Comparatives and Superlatives

Comparatives and Superlatives

Luis Enrique Urrea

We use comparatives to

​compare a specific characteristic or quality between to nouns or more (people, animals, things).

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There are two different ways to form comparatives. ​

Comparatives

Subj + v. To Be + adj (-er) + than + C

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Colombia is smaller than Russia

Mazda is cheaper than Mercedes-Benz ​

Short Adjectives

​ Subj + v. To Be + more + adj + than + C

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La Guajira is more beautiful than Bogota​

Apple is more expensive than Dell ​

Long Adjectives

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​There are some irregular adjectives

Multiple Choice

A good example of comparison is:

• Jeff is taller than Ben

• Jeff is more taller than Ben

• Ben is taller than Jeff

• Jeff is tall than Ben

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English language is

than Mandarin

A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of a quality. We use a superlative adjective to describe the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things.

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There are two different ways to form ​Superlatives

Superlatives

​ Subj + v. To Be + the + adj (-est) + C

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You are the happiest people I have ever known.

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Renault is the cheapest car in Colombia ​

Short Adjectives

​ Subj + v. To Be + the most + adj + C

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Regaetton is the most popular music in Colombia

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Toyota is the most expensive car in Colombia​

Long Adjectives

​Irregular adjectives

Open Ended

...is the largest country in the world

Reorder

in our / largest one / neighborhood the / My house is /

• My house is

• the

• largest one

• in our

• neighborhood

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​Equatives

as...as​

Another way to compare