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Comparative and superlative adjectivs
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- 1Comparative and superlative adjectivesUse comparative adjectives and adverbs to show how two things are different from each other.
Use superlative adjectives and adverbs to compare three or more things. - 2RULESOne-syllable Adjectives
To form the comparative, we add -er to the end of the adjective.
To form the superlative, we add -est to the end of the adjective. - 3Two-syllable Adjectives ending in -YTo form the comparative, we remove the -y and add -ier to the end of the adjective.
To form the superlative, we remove the -y and add -iest to the end of the adjective.
- 4Adjectives with Two or more SyllablesFor Adjectives with 2 syllables (that don't end in -y) and higher (3, 4 syllables etc), we use more for comparatives and the most for superlatives.
- 5Irregular FormsExamples:
I am a better tennis player than you but Marcelo is the best.
Steve is a worse liar than me but Adrian is the worst.
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