comparatives adjectives - created from Mind Map

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Superlative adjectives

Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher).

Superlative adjectives

tall ,fat, big, sad

Irregular

When we talk about two things, we can "compare" them.

Forming comparatives and superlatives is easy. The form depends on the number of syllables in the original adjective.

Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object).

One syllable adjectives

Add -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative. If the adjective has a consonant + single vowel + consonant spelling, t

Add -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative.

Two syllables

Adjectives with two syllables can form the comparative either by adding -er or by preceeding the adjective with more.

Adjective :happy , simple, busy,tilted, tangled

happier, simpler,busier,more tilted, more tangled

Adjetive Tall, fat ,big,sad

Taller ,fatter,bigger, sadder

They are used in sentences where a subject is compared to a group of objects.

Noun (subject) + verb + the + superlative adjective + noun (object).

tallest , fattest, biggest, saddest

Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object).

Add -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative. If the adjective has a consonant + single vowel + consonant spelling, the final consonant must be doubled before adding the ending.

One syllable adjectives

taller , fatter, bigger,sadder

Two syllables

happier, simpler ,busier,more tilted, more tangled

Three or more syllables

happy ,simple,busy,tilted,tangled

Adjectives with three or more syllables form the comparative by putting more in front of the adjective, and the superlative by putting most in front.

important , expensive

more important

most important

more expensive

most expensive

Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest).

Irregular

Noun (subject) + verb + the + superlative adjective + noun (object).

One syllable adjectives

tallest,fattest,biggest,saddest

Adjectives with two syllables can form the comparative either by adding -er or by preceeding the adjective with more.

Two syllables

happiest, simplest,busiest, most tilted, most tangled

best,worst,least,most,furthest

adjective

good ,dad,little,much ,far

better, worse,less,more,further