COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

1. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

   • to compare two people, animals or things.
   • • One syllable
       • Adjective + (-er) + than
         • Simply add -er
           • smart = smarter
             • Dina is faster than William
       • Two or more syllables
         • More + adjective + than
           • Use More
             • famous = more famous
               • William is more intelligent than DinaJ
         • Rules:
           • One syllable adjective with a Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) Pattern
             • CVC pattern + double the consonant and add -er.
               • wet = wetter big = bigger
             • CVC pattern + double the consonant and add -er.
               • wet = the wettest
           • Two syllable adjectives ending in Y
             • Change the Y to I and add -er
               • pretty = prettier
             • Change the Y to I and add -est.
               • pretty = the prettiest
             • Regular and Irregular Adjectives
               • Regular adjectives describe nouns and usually come right before those nouns.
               • irregular adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, but does not have a simple comparative or superlative form.
                 • good= better than/the best bad=worse than/the worst Far=further than/the furthest much=more/the most
     • One syllable
       • the + adjective + -est
         • Use THE and add -est
           • smart = the smartest
             • The cheetah is the fastest land animal
       • Two or more syllables
         • the most + adjective
           • Use The most
             • famous = the most famous
               • Mary is the most intelligent girl in the class
         • More rulers

2. SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

   • to compare more than two people, animals or things.
   • Use by the number of syllables (spelling rules)
   • One thing is the maximum in the category