Comparative and superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs

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Universidad MetropolitanaTítulo V Campus

• Comparative and superlative degree of adjectives
  and adverbs
• Learning Zone - Inglés

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Definition

• Adjective It is used to express attributes to
  something or someone. These appear before the
  noun, modify it and follow the next order of
  determiners, observation, size and shape, age,
  color, origin, material and qualifier.
• Adverb It can modify a verb, an adjective, a
  phrase or clause and another adverb. Adverbs can
  be identified quickly by their commonly used
  suffix ly and can be found in various places of
  the sentence.
• You should use the comparative form of an
  adjective or adverb to compare exactly two
  things. The superlative form is for comparing
  three or more.

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Rules comparative and superlative adjectives

• Rule 1 Only one syllable, ending in E.
• E.g. wide, fine, cute

Comparative Superlative
Add -Rwider, finer, cuter Add -STwidest, finest, cutest

• Comparative Mary is cuter than Jenny.
• Superlative Mary is the cutest girl of the
  classroom.

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Rules comparative and superlative adjectives

• Rule 2 Only one syllable, with one vowel and
  one consonant at the end.
• E.g. hot, big, fat

Comparative Superlative
Double the consonant, and add -ERhotter, bigger, fatter Double the consonant, and add -ESThottest, biggest, fattest

• Comparative This summer is hotter than last
  years summer.
• Superlative This is the hottest summer ever.

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Rules comparative and superlative adjectives

• Rule 3 Only one syllable, with more than one
  vowel or more than one
• consonant at the end.
• E.g. light, neat, fast

Comparative Superlative
Add -ERlighter, neater, faster Add -ESTlightest, neatest, fastest

• Comparative This car is faster than my last car.
• Superlative This car is the fastest I ever had.

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Rules comparative and superlative adjectives

• Rule 4 Two syllables, ending in Y.
• E.g. happy, silly, lonely

Comparative Superlative
Change Y to I, then add -ERhappier, sillier, lonelier Change Y to I, then add -ESThappiest, silliest, loneliest

• Comparative I feel happier than ever.
• Superlative I am the happiest woman of the world.

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Rules comparative and superlative adjectives

• Rule 5 Two syllables or more, not ending in Y.
  
• E.g. modern, interesting,
  beautiful

Comparative Superlative
Use MORE before the adjectivemore modern, more interesting, more beautiful Use MOST before the adjectivemost modern, most interesting, most beautiful

• Comparative The Da Vinci Code book is more
  interesting than the
• movie.
• Superlative The Da Vinci Code is the most
  interesting book ever
• written.

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Comparative superlative Irregular
adjectives
Irregular adjective Comparative form Superlative form
Good Better Best
Bad Worse Worst
Far Farther Farthest
Little Less Least
Many More Most
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Practice

• Comparative and superlative of adjectives
• Comparative and superlative of adjectives - 2

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Interesting fact

• The rules applied for the comparative and
  superlative of adjectives are very similar to the
  rules of the comparative and superlative of
  adverbs. You can play with the rules and have fun

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Rules comparative and superlative adjectives

• Rule 1 One syllable adverbs add er or est.
• E.g. fast, hard

Comparative Superlative
Add -ERfaster, harder, cuter Add -ESTfastest, hardest, cutest

• Comparative John works harder than me.
• Superlative John works the hardest.

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Rules comparative and superlative adverbs

• Rule 2 Adverbs with 2 or more syllables, use
  MORE and MOST with E.g. carefully,
  quickly

Comparative Superlative
With two or more syllables, use MORE and THAN more carefully than, more quickly than Use THE MOST the most carefully, the most quickly

• Comparative He ran more quickly than me.
• Superlative Of all the athletes, he ran the most
  quickly.

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Comparative superlative Irregular
adverbs
Irregular adjective Comparative form Superlative form
Good Better than The best
Bad Worse than The worst
Far Farther than/Further than The farthest/The furthest
Well Better than The best
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Practice

• Comparative and superlative of adverbs
• Comparative and superlative of adverbs - 2

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Bibliography

• http//web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar
  /regcom.htm
• http//www.eflnet.com/tutorials/adjcompsup.php
• http//www.english-zone.com/teach/crules3a.html

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Prepared by

• Cristabel R. Ocasio Ilarraza
• Nirazette L. González Abella

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