Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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Comparative

 

We use comparative adjectives with than to compare one person or thing with another.

Short adjectives have one or two syllables. Loud has one syllable. Pretty has two syllables. We add “er” to the adjective.

Examples: Loud-----louder     Pretty------prettier

Long adjectives don’t change the ending of the adjective. We put more before the adjective.

Examples: This book is more interesting than that book.

The opposite of more is less. We use less in the same way as more.

Ex: This book is less interesting than this book.

 Superlative

 

We use superlative adjectives to compare a person or thing with a group of other people or things.

We write “the” before the adjective and we add “est” to the adjective.

Ex: The loudest     The prettiest    The tallest    The Shortest

Long adjectives: We add “the most” before the adjective.

Example: This book is the most interesting.

The opposite of the most is the least.

Example: The least beautiful.

ADJECTIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Good/Well	Better	The best
Bad	Worse	The worst
Much	More	The most
Far	The further	The furthest
Little	Less	The least

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http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/tests/superlativecomparative.html