Regular Comparatives and Superlatives

Comparatives and Superlatives are special forms of adjectives. They are used to compare two or more things. Generally, comparatives are formed using -er
and superlatives are formed using -est.
ADJECTIVE FORM COMPARATIVE SPER!ATIVE
Only 1 syllable & ending in -e
e.g. wide, fine, cute...
dd! - r
e.g. wider, finer, cuter...
dd! -st
e.g. widest, finest, cutest...
Only 1 syllable with 1 vowel and 1 consonant at
the end
e.g. hot, big, fat...
"ouble the consonant and add -er
e.g. hotter, bigger, fatter
"ouble the consonant and add -est
e.g. hottest, biggest, fattest
Only one syllable, with more than one vowel or
more than one consonant at the end.
e.g. light, neat, fast
dd! -er
e.g. lighter, neater, faster
dd! - est
e.g. lightest, neater, faster
Two syllables, ending in ".
e.g. happy, silly, lonely
#hange # to i, then add -er!
e.g. happier, sillier, lonelier
#hange # to i, then add -est!
e.g. happiest, silliest, loneliest
Two syllables or more, not ending in ".
e.g. modern, interesting, beautiful
$se %more& before the adjective
e.g. more modern, more interesting, more
beautiful
$se %most$ before the adjective
e.g. most modern, most interesting, most beautiful
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%O& TO SE COMPARATIVES ' SPER!ATIVES
COMPARATIVE
#omparatives are used to compare ( T)*+G,. -ou can use sentences with .T%A(. , or you can use a the
conjunction li/e .)T..
e.g. lfred is taller than Tom.
Tom is tall, but lfred is taller.
SPER!ATIVE
,uperlatives are used to compare more than two things. ,uperlative sentences usually use %T%E&, because
there is only one superlative.
e.g. 0ily is the tallest in the class.
Tom is tall, and lfred is tall, but 0ily is the tallest.
E*ERCISE +, C-ose t-e .orre.t /orm o/ ea.- 0ord1
1. 1hat is the comparative of %heat&2 a. heater b. heatter c. heatier d. hetter e. none of these
(. what is the comparative of %destructive&2 a. destructiver b.more destructive c. destructivier d. more destructivier
3. what is the superlative of %soft&2 a. softest b. softiest c. softtest d. most soft
4. what is the superlative of %ugly&2 a. uglier b. uggliest c. uglyest d. ugliest
5. what is the comparative of %sad&2 a. sader b. sadder c. sadier d. saddier
6. what is the comparative of %lively&2 a. livelyer b. more livelyer c. livelier d. more livelier
7. what is the supperlative of %deep&2 a. deeper b. deepper c. deepest d. deeppest
8. what is the superlative of %unpleasant&2 a. unpleasant b. most unpleasant c. more unpleasant d. unpleasantest
9. what is the comparative of %hot&2 a. hoter b. hotter c. hotest d. hottest
1:. what is the superlative of %small&2 a. smallier b. smaller c. smalliest d. smallest
E*ERCISE 2, Complete t-e senten.es1
1. ;oe is '''''''''' than <d. =short>
(. l is the ''''''''''''''. =short>
3. <d is the ''''''''''''''. =thin>
4. ;oe is ''''''''''' than l. =thin>
5. l has the ''''''''''''''''''''''' clothes. =colorful>
6. l is '''''''''''' than ;oe. =heavy>
7. <d is the '''''''''''''. =light>
8. ;oe is ''''''''''' than <d. =happy>
9. <d is the '''''''''''''''''''''''''. =mysterious>
1:. ;oe is '''''''''''''''''' than <d. =energetic>
E*ERCISE 3, T-is senten.e uses a .omparative4 5ut it is mi6ed-up1 Put t-e 0ords and pun.tuation in t-e .orre.t order1
1. is lmussafes ?alencia smaller than . much @
2. the Toronto biggest Canada is city . in
3. beautiful . Uglytown Jasper than is more
4. Barcelona . than and alencia !adrid bigger are
". !editerranean ocean . smaller sea #tlantic is the than the