Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

In today's lesson we are going to learn about adjectives and their forms.

​Positive Degree

Quality or attribute in its most simple degree:

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fast, hard, smart, pretty, clean, large, small, old, easy, etc.

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​as.... as

2. Comparatives of inferiority.

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To form this type of comparison we can use the conjunctions “not as…as” or “less…than”.

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In both cases, the adjective is in the positive degree.

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Mark is not as fast as Juan.

Sue’s room is less clean than Angela’s.

Beth is not as tall as me.

Los Angeles is not as big as New York.​

Comparatives &Superlatives

By Julia Garcia

Comparatives and Superlatives

​Grades of Adjectives:

Positive / Comparative / Superlative

Adjectives can vary in degree or intensity.

They have comparative and superlative forms.

• My house is larger than hers.

• This box is smaller than the one I lost.

• Your dog runs faster than Jim's dog.

• The rock flew higher than the roof.

• Jim and Jack are both my friends, but I like Jack better.

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Comparatives

• My house is the largest one in our neighborhood.

• This is the smallest box I've ever seen.

• Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.

• We all threw our rocks at the same time. My rock flew the highest. (" of all the rocks" is understood)

Superlatives

​Superlatives

The superlative degree denotes quality in the highest degree and as in Spanish, “the” is used before the adjective in the superlative form.

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Juan is the fastest .

Angela’s room is the cleanest.

I am the tallest.

New York is the biggest city in the United States.

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​Rules (1/3):

1. One syllable adjective ending in a silent 'e' — nice

Comparative — add 'r' — nicer

Superlative — add 'st' — nicest

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2. One syllable adjective ending in one CONSONANT/VOWEL/CONSONANT — big

Comparative — the last consonant is doubled and 'er' is added —bigger

Superlative — the last consonant is doubled and 'est' is added—biggest

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3. One syllable adjective ending in more than one consonant or more than a vowel (or long vowels) — high, cheap, soft.

Comparative — 'er' is added — higher, cheaper, softer.

Superlative — 'est is added — highest, cheapest, softest​.

Comparatives

• We use it to compare things.

• One-syllable adjectives: -er

• Two-syllable adjectives which end in 'y': -ier

• Other two-syllable (or more) adjectives: more + adjective

• We always need to add 'than' after the adjective.

Superlatives

• We use it to say which thing is top in a group.

• One-syllable adjectives: -est

• Two-syllable adjectives which end in 'y': -iest

• Other two-syllable (or more) adjectives: the most + adjective

• We always need to put 'the' before the adjective.

Irregulars

• Be careful! Some adjectives have special forms.

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Superlatives

It is used to compare three or more things.

One Syllable.

Form: The ....... est

Example: The biggEST

Two syllables ending in y

Change y to i and add est

Two or more Syllable

Form: The most.

Example: The most expensive.

Irregular forms

Multiple Choice

Albert Einstein is the _____________ person known in the world

• the most understanding

• the smartest

• more wonderful

• shorter

Multiple Select

He is __________ team swimmer

• the better

• the best

Multiple Choice

hot

• more hot

• the most hottest

• hotter

• hottest

Multiple Select

Marcela is __________ girl of the class

• the happier

• the happiest

• My girlfriend is more beautiful than yours.

• My father is more knowledgeable than yours.

• His laptop is more expensive than mine.

Large comparatives

Multiple Choice

This car is ________________ he has bought.

• the most difficult

• the funniest

• the most expensive

• the longest

Multiple Choice

My house is the __________ one in our neighborhood.

• largest

• large

• larger

Multiple Choice

This is the _________ box in the store.

• smaller

• smallest

• small

Multiple Choice

I'm ________ than my sisters.

• old

• oldest

• older

Multiple Choice

He is _________ than me.

• taller

• tallest

• tall

Multiple Choice

Actions speak _______________ than words.

• louder

• loudest

• loud

Multiple Choice

Donald Trump is the _______________ man in the world.

• most famous

• more famous

• famous

Multiple Choice

My dog runs ________ than yours.

• fast

• faster

• fastest

Multiple Choice

These are the _____________ beautiful flowers of my garden.

• most

• more

Multiple Choice

The _________ weather in Texas is in the summer.

• badder

• bad

• worst

Multiple Choice

Downtown has the _________ buildings in San Antonio.

• tallest

• taller

• tall

Multiple Choice

______ than us.

• Better

• As

• Gooder

Multiple Choice

Martha is ________ than her sister.

• crazy

• crazier

• the craziest

Multiple Choice

This class is ______ than my last class.

• the most difficult

• difficult

• more difficult

Multiple Choice

JLo is ________ than Beyonce.

• more famous

• famous

• the famoust

Multiple Choice

My car is _______ my husband's car.

• the fastest

• as fast as

• faster

Multiple Choice

My sister is ______ than me.

• as young

• younger

• the youngest

Multiple Choice

My book is _______ yours.

• the biggest

• as big as

• bigger

Multiple Choice

Today I feel _______ than yesterday.

• good

• well

• better

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