COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Yesterday it was hot, but today it's ________ ("più caldo").

• more hot

• hotter

• the hottest

• hot

This TV series is ________ ("più interessante") than the film.

A) Are Tom and Alice the same age?

B) I think he is one year younger _______ ("di lei")

• that her

• than him

• than she

• than her

COMPLETE THE RULE: how do you form the comparatives?

One syllable adjectives...

• add -est

• add the word more

• add -er

COMPLETE THE RULE: how do you form the comparatives?

Adjectives ending in -y...

• change the -y into

  -ier

• add -er

• add the word more

COMPLETE THE RULE: how do you form the comparatives?

Long adjectives...

• add -est

• add the word more

• add the word most

COMPLETE THE RULE: how do you form the comparatives?

Irregular adjectives...

• use a different word

• add the most

• add the word more

COMPLETE THE RULE: how do you form the superlatives?

Long adjectives...

• add the word most

• add "the most"

• add -est

COMPLETE THE RULE: how do you form the superlatives?

One syllable adjectives...

• add "the most"

• add -est

• add "the -est"

COMPLETE THE RULE: how do you form the superlatives?

Irregular adjectives...

• the + use a different word

• the -est

• the most + adjective