COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

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• COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVES

• SUPERLATIVE DEFINITION

• COMPARATIVE DEFINITION 

• When comparing two things.

• Compare one thing with a group or in general.

• We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons:

• When we want to describe how somwthing or someone changes we can use two comparatives with and:

• We use than when we want to compare one thing with another:

• I'm feeling happier now. We need a bigger garden.

• She is two years older than me. New York is much bigger than Boston.

• The balloon got bigger and bigger. Everything is getting more and more expensive.

• We often use the with comparative adjectives to show that one thing depends on another:

• The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is.  (= When you drive faster, it is more dangerous.)

• We use the with superlative adjectives: It was the happiest day of my life. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. That’s the best film I have seen this year. I have three sisters: Jan is the oldest and Angela is the youngest.