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COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

1) Monosyllabic adjectives form their COMPARATIVE
IRREGULAR COMPARISONS and SUPERLATIVE by adding - ER and – EST
good better than the best Exceptions:
bad worse than the worst just MORE just THAN THE MOST just

little less than the least right MORE right THAN THE MOST right

much more than the most real MORE real THAN THE MOST real

many more than the most wrong MORE wrong THAN THE MOST wrong

far farther than the farthest 2) two syllables adjectives form their COMPARATIVE and
far further than the furthest SUPERLATIVE in two different ways:
old older than the oldest
1. Adjectives ending in ED, ING, RE, FUL, OUS and
old elder than the eldest
those with the stress on the first syllable usually take
MORE and THE MOST:
famous MORE famous THAN THE MOST famous
2. Adjectives ending in ER, Y, LE, OW and those
with the stress on the second syllable add ER
NOTES:
1. FARTHER and FARTHEST generally
and EST
refer to distance; FURTHER and narrow narrowER THAN THE narrowEST
FURTHEST also refer to distance but
they may have the meaning of
"additional".
3) Adjectives with more than two syllables
I live farther from here than you form their COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE by
do. putting MORE and THE MOST in front of the
Give me further details. adjective.

2. OLDER and OLDEST refer to people SPELLING

or things; ELDER and ELDEST can a) Add R and ST to adjectives ending in E.
only be used for members of the
same family: large largeR THAN THE largeST
My elder sister is afraid of mice. b) (CONSONANT + VOWEL +CONSONANT ) THE LAST
My older friend is afraid of wasps. CONSONANT IS DOUBLED
big bigGER THAN THE bigGEST
but ELDER can not be placed before c) Adjectives ending in - y preceded by a
THAN so OLDER is used:
consonant, change Y into I before ER and EST.
My sister is two years older than I
am. happY happIER THAN THE happIEST

Write the comparative form:

1- Karen is_________________(young) than her sister
2- Susan is__________________(intelligent) than Molly
3- The weather this summer is_____________(bad) than last summer
4- My children are_____________(noisy) than my friend´s children
5- His street is_______________(narrow) than my street
6- A knife is ________________(dangerous) than a spoon
7- The bus is______________ (good) than the train
8- She is_______________(clever) than her brother
9- Betty is_______________(careful) than George
Write the superlative form

1- New York is________________(exciting) city in the world

2- Those boys are bad, but Larry is________________(bad)
3- He is ________________(clever) thief of all
4- Who is_________________(rich) woman on earth?
5- Mount Everest is _________________(high) mountain in the world
6- The salt is___________________(cheap) thing
7- You´re my_________________(good) friend
8- Mary is______________________(intelligent) girl in the class
9- Peter is_______________________(lucky) boy in the school

Write the comparative or superlative form

1- This computer is_______________(new) than your computer

2- Lisa is_______________(old) than her brother
3- Your car is_______________(expensive) than John´s car
4- His car is_________________(fast) in the race
5- This is ______________________(interesting) book in the library
6- What is_______________________(dangerous) animal in the world?
7- This house is____________________(big) than my house
8- Snails are ___________________(slow) animals
9- This is ______________________(good) book I´ve got
10- Summer is__________________(dry) time of the year
11- He is_______________________(boring) player on the team
12- This is_______________________(long) river in Australia
13- That´s _______________________(difficult) exam of all
14- the room at the back is__________________(quiet)
15- This road is______________________(wide) in the country
16- Anne is ______________________(bad) student in the class
17- A comic book is__________________(funny) than a history book