The comparative form:
To compare two people or things, use the comparative form of an adjective. The comparative form is usually made by adding ER to the ADJECTIVE.
Look at his table below that explain the concept better:
ADJECTIVE / COMPARATIVE FORM
Dark Darker
Light Lighter
High Higher
Low Lower
Old Older
Young Younger
Rich Richer
Poor Poorer
Tall Taller
small Smaller
soft Softer
hard Harder
warm Warmer
cold Colder
fast Faster
Slow Slower
Notes:
The word than is often used to compare two things or people. For example:
You say:
1- Mr. Lee is Taller than Mariana.
2- A car is faster than a bike.
3- NY is Colder than miami.
4- mary is older than me.
5- This dress is softer than the red one.
The superlative form:
When you compare three or more people or things, use the superlative form of an adjectives. The superlative form is usually made by adding EST to the adjective
ADJECTIVE/ SUPERLATIVE FORM
Dark Darkest
Light Lightest
High Highest
Low Lowest
Old Oldest
Young Youngest
Rich Richest
Poor Poorest
Tall Tallest
small Smallest
soft Softest
hard Hardest
warm Warmest
cold Coldest
fast Fastest
Slow Slowest
Notes:
The word the is often used before the superlative
For example:
1- A bee is a small insect. A ladybird is smaller but an ant is the smallest.
2- If the adjective end in E add er to form the comparative and st to form the superlative.
ADJECTIVE/ COMPARATIVE / SUPERLATIVE
Nice Nicer Nicest
Close Closer Closest
Large Larger Largest
Rude Ruder Rudest
Safe Safer Safest
Wide Wider Widest
3-Suppose the adjective is a short word That ends in a consonant and has a single vowel in the middle. Just double THE CONSONANT and add ER To MAKE THE COMPARATIVE AND EST TO MAKE THE SUPERLATIVE.
ADJECTIVE/ COMPARATIVE/ SUPERLATIVE
Sad Sadder Saddest
Wet Wetter Wettest
Slim Slimmer Slimmest
Thin Thinner Thinnest
Big Bigger Biggest
4- Suppose the adjective has two syllabes and ends in Y. Just change THE Y TO I AND ADD ER TO MAKE THE COMPARATIVE AND ADD EST TO MAKE THE SUPERLATIVE.
ADJECTIVE/ COMPARATIVE / SUPERLATIVE
EASY EASIER EASIEST
FUNNY FUNNIER FUNNIEST
DIRTY DIRTIER DIRTIEST
NOISY NOISIER NOISIEST
HAPPY HAPPIER HAPPIEST
HEAVY HEAVIER HEAVIEST
LOVELY LOVELIER LOVELIEST
PRETTY PRETTIER PRETTIEST
TIDY TIDIER TIDIEST
FRIENDLY FRIENDLIER FRIENDLIEST
TINY TINIER TINIEST
5- USE MORE AND MOST TO COMPARE MOST OTHER TWO-SYLLABLES ADJECTIVES. YOU WILL ALSO USE MORE AND MOST WITH ALL ADJECTIVES THAT HAVE MORE THAN TWO SYLLABES.
ADJECTIVE/ COMPARATIVE/ SUPERLATIVE.
FAMOUS MORE FAMOUS MOST FAMOUST
PRECIOUS MORE PRECIOUS MOST PRECIOUS
HANDSOME MORE HANDSOME MOST HANDSOME
EXCITING MORE EXCITING MOST EXCITING
BEAUTIFUL MORE BEAUTIFUL MOST BEAUTIFUL
EXPENSIVE MORE EXPENSIVE MOST EXPENSIVE
COMFORTABLE MORE COMFORTABLE MOST COMFORTABLE
DELICIOUS MORE DELICIOUS MOST DELICIOUS
INTERESTING MORE INTERESTING MOST INTERESTING
DIFFICULT MORE DIFFICULT MOST DIFFICULT
1- EXERCISE GRAMMAR:
READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE. WRITE THE CORRECT COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES IN PARENTHESES IN THE BLANK SPACE. THE FIRST ONE HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU.
PAUL LIKES PLAYING FOOTBALL. HE IS A VERY GOOD PLAYER. BUT HIS FRIEND SALLY IS A BETTER (good) PLAYER. SHE IS THE---------(good) PLAYER IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL. SHE IS ---------(FAST) AND-------(strong) PLAYER THAN ALL THE BOYS, EVEN THE BOYS WHO ARE ---------(OLD) AND-------(BIG) THAN HER. THATS WHY PAUL LIKES HER. PAUL THINKS ALL GAMES ARE EXCITING, BUT FOOTBALL IS THE--------(exciting) GAME AND ITS -------------(noisy) THAN ALL OTHER GAMES HE PLAYS WITH HIS FRIENDS. WHEN THE GRASS IS WET , EVERYONE GETS DIRTY WHEN THEY PAY FOOTBALL. BUT SALLY GETS ---------( dirty) AND---------(wet) THAN EVERYONE ELSE.
*PUT A VIDEO IN YOUTUBE WITH THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES.
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