COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

1. Comparative

   • We use Comparative Adjectives to compare two people, things or groups.
     • SHORT ADJECTIVES
       • 1 syllable adjectives and 2 syllable adjectives ending in –y
       • SPELLING RULES
         • Most of them → +-er Adjectives ending in –e → + -r Adjectives ending in one vowel + one consonant → double the final consonant + -er Adjectives ending in –y →do not write y but -ier
       • LONG ADJECTIVES
         • 2 syllables or more
           • STRUCTURE
             • More + base form of the adjective

2. Not, as....as

   • We use (not) as ... as to compare two people, things or groups.
     • STRUCTURE
       • (not) as + base form of the adjective + as

3. Superlative

   • We use Superlative Adjectives to compare three or more people, things or groups.
   • SHORT ADJECTIVES
     • 1 syllable adjectives and 2 syllable adjectives ending in –y
       • SPELLING RULES
         • Most of them → +-est Adjectives ending in –e → + -st Adjectives ending in one vowel + one consonant → double the final consonant + -est Adjectives ending in –y → y + -iest
     • LONG ADJECTIVES
       • 2 syllables or more
         • STRUCTURE
           • The most + base form of the adjective