COMPARISONS OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERB

COMPARISONS OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERB

1. USES

   • Comparative form
     • We compare two people, animals, things or situations.
   • Superlative form
     • We compare one person, animal, thingh or situation with several of tha same kind

2. FORMATION

   • One syllable
     • -ER/ -EST
       • Cold/ Colder/ Coldest
   • Three or more syllables
     • More/ Most + Adjetive/ Adverb
       • Interesting/ more interesting/ the most interesting
   • Ending in one vowel + consonant: double consonant
     • Double consonant + -ER/ -EST
       • Hot/ Hotter/ Hottest
   • Ending in a consonant + -y
     • -IER/ -IEST
       • Happy/ Happier/ Happiest

3. IRREGULAR ADVERB/ ADJETIVE

   • Good/ Well
     • Better
       • The best
   • Bad/ Badly
     • Worse
       • The worst
   • Much/ Many
     • More
       • The most
   • Little
     • Less
       • The least
   • Far
     • Further/ Farther
       • The furthest/ The farthest

4. OTHER FORMS OF COMPARISON

   • As + Adjetive/ Adverb + As
     • May car is as fast as yours
   • Not so/ as + Adjetive/ Adverb + As
     • He's not as smart as you are
   • Less + Adjetive/ Adverb + than
     • This chair is less comfortable than that one