HAVE YOU USED THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE?

COMPARATIVE
1. Used when comparing two things.
  1. The two basic ways to compare are using: AS or THAN.
    1. EXAMPLES
      1. She´s twice as old as her sister. Russian is not quite as difficult as chinese. Our car is bigger than your car.
        Syllable adjectives: add- ER to the adjective
        EXAMPLE
        Tall - Taller Neat - Neater
        Syllable adjectives : ending in - y change the y to IER
        EXAMPLE
        Happy - Happier Easy - Easier
        Other 2-syllable adjective: use MORE with the unchanged adjective
        EXAMPLE
        The shops are always more crowded just before christmas
        Adjectives with 3 or more syllables: use MORE with the unchanged adjective
        EXAMPLE
        Russian gramar is more difficult tan English grammar
SUPERLATIVE
1. Talk about one thing only and how it is the best , worst...etc. You do not compare two things. The following guidelines apply to the superlative
  1. Syllable adjectives: add - EST to the adjective (plus the)
    1. EXAMPLE
      1. Cold - Coldest Deep - Deepest
        If the Word ends: consonant-vowel-consonant, then the last consonant is usally doubled in the superlative
        EXAMPLE
        Big- Biggest Fat- Fattest
        Syllable adjectives ending in Y : change y to IEST (PLUS THE)
        EXAMPLE
        Lucky - Luckiest
        Do not confuse adjectives and adverbs
        Other 2- syllables adjectives: use THE MOST with the unchanged adjective
        EXAMPLE
        Albert Einstein was the most intelligent person in history

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HAVE YOU USED THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE?

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