Comparatives and superlatives

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• Comparatives and Superlatives

• Comparatives

• We use to compare one thing to another thing.  

• Check first if the adjective is short or long

•   Remember! A).1 Sylablle B).Ends in C+V+C

• Double last consonant

• Short

• Long

• One or two syllables

• Adjective + er + than.

• -Fast, short, thin, big, cheap, easy, funny, old.

• -My dad is older than my mom. -My sister is thinner than me.

• Has more than two sylablles

• More + Adjective + than

• -Intelligent, expensive, interesting, careful

• C).If ends in "y" 

• Easy - Easier

• -This house is more expenseive than my house. -Tim is more intelligent than Susan.

• If you want to say the opposite, then use "less"

• This house is less expensive than my house.

• If you want to say that both thins are equal, then use "as" + adjective + "as"

• Superlatives

• Check first if the adjective is short or long

• Short

• Long

• Has more than two sylablles

• The most + Adjective 

• -This house is the most expensive house in the street. -Brian is the most intelligent  kid in my class

• The + est at the end of the Adjective 

•   Remember! A).1 Sylablle B).Ends in C+V+C

• C).If ends in "y" 

• Easy - Easiest.

• Double last consonant

• -My dad is the oldest person in my family. -Tokyo is the biggest city in the world.

• One or two sylablles

• If you want to say the opposite, then use "the least"

• This house is the least expensive in the street.

• Now, there is something that you have remember, there are some exeptions, when the adjective is:

• Good

• Bad

• Far

• Comparative: Better than Superlative: The best

• Comparative: Worse than Superlative: The worst

• Comparative: Further than Superlative: The furthest