COMPARATIVE AND superlative

DANA CAROLINA COLLAZOS CERQUERA

INGLES II

UNIVERSIDAD SURCOLOMBIANA
NEIVA

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 COMPARATIVE

Comparative adjectives in English are used to compare

characteristics or qualities between objects, people or animals. You
can compare size, color, height, speed ... Example of a
comparative adjective: The red pencil is larger than the blue
pencil. In this example, a size comparison is made between two
pens. In this case, the larger the comparer used.
 RULES (comparative)

 Agregar ER
Faster
Taller
Smaller
Richer

 Monosílaba que termina en c v c se duplica la ultima consonante

Fat- Fatter
Big- Bigger
Hot – Hotter

 Termina en y se reemplaza por i y se agrega ER

Happy – Happier
Heavy – Heavier
Dry - Drier

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 Más de dos silabas usar MORE
Expensive – More expensive
Beautiful – More beautiful
Interesting – More interesting
intelligent – More intelligent

 Comparativos irregulares
God: Better
Bad: Worse
Little: Less

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 EXAMPLE

▸ My brother is taller than me (Mi hermano es mas alto que yo)

▸ Girardot is Hotter than Rivera
▸ The sand bag is Heavier than the feather
▸ An pone is more expensive than a Samsung

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 superlative
Superlatives are used to contrast the qualities of two people or objects.
Superlative adjectives can be said to be the highest degree of adjectives that
are intended to exaggerate the benefits or qualities of a person, object or
environment, they are also used to buy in their comparative adjective form.
The superlative is responsible for exaggerating and expressing the possible
characteristics of a person, object or the subject that is being talked about in
the sentence, it takes it to its maximum expression, when we want to use this
word the ideas that can come to mind are diverse, It will help us to
complement the image of what we are trying to convey.

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 RULES (SUPERLATIVE)
▸ Agregar EST a adjetivos cortos
Tallest -The tallest
Oldest - The oldest
Newest - The newest

▸ Agregar ST cuando terminan en e

Widest - The widest
Nicest – The nicest
Safest – The safest

▸ Duplicar consonante y agregar + EST cuando termina en consonante, vocal,

consonante
Fattest – The fattest
Biggest – The biggest
Thinnest – The Thinnest
Slowest – The slowest

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 Cambiar la y por iest
Spicy – The spiciest
Hairy - The hairiest
Ugly – The ugliest

 Usar most a adjetivos de dos o mas silabas

Important – The most important
Modern – The most modern
Expensive – The most expensive

 Adjetivos irregulares
Good – Best
Bad – Warst
Far - farthest

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 EXAMPLE
▸ Valentina is the most intelligent ( valentina es la mas
inteligente)
▸ Laura is the most intelligent student
▸ The spiciest food in the world is in México
▸ You are the best

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