Comparative and Superlative

ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVE

The comparative is used to compare differences between the two objects to amending (larger, smaller, faster, and higher). It is used in sentences where we compare two names, as follows:

Name (subject) + verb + adjective comparative degree + than + name (object).

Examples:

                         Ø  My house is larger than hers.

                         Ø  This box is smaller than the one I lost.

                         Ø  Your dog runs faster than Jim's dog.

                         Ø  The rock flew higher than the roof.

ADJECTIVES SUPERLATIVELY

 

The superlatives used to describe an object that is at the top or bottom of a quality (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest). It is used in sentences in which a subject compared with a group of objects, like this:

Name (subject) + verb + the + adjective superlatively + name (object).

Example:

                         Ø  My house is the largest one in our neighborhood.

                         Ø  This is the smallest box I've ever seen.

                         Ø  Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.

 

TRAINING REGULARLY COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

It is simple to form the comparative and superlative adjectives most. The shape depends on the number of syllables of the adjective

Adjectives of one syllable

Add –er- for the comparative and superlative –est- for. If the adjective ends in consonant + consonant + vowel, consonant must be repeated last before adding termination.

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
tall	taller	tallest
fat	fatter	fattest
big	bigger	biggest
sad	sadder	saddest

Adjectives of two syllables

Adjectives two syllables can form comparative adding –er-, as adjectives syllable or more before placing the adjective, as with three syllables. Similarly, these adjectives can form the superlative by adding the –est- or termination MOST putting the adjective before. In many cases the two forms are used, although one use is more common than the other. If we are not sure that an adjective can take endings comparative or superlative, it is better to use more and most. When an adjective ends in two syllables, and 1 have to change it before adding the termination.

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
happy	happier	happiest
simple	simpler	simplest
busy	busier	busiest
tilted	more tilted	most tilted
tangle	more tangle	most tangle

Adjectives of three syllables or more

Adjectives of three syllables or more are placing comparative more before the adjective and the superlative placing –most-.

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
important	more important	most important
expensive	more expensive	most expensive

Comparatives and superlatives Irregular

Some adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative and superlative degrees.

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
good	better	best
bad	worse	worst
little	less	least
much	more	most
far	further/farther	furthest/farthest