Superlative

Comparatives and Superlatives

By Anisa Kurniadhani

What's a comparative adjective?

A comparative adjective compares someone or something with someone or something else.​

• Karen is shorter than Bob.

• Physics is more interesting than Maths.​

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What's a superlative adjective?

A superlative adjective compares someone or something to every other person or object in the group.

• Karen is shorter than all her siblings. (Karen is the shortest child)

• Physics is more interesting than all other subjects. (Physics is the most interesting subject)

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Add "more" before it if it is a multi-syllable word, and all with participle adjective.

• ​difficult - more difficult

• interesting - more interesting ​

• interested - more interested ​

• loved- more ​loved

Add "er" to it if it is a one-syllable word.

• ​Short - shorter

• Nice -nicer ​

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​Form Comparative Adjv

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Add "most" and "the"before it if it is a multi-syllable word, and all with participle adjective.

• ​difficult - the most difficult

• interesting - the most interesting ​

• interested - the most interested ​

• loved- the most ​loved

Add "est" to it and "the" before it if it is a one-syllable word.

• ​Short - the shorter

• Nice -the nicest

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​Form Superlative Adjv

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​Adjective	​Comparative (more)	​Superlative (the-most)
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