Zusammenfassung der Ressource
COMPARATIVES
SUPERLATIVES
- Comparatives
- Comparate
between two
things or two
persons
- One syllable adjective
ending in a silent 'e'
- Example: large - larger
- One syllable
adjective ending in
one vowel and one
consonant
- Example: big - bigger
- One syllable adjective ending in
more than one consonant or
more than a vowel (or long
vowels)
- Example: the consonant is
doubled and 'er' is added
—bigger
- A two syllable adjective
ending in 'y' — happy
- Example: 'y'
becomes 'i'
and 'er' is
added —
happier
- Tow syllable or more
adjectives without 'y' at
the end — exciting
- Example: more + the
adjective + than — more
exciting than
- Mary is taller than Jhon.
The Nile river is longest
that Thames river.
- Superlatives
- are used to
show the difference
between more than two
things or more than two
people. (Ex: Amazonas river is the
longest in the world)
- One syllable adjective
ending in a silent 'e'
- Example_ large - largest
- One syllable
adjective ending in
one vowel and one
consonant
- Example: big - biggest
- One syllable adjective
ending in more than one
consonant or more than
a vowel (or long vowels)
- Example: the
consonant is
doubled and 'est'
is
added—biggest
- A two syllable adjective
ending in 'y' — happy
- Example: 'y' becomes 'i' and
'est' is added — happiest
- Tow syllable or more
adjectives without 'y' at
the end — exciting
- most + the +
adjective — the
most exciting
- Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
This is one of the most exciting films I have
ever seen.
- To form comparatives and
superlatives you need to
know the number of the
syllables in the adjective.