COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

• María Martínez y Carla Monzó.

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Contents

• Comparatives and examples.
• Short adjectives.
• Long adjectives.
• Irregular adjectives.
• De inferioridad.
• De igualdad.
• De superioridad.
• Superlatives and examples.
• Short adjectives
• Long adjectives.

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Comparatives

• Short adjectives
• -Adjectives of just one syllable form
  the comparative by adding "-er"
• Bright brighter
• Clear clearer
• Fast faster
• -If a one syllable adjective ends in "e", simply
  add "r"
• Nice nicer
• Fine finer
• Ripe riper
• -For some adjectives, it is necessary to double
  the last letter before adding "-er".
• Big bigger
• Slim slimmer
• Flat flatter

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• -If the adjective has got two syllables and
  finish with -y we said that it is short. And we
  change -y for i and we add er.
• Happy happier
• Funny funnier
• Easy easier
• -Adjectives of two syllables are more
  complicated. Most adjectives of two syllables
  form the comparative with "more"
• Famous more famous
• Thankful  more thankful
• Boring more boring
• Faithless  more faithless

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• Long adjectives
• -All adjectives of three or more syllables form
  the comparative with "more ".
• Beautiful more beautiful
• Comfortable  more comfortable
• Typical  more typical
• Irregular adjectives
• In addition, there are some (common)
  irregular comparative adjectives
• Good or wellbetter
• Badworse
• Farfarther or further
• Little (quantity)less
• Much  more
• Ill worse
• Old older or elder

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• De superioridad.
• -we use more than in longs and add er than in
  shorts
• s. She is faster than me.
• l. Shoes are more expensive than sandals.
• De igualdad.
• - we use as adjective as
• John is as tall as you.
• it doesnt matter if the adjective is short or
  long
• De inferioridad.
• we use less adjective than.
• The film is less interestins than the book.
• it doesnt matter if the adjective is short or
  long

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superlatives

• Form superlative forms of a one-syllable
  adjective by adding est.
• Talltallest
• Oldoldest
• Longlongest
• With most two-syllable adjectives, you form the
  superlative with the most.
• Peacefulthe most peaceful
• Pleasant...the most pleasant
• Carefulthe most careful
• Thoughtfulthe most thoughtful