Comparatives and Superlatives

Comparatives and Superlatives

1. The comparative adjectives are used to compare a certain characteristic or quality between two or more things, animals or people

   • Structure
     • subject + verb + adjective in comparative degree + than + subject
       • Examples
         • My pc is slower than my brother's
         • You play tennis better than i do
   • Terminations
     • Irregular adjetives
       • can change a lot depends on the adjective
     • Adjectives of three or more syllables
       • we just add -more before the adjective
     • Two syllable adjectives
       • We can also add the ending -er or -more at the beginning of the adjective
     • One syllable adjectives
       • we add -er, and if the word is consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the last consonant.

2. superlative adjectives express the maximum degree of a characteristic of an element with respect to others of the same group or condition.

   • Terminations
     • One syllable adjectives
       • we add -est, and if the word is consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the last consonant.
     • Two syllable adjectives
       • We can also add the ending -est or -most at the beginning of the adjective
     • Adjectives of three or more syllables
       • we just add -most before the adjective
     • Irregular adjetives
       • can change a lot depends on the adjective
   • Structure
     • subject + verb + the + adjective in superlative degree + subject
       • Examples
         • This document is the most important of all
         • The Chihuahua dog is the smallest breed of dog

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