Comparatives:
We use comparative adjectives and adverbs to compare things or people that are different and separate from each other. This computer is better than those computer. Here there are some rules:
- With short adjectives, we add er (slow - slower; young - younger)
- With short adjectives ending in a vowel and a consonant (not W), we double the consonant and add er (big - bigger; fat -fatter)
- With short adjectives ending in -Y, we change the Y to ier (pretty - prettier; happy - happier)
- With longer adjectives we write more or less before the adjective (dangerous - more dangerous; beautiful - less beautiful)
- We often use than with comparatives adjectives (Dogs are friendlier than cats)
- To compare two or more thing that are similar or the same, we can use as + adjective/adverb + as (Paul dis as well as Carol and Angela in the test). We can also use the negative form of this: not as + adjective/adverb + as (My story isn't as funny as yours)
Superlatives:
We use superlative adjectives and adverbs to compare one member of a group with the whole group. This is the best computer in the shop. Here there are some rules:
- With short adjectives, we add est (slow - slowest; young - youngest)
- With short adjectives ending in a vowel and a consonant (not W), we double the consonant and add est (big - biggest; fat - fattest)
- With short adjectives ending in -Y, we change the Y to iest (pretty - prettiest; happy - happiest)
- With longer adjectives we write most or least before the adjective (dangerous - most dangerous; beautiful - least beautiful)
- We often use the with the superlative (Carolina is the most intelligent student in the class)