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COMPARATIVES
Martin
Carlos
Carlos is shorter than Martin.
Martin is taller than Carlos.

Elena Diana

Elena’s hair is longer than Diana’s.

Diana has shorter hair than Elena.
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Kate
Bob Bob is shorter than Kate.
Bob is shorter than her.

Kate is taller than Bob.

Kate is taller than him.

Vegetables are better than junk food.

Vegetables are better than it.
Junk food is worse than vegetables.
Junk food is worse than them.
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Pedro
Martin
Carlos

Carlos is shorter than his two brothers.

Martin is taller than Carlos, but he is shorter than Pedro.
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smaller
bigger
smaller
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Pedro
Martin
Carlos

shortest

tallest
Carlos is the shortest (man) of all.
Pedro is the tallest (man) in the group.
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1 rich richest
2 rude rudest
3
thin thinnest
c+v+c
Except final “x”, “w” and “y”
lax laxest
new newest
coy coyest
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4 hea·vy heaviest
co·sy cosiest
u·gly ugliest

5 mo·dern most modern

ex·pen·sive most expensive
ad·ven·tu·rous most adventurous
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6 good best
bad worst
many most
much most
a lot of most
little least
far farthest / furthest
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smallest
biggest
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beautiful dirty cold high

wet hot cheap good
bad dry hungry thin
sad difficult noisy low
shy far little many
much fast slow interesting
modern new old heavy
happy nice easy sociable
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Carla
Bob

Mario
Carla is the tallest in the group.
Carla is the tallest of (them) all.
Carla is the tallest of the three.
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Carla
Bob

Mario

Carla is the tallest person in the group.

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Carla Bob

Mario

Mario is the shortest student in the classroom.

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Robert De Niro is ONE OF THE best actors of all time.

one of the
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The Godfather is ONE OF THE best movies of all time.

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Machu Picchu is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

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the richest person in the world.

Bill Gates is

Mark Zuckerberg is one of the richest people in the world.

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Laura is the shortest person in the group.

Laura is the shortest person of the three / of (them) all
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Julio is Carla’s best friend.

Julio is her best friend.

Gran Torino is one of my most favorite movies.

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bigger biggest

small smaller

tallest

shorter
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bright brighter

far farther

happy happier

Further information:
https://www.adducation.info/earth-general-knowledge/geographical-records-and-
superlatives/
http://list25.com/25-amazing-animal-superlatives-that-you-wont-believe-exist/
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age 12 7 14 9
weight 40kg 28kg 45kg 30kg
height 1.60m 1.25m 1.60m 1.35m

sociable + ++ ++ +++
rude + ++ +++ +
good at
sports + +++ ++ ++ +
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