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