Comparatives

and
Superlatives
What are Adjectives?

 Describing words which tell us more about people, animals, places and things.

E.g. Old man

People
Adjective

Colourful birds

Animals
Adjective
Beautiful city

Place
Adjective
Comparative Adjectives

 Used to compare two different things

 Add –er (2 syllables)
Older, heavier

 Add more (3 or more syllables)

More beautiful

 Than after the comparative adjective

E.g. The mouse is smaller than the elephant.

Superlative Adjectives

 Used to compare 3 or more different things

 Add –est (2 syllables)
Oldest, heaviest

 Add most (3 or more syllables)

Most beautiful

 The before the superlative adjectives

E.g. Dad is the oldest in my family.

Notes

 If the adjective ends with y, the y is changed into i before adding er or est.

Happy  Happier  Happiest