DEGREES OF COMPARISON THREE DEGREES OF COMPARISON SUPERLATIVE

DEGREES OF COMPARISON

THREE DEGREES OF COMPARISON SUPERLATIVE COMPARATIVE POSITIVE The chain is long. La cadena es larga Chicken is expensive. El pollo es caro This chain is longer than the rope. Pork is more expensive than chicken. *This chain is as long *Pork is as expensive as chicken. as the rope. It is just a statement To compare 2 things: A is ADJECTIVE-er than B A is more ADJECTIVE than B (long adjectives) *A = B as + adjective + as Something is on the “top”/ “bottom”: This chain is the longest. Lobster is the most/least expensive. A is THE ADJECTIVE-EST A is THE MOST /LEAST ADJECTIVE (long adjectives)

FORMATION RULES 1 syllable and some 2 syllable regular adjectives/adverbs : + er than… (comparative), the… -est (superlative) POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE Fast Hard Cheap Cold Loud High Small faster than harder than cheaper than colder than louder than higher than smaller than the fastest the hardest the cheapest the coldest the loudest the highest the smallest 1 Strange 1 Brave 2 Hot 2 Fat 3 Busy 3 Friendly stranger than braver than hotter than fatter than busier than friendlier than the strangest the bravest the hottest the fattest the busiest the fiendliest 1 Those adjectives /adverbs ending in–e add just “r” / “st”. 2 Those adjectives/adverbs ending in consonant-vowel-consonant double the consonat, except for those ending in "w" "x" o "y" (low, lower, the lowest; gray, grayer, the grayest). 3 Those adjectives/adverbs of two syllables ending in “-y”, change to –i + "er" y "est".

FORMATION RULES Most 2 syllable and all the other adjectives/adverbs: more + adjective + than; the most + adjective * Some 2 syllable adjectives/adverbs can appear in both ways: simple, simpler/more simple, the simplest/the most simple. POSITIVE Difficult Polluted Pleasant Important COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE POSITIVE more difficult than the most difficult Crowded more polluted than more pleasant than more important than COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE more crowded than the most polluted Modern more modern the most than pleasant Delicious more delicious the most than important Dangerous more dangerous than Expensive more expensive than the most crowded the most modern the most delicious the most dangerous the most expensive

FORMATION RULES There also IRREGULAR adjectives/adverbs, we need to learn them by heart: POSITIVE Good/Well Bad/Badly Little Far Many COMPARATIVE better worse less Further/Farther More *“You play tennis better than I do” *“You play tennis better than me” SUPERLATIVE the best the worst the least the furthest/farthest the most

PRACTICE Fill in the gaps with the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives given. 1. This coach is ____ than yours. (comfortable) 2. Bikes are ____ than cars. (slow) 3. I wanted the ____ souvenir I saw in the shop! (expensive) 4. In this party there are _____ girls than boys. (many) 5. Sergio is the _____ child in the family. (young) 6. That magazine is the _____ of all. (cheap) 7. She is _____ here than there. (safe) 8. Susan is _____ than Kate. (pretty) 9. This is the _____ adventure I have ever lived. (exciting) 10. Mark is as ____ as Carol. (talented)