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Comparatives and Superlatives
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DOTA is funnier than Audition!2.
Justin Bieber ismore handsome than
Joe Jonas
3.
Titanic isthe longest
movie I’ve seen.
4.
Mario Galaxy isthe best
videogame I have
played.
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Comparatives and Superlatives arespecial forms of adjectives. They are used
to compare two or more things.
Generally,
comparatives are formed using -er and
superlatives are formed using -est.
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USE OF COMPARATIVESComparatives are used to compare two things. You
can use sentences with “than”, or you can use a
conjunction like “but”.
a) Michael is taller than John.
b) John is tall, but Michael is taller.
Michael
John
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USE OF SUPERLATIVESSuperlatives are used to compare more than two
things. Superlative sentences usually use “the”,
because there is only one superlative.
a) Bryan is the tallest in the class.
b) John is tall, and Michael is taller, but Bryan is the
tallest.
Bryan
Michael
John
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Adjective formComparative
Superlative
-E.
Example:fine
+-(e)r: finer,
+-st: finest
one vowel + one
consonant
Examples: hot, big, fat
2хconsonant, +-er:
hotter, bigger, fatter
2хconsonant, +-est:
hottest, biggest, fattest
-Y.
Examples: happy, silly,
lonely
-y to i, +-er:
happier, sillier, lonelier
-y to i, +-est:
happiest, silliest,
loneliest
Looooooong adjective
Examples: interesting,
beautiful
+“more” :
more interesting, more
beautiful
+“most” :
most interesting, most
beautiful
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Irregular adjectives like good or bad change thespelling:
a) Good
Comparative: better than
Superlative: the best
b) Bad
Comparative: worse than
Superlative: the worst