comparatives and superlatives

Front

Comparative form:

Back

colder

Answer explanation

"colder" is made up of "cold" + "er". Adding "er" is a feature of comparatives instead of superlatives.

加"er"是comparative的特點

而加"est"則是superlative的特點

(tough: 堅強)

Front

Comparative form:

Back

more beautiful

Answer explanation

For words that are longer than 2 syllables, e.g. "beautiful", we add "more" or "less" in front instead of adding "er".

Adding "est" is a feature of superlatives, not comparatives.

/beau/ti/ful/ : 3 syllables

多於兩個音節時會加"more"或"less", 不是加"er"

/beau/ti/ful/ : 三個音節

而加"est"則是superlative的特點

(high: 高(不可以用來形容人)

(low: 低)

Front

Superlative form of 'smooth':

Back

smoothest

Answer explanation

"smoothest" is made up of "smooth" and "est". Adding "est" is a feature of superlatives instead of comparatives.

(smooth : 順滑)

(bright: 光)

(wide: 寬)

Front

Superlative form?

Back

the most amazing

Answer explanation

For words that are longer than 2 syllables, e.g. "amazing", we add "the most" or "the least" in front instead of adding "est".

/am/a/zing/ : 3 syllables

Adding "er" and "est" are features of comparatives, not superlatives.

多於兩個音節時會加"the most"或"the least", 不是加"est"

/am/a/zing/ : 三個音節

加"er"或"less"是comparative的特點，不是superlative

(amazing: 奇妙)

(expensive: 昂貴)

Front

Comparative and superlative of "bad"

Back

worse, worst

Front

Comparative and superlative of 'far'

Back

further, furthest

Front

Comparative and superlative of "angry"

Back

angier, angriest

Front

I am _______ you.

Back

smarter than

Answer explanation

This sentence compares two things only--- "I" and "you".

Therefore, we should use a comparative.

For comparatives, we add "than" at the back.

只在兩樣東西(I 和 you)之間作比較，所以用comparative。記得comparatives要加"than"在後面。

Front

My friend is _______ the other boys.

Back

cooler than

Answer explanation

This sentence compares two things only--- "my friend" and "the other boys".

Therefore, we should use a comparative.

For comparatives, we add "than" at the back.

"cool" only has one syllable, so we add "er".

只在兩樣東西(my friend 和 the other boys)之間作比較，所以用comparative。記得comparatives要加"than"在後面。

"cool"只有一個音節，所以加"er"。

(cool: 酷、型)

Front

Victoria Harbour is _________ Shing Mun River.

Back

more fascinating than

Answer explanation

This sentence compares two things only--- "Victoria Harbour" and "Shing Mun River".

Therefore, we should use a comparative.

For comparatives, we add "than" at the back.

"fascinating" has more than two syllables, so we add "more" in front instead of adding "er".

/fasc/in/a/ting/ : four syllables

只在兩樣東西(Victoria Harbour 和 Shing Mun River)之間作比較，所以用comparative。記得comparatives要加"than"在後面。

"fascinating"有多於兩個音節，所以在前面加"more", 而不是加"er"。

/fasc/in/a/ting/ : 四個音節

(fascinating: 極有趣的；吸引人的)