Comparative and Superlative

Comparative and Superlative adjectives

Comparative Adjectives

When we talk about two things, we can "compare" them. We can see if they are the same or different. Perhaps they are the same in some ways and different in other ways. We can use comparative adjectives to describe the differences.

Use of Comparative Adjectives

There are two ways to make or to "form" a comparative adjective:

short adjectives: add "-er" long adjectives: use "more"

Example

Jack is taller than Mike

Gorilla is bigger than monkey

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Summer is _______ than winter.

• cold

• hot

• hotter

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Pizza is ___________________ (delicious) than vegetables.

• deliciouses

• deliciouser

• much delicious

• more delicious

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A rock is _____________ (heavy) than a feather.

• more heavier

• more heavy

• heavier

• heavyer

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Ice cream is __________(sweet) than broccoli.

• sweeter

• sweetter

• sweetier

• more sweet

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Do you think Math and Science are _________________ (difficult) than English?

• more difficult

• more difficulter

• is difficulter

• are difficulter

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Sleeping is good for health. It's ________________ (good) than playing games.

• betterer

• gooder

• better

• more better

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A turtle is ______ than a rabbit.

• slower

• slowest

• faster

• fastest

Superlative Adjectives

When we discuss a particular item within a group, we can observe and compare its similarities and differences with others. While some traits may be alike, others may be distinct. To describe the most distinct features, we can use superlative adjectives.

Use of Superlative Adjectives

There are two ways to make or to "form" a superlative adjective:

short adjectives: add "-est" long adjectives: use "most"

Example 1 - add 'est'

• big - the biggest

• large - the largest

• great - the greatest

Example 3 - 'most' + adjective

• expensive - most expensive

• beautiful - most beautiful

• poisonous - most poisonous

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Read the sentences and choose the correct superlative adjective.

Cuenca is ________ city of Ecuador. (good)

• the goodest

• the best

• the most good

• the most best

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Patrick´s console game is ___________ in the shop. (new)

• the new

• the most new

• newest

• the newest

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The children of English class are ____________ students. (quiet)

• the most quiet

• the quiet

• the most quietest

• the quietest

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My electric toothbrush is _______________. (expensive)

• the most expensive

• the most expensivest

• the expensive

• the expensivest

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The girl is _____________ student. (intelligent)

• the intelligentest

• the intelligent

• the most intelligentest

• the most intelligent

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Tinkerbell is _______________ fairy. (beautiful)

• the beautifulest

• the beautiful

• the most beautiful

• the most beautifulest

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The teacher is ____________ person in the classroom. (tall)

• the most tall

• the most tallest

• the tall

• the tallest

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Josh is ____________ student in the school. (fast)

• the most fastest

• the fastest

• the fast

• the most fast

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The boy has ____________ grades in the test. (bad)

• the most bad

• the badest

• the worst

• the most worst

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Children are ____________ in the park. (happy)

• the most happy

• the happy

• the most happiest

• the happiest

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What's the ending of a comparative adjective?

• -est

• -er

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What is the ending for a superlative adjective?

• -est

• -erst

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The Antarctica is __________ than Alaska

• hotter

• the hottest

• coldest

• colder

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Colombia is ___________ than Chile

• wet

• wettest

• wetter

• weter

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Punta Arenas is the __________ city of Chile, and the fourth (4th) in the world

• hottest

• windiest

• windier

• sunniest

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Family is ______ thing in life

• the most important

• important

• more important

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She is ________ girl in our class

• smarter

• the smartest

• the most smarter

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Reading this book is _________ doing my homework

• interestinger

• more interesting than

• the most interesting

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Mount Everest is ________ mountain in the world.

• highest

• the highest

• higher