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M. Martín Abeleira.
When we compare two things or people we look at what makes them different from each other.
TALL / SHORT
The woman is shorter than the man.
The man is taller than the woman.
FAST SLOW
The red car is faster than the white car.
The white car is slower than the red car.
This car is the slowest.
The black dog is much bigger than the white dog.
Adjectives with one or two syllables add –er at the end of the word.
TALL TALLER
YOUNG YOUNGER
SHORT SHORTER
OLD OLDER
STRONG STRONGER
HIGH HIGHER
I’m older than you
If the adjective has one syllable and ends in only one consonant preceded by only one vowel, we double the consonant.
Big bigger
Fat fatter
Wet wetter
Elephants are bigger than lions.Hippos are fatter than snakes.Fall is wetter than summer.
Adjectives ending in y preceded by a consonant, change y for i and add -er
Crazy crazier
Lazy lazier
Happy happier
Sheila is crazier than Paula.Carlos is lazier than me.You are happier than your brother.
Adjectives with more than two syllables write the word more before the adjective.
Attractive more attractive
Intelligent more intelligent
Dangerous more dangerous
Your sister is more attractive than that girl.Pablo is more intelligent than me.Driving is more dangerous than walking.
There are some irregular adjectives
Good better
Bad worse
Little less
Much/many more
My father’s car is better than yours.Their house is worse than ours.
THANIs always used after the comparative.
COMPARE:
SAM
MR. SMITH
JACK PAUL
IVAN
SIMON
LAURA
MRS. TURNER-
THE SUPERLATIVEThe superlative of an adjective or adverb is the greatest form of adjective or adverb which indicates that something has some feature to a greater degree than anything it is being compared to .
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
Adjectives with one or two syllables add –est at the end of the word.
TALL TALLEST
YOUNG YOUNGEST
SHORT SHORTEST
OLD OLDEST
STRONG STRONGEST
HIGH HIGHEST
I’m the oldest in my class.
If the adjective has one syllable and ends in only one consonant preceded by only one vowel, we double the consonant.
Big biggest
Fat fattest
Wet wettest
Elephants are the biggest animals.Hippos are the fattest animals .Fall is the wettest season.
Adjectives ending in y preceded by a consonant, change y for i and add -est
Crazy craziest
Lazy laziest
Happy happiest
Sheila is the craziest girl in class.Carlos is the laziest boy I know.You are the happiest girl in the world.
Adjectives with more than two syllables write the word most before the adjective.
Attractive most attractive
Intelligent most intelligent
Dangerous most dangerous
Your sister is the most attractive girl I’ve ever seen.Pablo is the most intelligent boy in the world.Driving is the most dangerous activity.
There are some irregular adjectives
Good best
Bad worst
Little least
Much/many most
My father’s car is the best car.Their house is the worst house in town.
THEIs always used before the superlative adjective
AFIRMATIVE: AS + adjective + AS
This book is as interesting as that magazine.
Buenos Aires is as expensive as Tokyo
NEGATIVE : NOT AS + adjective + AS
This flat is not as big as that house.
Paris is not as expensive as Tokyo
Difference can also be shown:
INFERIORITY:
We use less before the adjective:
My watch is less expensive than yours.
Your neighbour is less intelligent than than you.
The superlative is formed using the least before the adjective.
La Rioja is the least expensive province in Spain
COMPARE:
Forming the comparative
FORM RULE FOR EXAMPLE
Words of one syllable ending in 'e'.
Add -r to the end of the word.wide - wider
Words of one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end.
Double the consonant and add -er to the end of the word.
big - bigger
Words of one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end.
Add - er to the end of the word. high - higher
Words of two syllables, ending in 'y'.
Change 'y' to 'i', and add -er to the end of the word.
happy - happier
Words of two syllables or more, not ending in 'y'.
Place 'more' before the adjective. beautiful - more beautiful