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Emember: Adjective Comparative Form
Emember: Adjective Comparative Form
Comparatives
1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms.
Adjective Comparative form
cold
big
RemembeR
difficult
bad • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
dry
early
• Short adjectives ending in one
good
consonant double the last letter +
high -er: big – bigger
hot
• Long adjectives (more than two
long
syllables): more + adjective:
popular
rain more expensive
sunny • Be careful of irregular adjectives
wet e.g. good, bad
2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of
the adjectives in brackets.
a. Britain is (hot) now than at any time before.
c. Places that are sunny are (popular) than places where it rains a lot.
Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.
tortoise / slow
The tortoise is the slowest.
1 blue whale / big
2 cheetah / fast
3 mosquito / dangerous
4 cat / friendly
5 hippo / ugly
6 dolphin / intelligent
7 parrot / loud
adjectives in brackets