Comparative Adjectives

When you compare two people or things you have to add –ER to the adjective ONLY IF IT IS A ONE SYLLABLE
ADJECTIVE
Strong  StrongER Weak  WeakER
Tall  TallER Short  ShortER
Long  LongER
Pretty  PrettiER Ugly  UgliER
Sad  SaddER Happy  HappiER
Fast  FastER Slow  SlowER
Slim  SlimmER Fat  FattER
Brave  BravER Shy  ShiER
Old OldER New  NewER

When the adjectives have TWO SYLLABLES OR MORE you have to use MORE to make the comparison.

Beautiful  MORE Beautiful Charming  MORE Charming

Cheerful  MORE Cheerful Comfortable  MORE Comfortable
Delicious  MORE Delicious Expensive  MORE Expensive
Famous  MORE Famous Fortunate  MORE Fortunate
Intelligent  MORE Intelligent Powerful  MORE Powerful Expensive

Note: It is important to remember that to make the comparison

you have to use the word THAN

My sister is SHORTER THAN me MORE EXPENSIVE

My bed is MORE COMFORABLE THAN yours
Compare:
* Ann is ___________ (happy) than her sister. * My hair is ______________ (long) than my sister’s hair.
* John is ____________ (thin) than Bob. * Our ice-cream is ________________ (delicious) than this one.
* Steve is _____________ (tall) today than he was yesterday.
* Mary’s car is ____________ (large) than Mark’s car.
* A car is __________________ (expensive) than a bike.
* My bed is __________________ (comfortable) than yours
* My cousin is ____________ (strong) than my brother.
* A flower is __________________ (beautiful) than a ball.
* I am ___________ (old) than my sister
Note: Some adjectives change entirely in their * Karina is __________________ (good) at sports than
comparative form. Susana
good better
* It is ___________(bad) to be bald than to be hairy
bad worse
* This table is _______________(old) than that chair
much more * Today I will eat __________________(much) potatoes
far farther
than you.
old older

Note:
Some adjectives have only one syllable, end with a consonant and have a single vowel
before the consonant. With this adjectives double the last letter before adding - ER
BIG  BIGGER
Some adjectives have two syllables and end in Y. Change the Y for I and then add –ER
DIRTY  DIRTIER
* Carlos is __________________ (busy) than his boss * I am ___________(pretty) than you
* My dog is _______________(happy) than your cat because I feed twice a day.
* Pigs are __________________(dirty) than rabbits.
 Superlative Adjectives
The superlative form of an adjective is used to compare three or more of them. To create a superlative you have to
add –EST to the adjective.

Clean CleanER CleanEST

Easy EasiER EasiEST
Fat FattER FattEST
Heavy HeaviER HeaviEST
Flat FlattER FlattEST
Hot HottER HottEST
Narrow NarrowER NarrowEST
Noisy NoisiER NoisiEST
Simple SimplER SimplEST
Thin ThinnER ThinnEST Irregular superlatives What’s the best country to visit?
Wet WettER WettEST good-> the best; bad -> the worst What’s the worst problem?

When the adjectives have TWO SYLLABES OR MORE you have to use MOST to make the superlative form.

Beautiful  MOST Beautiful Charming  MOST Charming

Cheerful  MOST Cheerful Comfortable  MOST Comfortable
Delicious  MOST Delicious Expensive  MOST Expensive
Famous  MOST Famous Fortunate  MOST Fortunate
Intelligent  MOST Intelligent Powerful  MOST Powerful

Note: Don’t forget to add THE before the superlative form.

Florencia is THE OLDEST sister. Which country has the most tourism?
This book is THE MOST EXPENSIVE of the store Which stadium has the most seats?

Write the superlative form of each sentence

1) I am _____________________ (tall) in the class.

2) This is _____________________ (expensive) hotel I’ve ever stayed in.
3) This road is ___________________ (narrow) in all of California.
4) New York is one of the ____________________ (busy) cities in the USA.
5) Jack is _____________________ (good) football player on the team.
6) North Pole is _______________________ (cold) place on Earth.
7) My father is _______________________ (generous) person I know.
8) This is _____________________________(easy) way to do it.

Insert the comparative or superlative of the adjective depending on the case.

1) I think John is _____________ (happy) now than he was last year.

2) His _______________ (big) desire is to return home.
3) She is probably ________________ (angry) person I know.
4)Today’s weather is ____________ (bad) than yesterday’s.
5) My brother is ___________ (young) than me.
6) He drove _________ (fast) and __________ (fast) till we told him to stop.
You can find the spelling of comparatives on this dictionary:
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/

Comparative adjective

Superlative adjective