DOTA is funnier than Audition!

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 Justin Bieber is
more handsome than
Joe Jonas

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 Titanic is
the longest
movie I’ve seen.

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 Mario Galaxy is
the best
videogame I have
played.

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 Comparatives and Superlatives are
special forms of adjectives. They are used
to compare two or more things.

Generally,
comparatives are formed using -er and
superlatives are formed using -est.

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 USE OF COMPARATIVES

Comparatives are used to compare two things. You

can use sentences with “than”, or you can use a
conjunction like “but”.

a) Michael is taller than John.

b) John is tall, but Michael is taller.

Michael John
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 USE OF SUPERLATIVES
Superlatives are used to compare more than two
things. Superlative sentences usually use “the”,
because there is only one superlative.

a) Bryan is the tallest in the class.

b) John is tall, and Michael is taller, but Bryan is the

tallest.

Bryan Michael John

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Adjective form Comparative Superlative
Only one syllable,
Add -r: wider, finer, Add -st: widest, finest,
ending in E. Examples:
cuter cutest
wide, fine, cute
Only one syllable, with
Double the consonant, Double the consonant,
one vowel and one
and add -er: hotter, and add -est: hottest,
consonant at the end.
bigger, fatter biggest, fattest
Examples: hot, big, fat
Only one syllable, with
more than one vowel or
more than one Add -er: lighter, Add -est: lightest,
consonant at the end. neater, faster neatest, fastest
Examples: light, neat,
fast
Two syllables, ending Change y to i, then add Change y to i, then add
in Y. Examples: happy, -er: happier, sillier, -est: happiest, silliest,
silly, lonely lonelier loneliest
Use “more” before the Use “most” before the
Two syllables or more,
adjective: more adjective: most
not ending in Y.
modern, more modern, most
Examples: modern,
interesting, more interesting, most
interesting, beautiful
beautiful beautiful

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Irregular adjectives like good or bad change the
spelling:

a) Good
Comparative: better than
Superlative: the best

b) Bad
Comparative: worse than
Superlative: the worst

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short - tall - fast - slow - talented - good - handsome - ugly - selfish
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short - tall - popular - old - young - talented - good - beautiful - glamorous
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new - old - popular - fun - boring - good - bad - violent - addictive
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