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Comparatives and Superlatives

n this post we shall discuss about Comparatives and Superlatives. First lets see what are these comparatives and superlatives and how to use them. Comparatives : We use comparatives to compare two things or two people. (e.g He is shorter than his

wife.).

Superlatives : Superlatives are used to compare more than two things or more than two people. (e.g . Mumbai is the biggest city in India). Note : To form comparatives and superlatives you need to know the number of syllables in the adjective.Syllables are like "sound beats". Example :

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"find" contains one syllable, but "finding" contains two find and ing.

Hope you have got the basic idea on Comparatives, Superlatives and Sillables. Now lets have a look at some rules to form Comparatives and superlatives. 1. One syllable adjective ending in a silent 'e' nice Comparative add 'r' nicer Superlative add 'st' nicest 2. One syllable adjective ending in one vowel and one consonnant big Comparative the consonant is doubled and 'er' is added bigger Superlative the consonant is doubled and 'est' is addedbiggest 3. One syllable adjective ending in more than one consonant or more than a vowel high, cheap Comparative 'er' is added higher, cheaper Superlative 'est is added highest, cheapest 4. A two syllable adjective ending in 'y' happy Comparative 'y' becomes 'i' and 'er' is added happier Superlative 'y' becomes 'i' and 'est' is added happiest
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5. Tow syllable or more adjectives without 'y' at the end exciting Comparative more + the adjective + than more exciting than Superlative more + the adjective + than the most exciting Examples :

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The Nile River is longer and more famous than the Thames. Egypt is much hotter than Sweden. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. This is one of the most exciting films I have ever seen.

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Here is a table of Irregular comparatives and superlatives Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives bad worse worst farthest furthest best least most most

far(distance) farther far(extent) good little many much further better less more more

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Comparatives are used to compare two Superlatives are used to compare more things or two people: than two things or two people. Alan is taller than John. Superlative sentences usually use 'the': Alan is the most intelligent. Similarities To express similarities use the following structure:

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