COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

1. Comparative

   • Adjectives
     • Adjective + than
       • People
         • Lydia is taller than Alex.
       • Places
       • Things
     • Add -er
       • one-syllable
         • small-smaller
     • More + adjetive + than
       • two or more syllables
         • Jack is more serious than Nikki.
     • two-syllable
       • -er
         • quiet- more quiet
       • More
         • quiet- quieter
     • Irregular form
       • good-better
   • Adverbs
     • adverb + than
       • Compare two actions
         • Mark works harder than Jeff.
     • Add -er
       • One-syllable
         • fast-faster
     • More before adverbs that end with -ly
       • quickly-more quickly
     • Irregular form
       • well- better
   • As ... As
     • As + adjective/adverb + as
       • People
       • Places
       • Things
         • Your car is as old as mine
     • Complete a comparison with as...as
       • A noun (+ verb)
         • I dance as well as my brother (dances)
       • A subject pronoun + verb or an auxiliary verb
         • I dance as well as he dances
       • A possessive noun or possessive pronoun
         • My computer is as old as Rita’s
     • Informal speaking
       • He’s as tall as me.
   • Less and Not As . . . As
     • Opposite of more is less. Not as . . . as and less have the same meaning.
       • My old car was less efficient than my new car
     • One-syllable adjectives or adverbs
       • My apartment is not as big as yours
     • Adjectives or adverbs that have two or more syllables
       • My son visits less frequently than my daughter

2. Superlative

   • Adjectives
     • Compare three or more
       • People
       • Places
         • Prague is the most beautiful city I’ve ever seen
       • Things
     • The most
       • Two or more syllable
         • Maria is the most careful climber of the group
       • Adverbs ending in -ly
         • Of all the girls, Brenda sings the most beautifully
   • Adverbs
     • Compare the action of three or more
       • People
       • Things
         • My red shoes fit the most comfortably of all my shoes
   • Adjetives and adverbs
     • Add -est to the end of most one- syllable
       • Adverb: Steve works hardest of all the students.
       • Adjective: I bought the longest couch in the store
     • Two-syllable
       • -est
         • stupid- the stupidest
       • The most
         • stupid-the most stupid
   • Irregular
     • good/well- the best