Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Rules

Comparative and superlative Adjectives

by Duyen Le

Remember about spelling rules, take a look at the words big, hot, funny. Before superlative adjectives use an article "the".

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Comparative Adjectives

​S + TOBE + ADJ + er + than

​Comparative adjectives are words used to compare the difference between 2 things.

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​Example:

• ​You are taller than me.

• ​He is faster than her.

• ​Tom is thinner than Jerry.

​Making Comparative Words

With regular one syllable adjectives, we add -er to make the comparative form.

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Example

• ​Tall => taller

• ​Fast => faster

• ​Long => longer

• ​Old => older

• ​Young => younger

​​Making Comparative Words

​With regular one and two syllable adjectives that end in y, we remove the y and add -ier to make the comparative form

• ​Happy => happier

• ​Curly => curlier

• ​Healthy => healthier

​Making Comparative Words

​With adjectives that end with a single vowel followed by a single consonant, the consonant is doubled and -er is added.

• ​Big => bigger

• ​Sad => sadder

• ​Hot => hotter

Multiple Choice

Who is Kareem?

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What animal is it?

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What animal is it?

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What animal is it?

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What animal is it?

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Thanathorn is ____________(young) than Prayut.

• younger

• youngger

• more young

• more younger

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Thanos is _______________ (strong) than Spiderman.

• stronger

• strongger

• more strong

• more stronger

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A rock is _____________ (heavy) than a feather.

• more heavier

• more heavy

• heavier

• heavyer

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Barack Obama is ______________ (smart) than Donald Trump.

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My love is ____ __ (big) the universe.

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I think I am pretty, but my friend is ____________ (pretty).

​Making Comparative Words

​With two syllable adjectives that don't end in -y, and all three syllable adjectives we add more before the adjective.

• ​Beautiful => more beautiful

• Handsome => more handsome

• ​Popular => more popular

​Irregular Adjectives

​Irregular adjectives don't follow these rules. So, you must memorize them

• ​Good => better

• ​Bad => worse

• ​I am better than you

• ​She is worse than her sister

Multiple Choice

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.

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Nike trainers are _______ expensive than Adidas.

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Birds are___________ than rats. (beautiful)

Superlative Adjectives

S + TOBE + THE + est + O

​Superlative adjectives are words used to compare the difference amongst

3 or more things

​Making Superlative Adjectives

With regular one syllable adjectives, we add -est to make the superlative form

• ​fast => the fastest

• ​Small => the smallest

• ​Tall => the tallest

• ​Long => the longest

• ​Smart => the smartest

​Making Superlative Adjectives

​With regular one and two syllable adjectives that end in y, we remove the y and add -iest to make the superlative form.

• ​Happy => the happiest

• ​Curly => the curliest

• ​Noisy => the noisest

​Making Superlative Adjectives

​With adjectives that end with a single vowel followed by a single consonant, the consonant is doubled and

-est is added.

• ​Big => the biggest

• ​Hot => the hottest

• ​Sad => the saddest

Multiple Choice

My father is a fireman. He is _____ person in my family.

• brave

• the bravest

• braver than

• the most bravest

Multiple Choice

Joan's brother never studies. He is _________ student in his class.

• the laziest

• the most lazy

• the most laziest

• lazier than

Multiple Choice

Jason eats a lot every day. His mum asks him to do sports every day because he is ______ boy.

• fatter than

• the fattest

• fat

• the fatest

Multiple Choice

Alex is friendly. All teachers and students love him. He is ________ student in his class.

• themost friendly

• the most friendlest

• the friendlyest

• the friendliest

Multiple Choice

The cheetah is _______ animal in the world.

• fast

• fastest

• the fastest

• faster than

Multiple Choice

Hulk is ________ superheroe.

• strong

• strongest than

• the strongest

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The whale is ________ animal in the ocean.

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The girl is _____ student in the class (good)

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IN MY OPINION, ANNABELLE ISN'T ......................................... (SCARY) MOVIE.

​Making Superlative Adjectives

​With two syllable adjectives that don't end in -y, and all three syllable adjectives we add the most before the adjective.

• ​Beautiful => the most beautiful

• ​Interesting => the most interesting

Multiple Choice

The Mona Lisa is one of the ___________paintings in the museum.

• beautifuler

• more beautiful

• beautifulest

• most beautiful

Multiple Choice

That restaurant … restaurant in our town.

• is the worst

• is bad

• worst

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

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Children are ____________ in the park. (happy)

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This is one of _____ (expensive) cars in the world.