Comparatives and superlatives

Match the spelling rules for comparatives and superlatives

• double the consonant and add -er or est

• one syllable adjectives:

• Change the Y to I and add -er or est.
  

• Two syllable adjectives ending in Y:

• Use MORE or THE MOST

• Adjectives with two or more syllables (not ending in Y):

• add -er for comparatives and -est for su

• One syllable adjectives with a Consonant-Vowel-Consonant  Pattern:

​ adjectives typically end in 'er' and are followed by the word 'than'. ​ ​ (a)  

adjectives typically end in 'est' and are preceded by the word 'the'. ​ (b)  

• comparatives
• Superlatives

Write the comparative

slow

(a)  

Write the superlative

slow

(a)  

Write the comparative

Pretty

(a)  

Write the superlative

bad

(a)  

Write the superlative

Happy

(a)  

I went on holiday last year but it was a disaster! My hotel room was smaller than the one in the photograph in the brochure. I think it was ​ (a)   room in the hotel. The weather was terrible too. It was ​ (b)   in England. The beach near the hotel was very dirty – it was ​ (c)   all the beaches on the island. The food was ​ (d)   I expected and I didn’t have enough money. One day I went shopping in a big department store and I broke a vase. It was the most expensive vase in the whole shop. But ​ (e)   thing was that I lost my passport and I couldn’t go back home.

• the smallest
• colder than
• dirtier than
• more expensive than
• the worst

1. Look at the chart and complete the sentences: 1. George is the ​ (a)   of all.

2. 2. Tom is ​ (b)   David.

3. 3. George is ​ (c)   of all.

4. 4. George is ​ (d)   Tom.

• heaviest
• taller than
• the tallest
• older

1. 1. Miss. Bennet is ​ (a)   her brother James.

2. 2. Miss Bennet is ​ (b)   her sister Tina.

3. 3. Tina is ​ (c)   sister

4. 4. James is ​ (d)   one.

5. 5. James is ​ (e)   his sister Tina.

• shorter than
• taller than
• the youngest
• the oldest
• heavier than