COMPARATIVE AND

SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVES
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 When a shop assistant talk about two ore

more products to a customer, he/she can
compare them. The customer needs to know
if these products are the same or if they are
different.

 So, we can use Comparative Adjectives to

describe the differences.
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 Three types of Comparative Adjectives:

 Superiority

 Equality

 Inferiority
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 SUPERIORITY

Comparative Adjective + THAN

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One syllable adjectives: Add -er

Ex: Small / Smaller.

 One syllable adjectives ending in “e”: Add –r

Ex: Nice / Nicer.

 One syllable adjectives ending in consonant-vowel-

consonant: Doble consonant + Add -er
Ex: Hot / Hotter.

 One or two syllable adjectives ending in –ly, -y: Replace

“-y” with -ier or ending in –w: Add –er
Ex: Early / Earlier, Busy / Busier, Shallow / Shallower.
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Two or more syllable adjevtives: More + adjective
Ex: Expensive / More expensive,
Serious / More serious,
Amazing / More amazing.

 Irregular forms: Do not follow the rules

Good / Well Better

Bad / Badly Worse
Much / Many / A lot of More
Little Less
Few Fewer
Far Father / Further
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ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVE
Big / Small Bigger / Smaller
Reusable More reusable
large Larger
Wide / Narrow Wider / Narrower
Light / Heavy Lighter / Heavier
Cheap / Expensive Cheaper / More expensive
Fast / Slow Faster / Slower
New / Old Newer / Older
Short / Long Shorter / Longer
Dark Darker
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 INFERIORITY

LESS + Adjective + THAN

 EQUALITY

AS + Adjective + AS
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 EXEMPLES:

Elephants are bigger than dogs.

A book is a better present than a toy.
Albert Einstein is more intelligent than me.

A rabbit is less tall than a Giraffe.

In my opinion, Paris is as beautiful as Rome.

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 We use superlatives to compare one thing against

the rest of the group / type. When we describe the
benefits of a product, we can use superlatives
adjectives to compare our product against
competitor product.

 So, when we use the superlative we are saying that

something has more quality or quantity of something
that all the others you are comparing it/them with.
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THE + Superlative Adjective (+ OF/IN)

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One syllable adjectives: Add -est

Ex: Small / The smallest.

 One syllable adjectives ending in “e”: Add –st

Ex: Nice / The nicest.

 One syllable adjectives ending in consonant-vowel-

consonant: Doble consonant + Add -est
Ex: Hot / The hottest.

 One or two syllable adjectives ending in –ly, -y:

Replace “-y” with -iest or ending in –w: Add –est
Ex: Early / The earliest, Busy / The busiest,
Shallow / The shallowest.
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Two or more syllable adjectives: The MOST+ adjective
Ex: Expensive / The Most expensive,
Serious / The Most serious,
Amazing / The Most amazing.

 Irregular forms: Do not follow the rules

Good / Well The best

Bad / Badly The worst
Much / Many / A lot of The most
Little The least
Few The Fewest
Far The Fathest / Furthest
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ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE

Big / Small The biggest / The smallest

Reusable The most reusable
large The largest
Wide / Narrow The widest / The narrowest
Light / Heavy The lightest / The heaviest
Cheap / Expensive The cheapest / The most expensive
Fast / Slow The fastest / The slowest
New / Old The newest / The oldest
Short / Long The shortest / The longest
Dark The darkest
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EXEMPLES:
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the
world.

This mobile phone is the best of all of them.

The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.

This book is the most interesting in the

bookshop.
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