THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON THE USE OF COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

2. •We use comparative adjectives and adverbs to compare things or
people that are different and separate from each other.
This computer is better than those computers. Tom drives more
carefully than his sister.
•We use superlative adjectives and adverbs to compare one
member of a group with the whole group.
This is the best computer in the shop. Of all the people in my family,
Tom drives the most carefully.

3. TYPE OF
ADJECTIVE:
regular
adjectives with
one syllable:
ADJECTIVE:
old
COMPARATIVE:
+ -er
older
SUPERLATIVE:
+ -est
oldest

4. TYPE OF
ADJECTIVE:
regular adjectives
with one
syllable(ending in
vowel +
consonant)
ADJECTIVE:
big
COMPARATIVE:
double final
letter +-er
bigger
SUPERLATIVE:
double final
letter + -est
biggest

5. TYPE OF
ADJECTIVE:
regular
adjectives with
two syllables
ending in -y
ADJECTIVE:
happy
COMPARATIVE
:replace –y
with –ier
happier
SUPERLATIVE:
replace –y with
–iest
happiest

6. TYPE OF
ADJECTIVE:
other regular
adjectives with
two or more
syllables
ADJECTIVE:
comfortable
COMPARATIVE:
more/less than
+adjective
more
comfortable
SUPERLATIVE:
most/least+
adjective
most
comfortable

7. TYPE OF
ADJECTIVE:
irregular
adjectives/
quantifiers
ADJECTIVE:
good
bad
far
little
much
many
COMPARATIVE:
better
worse
further
Less
more
more
SUPERLATIVE:
best
worst
furthest
least
most
most

8. -To compare two or more things that are similar or the
same, we can use as+ adjective/adverb+ as.
My story is (nearly) as funny as yours. Paul did as well as
Carol and Angela in the test.
-We can also use the negative form of this: not as+
adjective/adverb+ as.
-My story isn´t as funny as yours.

9. TYPE OF
ADVERB:
regular
adverbs
ADVERB:
slowly
COMPARATIVE:
more/less +
adverb
more slowly
SUPERLATIVE:
most/least+
adverb
most slowly

10. TYPE OF
ADVERB:
irregular
adverbs
ADVERB:
early
late
Far
fast(drive fast)
hard(work hard)
well (do well)
badly
often
COMPARATIVE:
earlier
later
further/farther
faster
harder
Better
worse
more often
SUPERLATIVE:
earliest
Latest
furthest/farthest
fastest
Hardest
best
worst
most often

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