Top Gear: Comparison of Adjectives

Adjectives have three forms:

Positive form (normal) Comparative form Superlative form

cool cooler coolest
funny funnier funniest
intelligent more intelligent most intelligent

With adjectives with one syllable (e.g. cool, clean, new), we

make the comparative and superlative forms using -er/-est.

Jeremy is cooler than James.

Richard is the coolest.

With adjectives with two syllables that end in –y or –er (e.g. funny, pretty, clever), we make
the comparative and superlative forms using -er/-est.

Jeremy is funnier than James.

Richard is the funniest.

With adjectives with three or more syllables (e.g. intelligent, difficult, beautiful), we make
the comparative and superlative forms using more and most.

Jeremy is more intelligent than James.

Richard is the most intelligent

If the comparison contains the phrases as … as or not as … as, we use the positive, or normal
form of the adjective:

Jeremy is as famous as Richard

Richard is not as tall as Jeremy.

Top Gear: Comparison of Adjectives: exercises

The Peel P50 is a tiny car. It is ______________ (small:

comparative) ______________ Jeremy Clarkson, and it is
__________________ (small: comparative) __________ the Mini Cooper. It is the
_____________ (small: superlative) car in the world.

James is _______________ (happy) than Jeremy.

Richard is the_____________ (happy)
James’s hair is _______________ (long) than Jeremy’s hair.
Jeremy’s hair is not as ________________ (long) as James’s hair
Jeremy’s car is as ______________(big) as James’s car.
Which of the Top Gear presenters is the ________________ (tall)?

Some say…
- he’s _____________ (tough: comparative) ______________Chuck Norris.
- he’s ______________ (scary: comparative) ___________ Voldemort.
- he is _____________(fast: comparative) ___________ the speed of light
- he’s ______________________ (dangerous: comparative) _____________ an angry lion.
… All we know is: he’s called THE STIG.