Comparisons

Comparisons

There are 3 forms of comparison:

• Positive

• Comparative

• Superlative

Use

• 1. Use comparative to compare two things.

• 2.Use superlative to compare one thing to many other things.

• 3.To say something is the same, use as+adjective+as.

• 4.To say something is different use not as+adjective+as.

Add than after the comparative to compare to things/people

• The Sales Manager is more popular than the Financial Manager.

Comparison with -er/-est

• We use -er/-est with the following adjectives:

One syllable ends in e

One syllable ends in vowel + consonant

 Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y

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Two or more syllables

Irregular adjectives

Two-syllable adjectives that end in the suffixes -ow, -le, -er, -y can form comparative and superlatives both with the endings -er and -est, and with the words more and the most.

Examples

• crazy → crazier → the craziest

• crazy → more crazy →the  most crazy

• pretty → prettier → the prettiest

• pretty → more pretty →the  most pretty