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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES. One syllable adjectives generally form the comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding -est , e.g.:. SPELLING RULES.

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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

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  1. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

  2. One syllable adjectives generally form the comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding -est, e.g.:

  3. SPELLING RULES • Note that if a one syllable adjective ends in CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant), the last consonant is doubled, e.g.: thin → thinner, big → biggest. • If an adjective ends in -e, this is removed when adding -er/-est, e.g.: wide → wider/widest. • If an adjective ends in a consonant followed by -y, -y is replaced by -i when adding -er/-est, e.g.: dry → drier/driest.

  4. TWO SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES • two syllable adjectives which end in –y, -ow, -le, -er usually add –er/-est,

  5. TWO SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES • Other two syllable adjectives always form the comparative with more and the superlative with the most, e.g.:

  6. THREE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES • Adjectives which have three or more syllables always form the comparative and superlative with MORE and THE MOST, e.g.: • But: unhappy – unhappier – the unhappiest

  7. IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

  8. USE OF COMPARATIVES • Comparatives are very commonly followed by than and a pronoun or noun group, e.g.: • John is taller than me • I think that she’s more intelligent than her sister.

  9. THE OPPOSITES OF COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVES • We use the forms less (the opposite of more), and the least (the opposite of the most). • This sofa is less comfortable. • I’ve always been less patient than my sister. • It’s the least expensive way to travel. • She was the least intelligent of the three sisters.

  10. To say that something has as much of a quality as something else, we use as+ adjective + as Travelling by plane is as expensive as taking the AVE.

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