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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

In the next link you will find a little explanation about comparatives and superlatives topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTWYAMiiDs

 Comparative adjectives are used to compare a certain characteristic or quality between two or more
things, animals or people. Example:
The mouse is smaller than the owl.

 Superlative adjectives express the maximum degree of a characteristic of an element with respect to
others of its same group or condition. Example:
The fastest car is the blue one.

 We use comparatives to compare two things or two people. (She is taller than her husband.)
 Superlatives are used, however, to show the difference between more than two things or more than two
people. (Paris is the biggest city in France)

 To form comparatives and superlatives you need to know the number of the syllables in the adjective.

Syllables are like "sound beats".

For instance:
"find" contains one syllable,
but "finding" contains two — find and ing. The rules to form comparatives and superlatives:
 One syllable adjective ending in a silent 'e' — nice
Comparative — add 'r' — nicer
Superlative — add 'st' — nicest

 One syllable adjective ending in one vowel and one consonant — big
 Comparative — the consonant is doubled and 'er' is added —bigger
 Superlative — the consonant is doubled and 'est' is added—biggest

 One syllable adjective ending in more than one consonant or more than a vowel (or
long vowels) high, cheap, soft.
 Comparative — 'er' is added — higher, cheaper, softer.
 Superlative — 'est is added — highest, cheapest, softest.
 Two syllable adjectives ending in 'y' — happy

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 Comparative — 'y' becomes 'i' and 'er' is added — happier

 Superlative — 'y' becomes 'i' and 'est' is added — happiest

 Two syllable or more adjectives without 'y' at the end — exciting

 Comparative — more + the adjective + than — more exciting than
 Superlative — more + the adjective + than — the most exciting

Examples:

The Nile River is longer and more famous than the Thames.
Egypt is much hotter than Sweden.
Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
This is one of the most exciting films I have ever seen.

IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES.

ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES

Bad Worse Worst

Far Farther Farthest

Good Better Best

Little Less Least

Many More Most

Much More Most

EXERCISES.
1. COMPLETE THE ADJECTIVES USING THE COMPARATIVE FORM

a. It ́s too noisy here. Can we go to a ___________ [quieter/more quiet] (quiet) place?

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b. The hotel was __________ [more big/biger/bigger/] (big) than that in

which we stayed last year.
c. Your work is __________ [gooder/better/beter/] (good) than mine.
d. The accident could have been ________ [bader/worse/more
bad/badder] (bad) than it was.
e. I was ________________ [nervouser/more nervous] (nervous) in my
exam yesterday than
Mark.
f. I would like to have a __________ [faster/more fast] (fast) car. The
one I have now is really old.
g. Last week it was really hot. Today is __________ [more cold/colder]
(cold) than then.

2. CHOOSE WHICH IS CORRECT?

a. We have an ________ [older/more old] brother who lives in Miami.

b. Her illness is ________________ [more serious/most serious] than what the doctors expected.
c. I like warm weather. If the weather is __________ [more cold/colder] , I will get sick.
d. This dress is __________________ [most beautiful/more beautiful] than that one.
e. He is __________ [more rich/richer] than Arthur.
f. This road is ___________ [farther/more far/] than the motorway.
g. Was the TV program ________ [worse/more bad/] than the film?

3. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES.

a. It is a very nice house. It ́s ______________ [the most nice/the nicest/] house in the street.
b. This is a cheap restaurant. It ́s ________________ [the cheapest/the most cheap/] I have ever
been.
c. It was a very valuable painting. I ́m sure it was _____________________ [the most valuable/the
valuablest] painting in the gallery.
d. She is a very good tennis player. Her trainer says she is ____________ [the most good/the
best/the goodest].
e. He is a very dangerous criminal. The police says he is ______________________ [the most
dangerous/the dangerousest/] in the country.
f. We should buy him a beautiful present. Last year we gave him ______________________ [the
most beautiful/the beautifulest/] gift of all in his birthday.

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4. WRITE THE COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES IN THESE SENTENCES.

a. She was a very intelligent student. She was ________________________ [more intelligent
than/the most intelligent] girl in her class.
b. It is a very old castle. Experts argued it is ______________ [the oldest/older than/] in Britain.
c. I ́m going to sleep on the sofa. The floor is ______________________ [more uncomfortable/the
most uncomfortable/] (uncomfortable) than it.
d. This new job is __________________ [the most important/more important] (important) for me
than the last I had.
e. Living in the countryside is _____________ [healthier/the healthiest/] (healthy) than leaving in
town.
f. These instructions were ______________________ [the most difficult/more difficult than]
(difficult) ones I have ever read.

5. Complete the sentences whit the correct comparative or superlative.

My sister thinks she's _______________ (intelligent) than me, but I don't agree!

Avatar is probably ____________________ (bad) film I've seen!

What is _____________________ (wet) month of the year in England?

Do you think the Harry Potter films are ___________________ (good) than the books?

Who is _____________________ (powerful) person in your country?

I think Men in Black 1 was ______________________ (funny) than Men in Black 3.

Is Angelina Jolie _______________________ (old) than Sandra Bullock?

John is _______________ (nice) person that I know.

6. COMPLETE THE NEXT QUIZ WITH THE CORRECT SUPERLATIVE OR COMPARATIVE.

A. Australia is big, but Canada is…… Australia b. Tall

a. Big c. Taller
b. Biggest
c. Bigger than C. I think that summer is…. Than winter
a. Good
B. David is 185 cm tall. He is… Andrew. b. Better
a. Taller than c. The best

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J. My brother thinks this restaurant is… than

D. David … person in our English class that restaurant.
a. is the tallest a. More worse
b. the most tall b. Badder
c. the tallest c. Worse

E. My uncle is taller than my father, but my K. Noel and David … people that I know.
father…… a. is the most interesting
a. Older b. is interested
b. Is older than c. are the most interesting
c. Is older
L. In my opinion, that … comedy show on
F. Patrick thinks that chocolate cake……. Banana television.
cake. a. is the funniest
a. Is more delicious than b. the funny
b. Delicious than c. the funnier
c. More delicious
M. Do you thik math and science…. History and
G. I think that shopping mall … mall in our city. English?
a. Best a. Is more difficult than
b. The best b. Are more difficult than
c. Is the best c. Difficulter

H. Asian elephants are heavy, but African N. That … road in the entire country.
elephants are even… a. most danger
a. Heavy b. is the most dangerous
b. Heavier c. most dangerous
c. Heavier than
O. Comedy movies are okay, but I think that
I. That restaurant … restaurant in our town. action movie is…
a. Is the worst a. Better
b. Is bad b. Gooder
c. Worst c. Good than

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P. Yesterday was the … day this summer. b. Prettier than

a. Hotest c. More pretty
b. Hottest
c. Hotter R. This summer was much… last summer.
a. Hotter than
Q. In my opinion, this pink dress is … that green b. The hottest
dress. c. Hoter than
a. Prettyer than