2V: Comperative and superlative adjectives

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Comparative and superlative adjectives

Today's goals

- I can use all forms of comparative and superlative adjectives to make comparisons

Comparative and Superlatives

- A Comparative Adjective is a word that describes a noun by comparing it to another noun. Comparative adjectives typically end in ‘er’ and are followed by the word ‘than’.

-A Superlative Adjective is a word that describes a noun by comparing it to two or more nouns to the highest or lowest degree. Superlative adjectives typically end in ‘est’ and are preceded by the word ‘the’.

- You use as + adjective + as to make negative comparisons

Ex.: Romeo is not as pretty as Juliet = Juliet is prettier than Romeo

Short adjectives (1 syllable)

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Tall	Taller (than)	(the)Tallest
Fat	Fatter ( than)	(the)Fattest
Big	Bigger (than)	(the)Biggest
Sad	Sadder (than)	(the)Saddest

Short adjectives (2 syllables)

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Happy	Happier (than)	the happiest
Simple	Simpler	the simplest
Busy	Busier	the busiest
Tilted (don't know?)	more tilted	the most tilted
Tangled	more tangled	the most tangled

Long adjectives (3 syllables)

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Important	more important	(the)most important
Expensive	more expensive	(the)most expensive
Beautiful	more beautiful	(the)most beautiful

Irregular comp. and superlatives

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Good	Better	the best
Bad	worse	the worst
Little	less	the least
Much	more	the most
Far	further(farther)	the furthest( farthest)

My brother has a (tidy)...... room than me.

Australia is (big).... than England.

I'm (good).....now than yesterday.

She's got (little).....money than you, but she doesn't care.

He thinks Chinese is (difficult).....language in the world

Valencia played (bad).....than Real Madrid yesterday.

Cats are not (intelligent) as dogs.

Show me (good)....restaurant downtown.

(hot)......desert of all is the Sahara and it's in Africa.

Who is (talkative).....person in your family?

A rock is ..... than a leaf. (heavy)

This armchair is....than the old one. (comfortable)

This is the .... film I have ever seen. (exciting)

Tim is .....than Peter. (talented)

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