Transport in tourism

Grammar comparatives and

superlatives
 Comparatives
When we compare things, people or even ideas
we look at what makes them different from
each other.

Comparative adjectives are used to show what

quality one thing has more or less than the
other. They normally come before any other
adjectives.
 Example
FAST / SLOW
 

A car is faster than a bicycle. 

A bicycle is slower than a car.
 Form 1 - Comparative
Words of one Add -r to the end of wide - wider
syllable ending in 'e'. the word.
For example:-
A motorway is wider
than a road.

Form Rule Example

 Form 2 - Comparative
Words of one Double the big – bigger
syllable, with one consonant and add My blouse is bigger
vowel and one -er to the end of the than yours
consonant at the word
end..

Form Rule Example

 Form 3 - Comparative

Words of one Add - er to the end .. high - higher

syllable, with more of the word Mount Everest
than one vowel or is higher
more than one than Mount
consonant at the Snowdon. -
end
Form Rule Example
 Form 4 - Comparative
Words of two '. Change 'y' to 'i', happy –happier
syllables, ending in and add -er to the For example:-
'y. end of the word. Some people seem
to be luckier
than other people.

Form Rule Example

 Form 5 - Comparative
Words of two Place 'more' before beautiful - more
syllables or more, the adjective. beautiful
not ending in 'y'. For example:-
Arguably Rome
is more beautiful
than Paris.
Form Rule Example
 Warning!!!
For every rule, there is at least one exception
and there are also irregular adjectives that you
need to memorise as you come across them.

For example:
• 'good' becomes 'better'
• 'bad' becomes 'worse'
• 'far' becomes 'farther' or 'further‘
 Superlative

The superlative is used to say what thing,

person, or idea has the most of a particular
quality within a group or of its kind.

Superlative adjectives normally come before any

other adjectives.
 Form 1- Superlative
Words of Add -st to wide –
one syllable the end of widest. The
ending in 'e' the word. Amazon
River is the
widest river
in the world

Form Rule Example

 Form 2 - Superlative
Words of one syllable, Double the consonant (big – biggest) In 2010 a
with one vowel and one and add -est to the end dog called Giant George
consonant at the end. of the word. was given the title
of the biggest dog in
the world

Form Rule Example

 Form 3 - Superlative
Words of one Add - est to the end high - highest
syllable, with more of the word. Mount Everest
than one vowel or is the
more than one highest mountain in
consonant at the the word. (But it
end isn't the
tallest mountain in
the world.)
Form Rule Example
 Form 4 - Superlative

Words of two Change 'y' to 'i', and Change 'y' to 'i', and
syllables, ending in add -est to the end add -est to the end
'y'. of the word. of the word.
Form Rule Example
 Form 5 - Superlative
Words of two Place 'the most' beautiful - the most
syllables or more, before the beautiful Some
not ending in 'y'. adjective. people say that the
Maldives have the
most
beautiful beaches in
the world.
Form Rule Example
 Note!
Don't forget that some adjectives are irregular:-
• 'good' becomes 'the best'
• 'bad' becomes 'the worst'
• 'far' becomes 'the furthest'

For example:
• "Jill is the best student in the class ."
• "Jack is the worst student in the class."
• "In our solar system the planet Pluto is the
furthest planet from the Sun."
 Have you noticed that these
superlatives are preceded by
'the‘.?
For example:
• "The Rio de la Plata river, on the southeast coastline of South America,
is the widest river in the world."
• According to the List of World records Carol Yager (1960-1994), from
Michigan, is the fattest person ever to live, weighing 725 kg (1,600 lb).
• "Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world."
• "I think that Castle Combe is the prettiest village in England."
• "Arguably, Rome is the most beautiful city in the world.“