Superlatives
When more than two nouns are being compared, it’s time to
use superlative adjectives. These are adjectives that refer to the
highest degree of difference between the nouns that are being
compared.

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 Superlative adjectives

Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object

which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality
(the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest).
They are used in sentences where a subject is
compared to a group of objects.

Noun (subject) + verb + the + superlative adjective

+ noun (object).
 EXAMPLES

My house is Everest is the

the largest one in highest mountain in the
our neighborhood. world.

It was the Tom is
happiest day of my the tallest player in
life. the basketball team.
 When you compare three or more
things, animal or persons or groups
and you want to express superiority
of one of them, you must add –est to
the short adjectives (the adjectives
or adverbs that have one or two
syllables).
Examples

This is the cheapest Usain Bolt is

bicycle I could find. the fastest person
in the world.

Michael Jordan is I have three

the richest sport man sisters, Maria is the
in the world. oldest.
 You need to know

When you compare three or more things, animals or persons

or groups and you want to express superiority of one of
them; you say or write “the most” before the long adjective
(adjectives or adverbs that have three or more syllables).
 Examples

The real Madrid Some people think that

is the most Russian is the most
successful soccer difficult language.
team in Spain.

My most
My sister is the most enjoyable class
careful person I is English.
know.
 There are some exceptions:

Good = the best

Well = the best

Bad = the worst

Far = the farthest

 Now you know how to

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comparatives superlatives
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