COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS ONESYLLABLE ADJECTIVES OneSyllable Adjective

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS

ONE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES One-Syllable Adjective e. g Long, longer, longest One-Syllable Adjective with Final –e e. g. Wise, wiser, wisest One-Syllable Adjective Ending with a Single Consonant with a Single Vowel before It e. g. Big, bigger, biggest

ONE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES One-Syllable Adjective Comparative: -er Superlative: -est One-Syllable Adjective with Final –e Comparative: -r Superlative: -st One-Syllable Adjective Ending with a Single Consonant with a Single Vowel before It Comparative: repeat last letter + -er Superlative: repeat last letter + -est

TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES Two-Syllable Adjective e. g. Careful, more careful, the most careful Two-Syllable Adjective Ending with –y e. g. Angry, angrier, angriest Two-Syllable Adjective Ending with -er, -le, or ow e. g. Narrow, narrower, narrowest -

TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES Two-Syllable Adjective Comparative: add more before the adjective Superlative: add the most before the adjective Two-Syllable Adjective Ending with –y Comparative: replace y by i and add -er Superlative: replace y by i and add -est Two-Syllable Adjective Ending with -er, -le, or –ow Comparative: -er Superlative: -est

ADJECTIVES WITH THREE OR MORE SYLLABLES Adjectives with three or more syllables: E. g. Important, more important, the most important Comparative: more Superlative: the most

EXCEPTIONS Good? Comparative: Better Superlative: Best Bad? Comparative: Worse Superlative: Worst Many? Comparative: More Superlative: Most Far? Comparative: Farther Superlative: Farthest Little? Comparative: Less Superlative: Least

HOW TO USE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE IN A SENTENCE Comparative � Anna is prettier than Sophia. � Bob is more intelligent than Luc. Superlative � Anna is the prettiest girl of the class. � Bob is the most intelligent of all students of the school.

ADJECTIVES VS. ADVERBS She is a happy girl. VS. She happily answered that she would come. Happy? Happy: Adjective, it modifies the noun girl. Happily? Happily: Adverb, it modifies the verb to answer.

ADVERBS What is an adverb? Adjective that describes a verb. E. g She writes quickly. The adverb quickly describes the verb writes. As the adjective quick describes a noun.

HOW DO YOU FORM ADVERBS? Add -ly to the end of an adjective. E. g. Quick + -ly = Quickly Adjective ending with -y 1. change the y into an i 2. add -ly E. g. Happy = happi + -ly = happily

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS With adverbs that end with -ly Comparative: Add more Superlative: Add the most It is logic: If the adverb finishes with –ly it is at least 2 or 3 syllables long so they follow the same rule as with adjectives.

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS With adverbs that have the same form as adjective. E. g hard, fast and early are exceptions to the rule of adverbs but the are not if we follow the rule of adjectives. Hard = harder = hardest Fast = faster = fastest Early = earlier = earliest

MORE EXCEPTIONS Well (good) Comparative: Better Superlative: Best Badly (bad) Comparative: Worse Superlative: Worst Far (far) Comparative: Farther Superlative: Farthest

REVIEW There are 2 general rules: With one syllable words: Comparative: add -er Superlative: add -est With two or three syllable words: Comparative: add more Superlative: add the most