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COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

1) Monosyllabic adjectives form their COMPARATIVE


IRREGULAR COMPARISONS and SUPERLATIVE by adding - ER and EST
Exceptions:
good better than the best
just MORE just THAN THE MOST just
bad worse than the worst
right MORE right THAN THE MOST right
little less than the least
real MORE real THAN THE MOST real
much more than the most
wrong MORE wrong THAN THE MOST wrong
many more than the most
far farther than the farthest 2) two syllables adjectives form their COMPARATIVE and
far further than the furthest SUPERLATIVE in two different ways:
old older than the oldest 1. Adjectives ending in ED, ING, RE, FUL, OUS and
old elder than the eldest those with the stress on the first syllable usually take
MORE and THE MOST:
famous MORE famous THAN THE MOST famous

2. Adjectives ending in ER, Y, LE, OW and those


NOTES: with the stress on the second syllable add ER
1. FARTHER and FARTHEST generally and EST
refer to distance; FURTHER and narrow narrowER THAN THE narrowEST
FURTHEST also refer to distance but
they may have the meaning of
"additional". 3) Adjectives with more than two syllables
I live farther from here than you form their COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE by
do. putting MORE and THE MOST in front of the
Give me further details. adjective.

2. OLDER and OLDEST refer to people SPELLING


or things; ELDER and ELDEST can
only be used for members of the a) Add R and ST to adjectives ending in E.
same family: large largeR THAN THE largeST
My elder sister is afraid of mice.
b) (CONSONANT + VOWEL +CONSONANT ) THE
My older friend is afraid of wasps.
LAST CONSONANT IS DOUBLED
big bigGER THAN THE bigGEST
but ELDER can not be placed before
THAN so OLDER is used: c) Adjectives ending in - y preceded by a
My sister is two years older than I consonant, change Y into I before ER and EST.
am. happY happIER THAN THE happIEST

Write the comparative form:


1- Karen is_________________(young) than her sister
2- Susan is__________________(intelligent) than Molly
3- The weather this summer is_____________(bad) than last summer
4- My children are_____________(noisy) than my friends children
5- His street is_______________(narrow) than my street
6- A knife is ________________(dangerous) than a spoon
7- The bus is______________ (good) than the train
8- She is_______________(clever) than her brother
9- Betty is_______________(careful) than George
Write the superlative form

1- New York is________________(exciting) city in the world


2- Those boys are bad, but Larry is________________(bad)
3- He is ________________(clever) thief of all
4- Who is_________________(rich) woman on earth?
5- Mount Everest is _________________(high) mountain in the world
6- The salt is___________________(cheap) thing
7- Youre my_________________(good) friend
8- Mary is______________________(intelligent) girl in the class
9- Peter is_______________________(lucky) boy in the school

Write the comparative or superlative form

1- This computer is_______________(new) than your computer


2- Lisa is_______________(old) than her brother
3- Your car is_______________(expensive) than Johns car
4- His car is_________________(fast) in the race
5- This is ______________________(interesting) book in the library
6- What is_______________________(dangerous) animal in the world?
7- This house is____________________(big) than my house
8- Snails are ___________________(slow) animals
9- This is ______________________(good) book Ive got
10- Summer is__________________(dry) time of the year
11- He is_______________________(boring) player on the team
12- This is_______________________(long) river in Australia
13- Thats _______________________(difficult) exam of all
14- the room at the back is__________________(quiet)
15- This road is______________________(wide) in the country
16- Anne is ______________________(bad) student in the class
17- A comic book is__________________(funny) than a history book

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