COMPARATIVE AND

SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVES
 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
USE:
We use comparative adjectives to compare two people or things.
After the adjective we write THAN.
There are two ways of forming comparative adjectives:

Lucy is taller than Eva

Boots are more expensive than trainers
 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
STRUCTURE:
• With short adjectives (one syllable / two syllables ending in -y):
ADJECTIVE -ER + THAN
Your dog runs faster than mine.
My mother is younger than my father.
My bag is heavier than yours.
 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
STRUCTURE:
• With long adjectives (two syllables not ending in –y / more than
two syllables): MORE + ADJECTIVE + THAN

She seems more nervous than you

Lions are more dangerous than cats
The sofa is more comfortable than the chair
 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
SPELLING RULES:
• CVC : Double consonant and add -er
Big – bigger
Thin – thinner
• Adjectives ending in -Y : Remove -y and add –ier
Easy – easier
Happy – happier
• Adjectives ending in -E : Just add -r
Nice – nicer
Large – larger
 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
IRREGULAR:
• GOOD: better
Barça is better than R.Madrid
• BAD: worse
The weather today is worse than yesterday
• FAR: further
Sevilla is further than Valencia
 Compare the

BEFORE AND following pictures of

famous people by

AFTER using the adjectives

given
 CRISTIANO RONALDO

Handsome – White (teeth) - good football player

more handsome than before.
He is ………………………………..……….
whiter than
His teeth are ……………………………. before.
better
He is a ………………….. than before.
football player …………..
 DAVID BISBAL

Famous – Short (hair) - Elegant

 ARIANA GRANDE

Pretty – Light (hair) - Popular

ADELE

Thin – Rich – Trendy (clothes)

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
USE:
We use superlative adjectives to say that a person or a thing has the greatest
amount of a characteristic, compared to everything else in a group.
Before the adjective we write THE.
Like with comparatives, there are two ways of forming superlative adjectives:

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

Jane is the most intelligent student in class.
 SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
STRUCTURE:
• With short adjectives (one syllable / two syllables ending in -y):
THE + ADJECTIVE -EST

John is the nicest boy in the class.

Ann is the youngest child in the family.
He is the craziest person I know.
 SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
STRUCTURE:
• With long adjectives (two syllables not ending in –y / more than
two syllables): THE MOST + ADJECTIVE

This is the most modern building in town.

She is the most successful singer in Spain.
Maths is the most difficult subject.
 SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
SPELLING RULES:
• CVC : Double consonant and add -est
Big – biggest
Thin – thinnest
• Adjectives ending in -Y : Remove -y and add –iest
Easy – easiest
Happy – happiest
• Adjectives ending in -E : Just add -st
Nice – nicest
Large – largest
 SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
IRREGULAR:
• GOOD: the best
Messi is the best football player in history
• BAD: the worst
This movie is the worst I have ever seen
• FAR: the furthest
That’s the furthest I can see without glasses
 REMEMBER
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

1 SYLLABLE cheap cheaper than the cheapest

SHORT
ADJ.
2 SYLLABLE (ending –y) pretty prettier than the prettiest

2 SYLLABLE
LONG modern more modern than the most modern
(other endings)
ADJ.
+2 SYLLABLES handsome more handsome than the most handsome

good better than the best

IRREGULAR bad worse than the worst
far further than the furthest
 WORKBOOK:
PRACTICE Page 54, exs. 1, 2, 3, 4
Page 55, exs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9