COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

• GRAMMAR

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COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

• We use the comparative to compare two people,
  places or things.

• Short adjective ER.
• old ? older
• young ? younger
• CVC ER (the final consonant is doubled)
• big ? bigger
• hot ? hotter
• Short adjective ended in Y ? -IER
• easy ? easier
• heavy ? heavier

• Long adjective MORE long adjective
• exciting ? more exciting
• beautiful ? more beautiful
• Irregular adjectives
• good ? better
• bad ? worse

• We use THAN after the comparative form of the
  adjective.
• John is taller than Mary.
• A Ferrari is more expensive than a Fiat.

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is (tall) than Sky.
• Sky is (good) at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is (fast) than Sky.
• Sky is (popular) than Tiny.
• Skys feet are (big) than Tinys feet.

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is TALLER than Sky.
• Sky is (good) at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is (fast) than Sky.
• Sky is (popular) than Tiny.
• Skys feet are (big) than Tinys feet.

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is TALLER than Sky.
• Sky is BETTER at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is (fast) than Sky.
• Sky is (popular) than Tiny.
• Skys feet are (big) than Tinys feet.

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is TALLER than Sky.
• Sky is BETTER at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is FASTER than Sky.
• Sky is (popular) than Tiny.
• Skys feet are (big) than Tinys feet.

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is TALLER than Sky.
• Sky is BETTER at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is FASTER than Sky.
• Sky is MORE POPULAR than Tiny.
• Skys feet are (big) than Tinys feet.

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Tiny is TALLER than Sky.
• Sky is BETTER at basketball than Tiny.
• Tiny is FASTER than Sky.
• Sky is MORE POPULAR than Tiny.
• Skys feet are BIGGER than Tinys feet.

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SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

• We use the superlative to compare more than two
  people, places or things.

• Short adjective EST.
• old ? the oldest
• young ? the youngest
• CVC EST (the final consonant is doubled)
• big ? the biggest
• hot ? the hottest
• Short adjective ended in Y ? -IEST
• easy ? the easiest
• heavy ? the heaviest

• Long adjective THE MOST long adjective
• exciting ? the most exciting
• beautiful ? the most beautiful
• Irregular adjectives
• good ? the best
• bad ? the worst

• We use THE before the superlative form of the
  adjective.
• John is the tallest.
• A Ferrari is the most expensive car .

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Al is (short).
• Ed is (thin).
• Al is wearing (colourful) clothes.
• Ed is (tall).
• Joe is (smart).

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Al is THE SHORTEST.
• Ed is (thin).
• Al is wearing (colourful) clothes.
• Ed is (tall).
• Joe is (smart).

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Al is THE SHORTEST.
• Ed is THE THINNEST.
• Al is wearing (colourful) clothes.
• Ed is (tall).
• Joe is (smart).

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Al is THE SHORTEST.
• Ed is THE THINNEST.
• Al is wearing THE MOST COLOURFUL clothes.
• Ed is (tall).
• Joe is (smart).

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Al is THE SHORTEST.
• Ed is THE THINNEST.
• Al is wearing THE MOST COLOURFUL clothes.
• Ed is THE TALLEST.
• Joe is (smart).

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• Complete the following sentences. Use the
  superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
• Al is THE SHORTEST.
• Ed is THE THINNEST.
• Al is wearing THE MOST COLOURFUL clothes.
• Ed is THE TALLEST.
• Joe is THE SMARTEST.

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• PICTURE IN COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES EXERCISE
• Oxford Spotlight 2, Students Book.