M. Martín Abeleira.

When we compare two things or people we look at what makes them different from each other. TALL / SHORT The woman is shorter than the man. The man is taller than the woman.

FASTSLOW The red car is faster than the white car. The white car is slower than the red car. This car is the slowest.

The black dog is much bigger than the white dog.

Adjectives with one or two syllables add –er at the end of the word. TALL TALLER YOUNG YOUNGER SHORT SHORTER OLD OLDER STRONG STRONGER HIGH HIGHER I’m older than you

If the adjective has one syllable and ends in only one consonant preceded by only one vowel, we double the consonant. Big bigger Fat fatter Wet wetter Elephants are bigger than lions. Hippos are fatter than snakes. Fall is wetter than summer.

Adjectives ending in y preceded by a consonant, change y for i and add -er Crazy crazier Lazy lazier Happy happier Sheila is crazier than Paula. Carlos is lazier than me. You are happier than your brother.

Adjectives with more than two syllables write the word more before the adjective. Attractive more attractive Intelligent more intelligent Dangerous more dangerous Your sister is more attractive than that girl. Pablo is more intelligent than me. Driving is more dangerous than walking.

There are some irregular adjectives Good better Bad worse Little less Much/many more My father’s car is better than yours. Their house is worse than ours.

THAN Is always used after the comparative.

COMPARE:

SAM MR. SMITH

JACKPAUL

IVAN SIMON

LAURA MRS. TURNER-

THE SUPERLATIVE The superlative of an adjective or adverb is the greatest form of adjective or adverb which indicates that something has some feature to a greater degree than anything it is being compared to.adjectiveadverb Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

Adjectives with one or two syllables add –est at the end of the word. TALL TALLEST YOUNG YOUNGEST SHORT SHORTEST OLD OLDEST STRONG STRONGEST HIGH HIGHEST I’m the oldest in my class.

If the adjective has one syllable and ends in only one consonant preceded by only one vowel, we double the consonant. Big biggest Fat fattest Wet wettest Elephants are the biggest animals. Hippos are the fattest animals. Fall is the wettest season.

Adjectives ending in y preceded by a consonant, change y for i and add -est Crazy craziest Lazy laziest Happy happiest Sheila is the craziest girl in class. Carlos is the laziest boy I know. You are the happiest girl in the world.

Adjectives with more than two syllables write the word most before the adjective. Attractive most attractive Intelligent most intelligent Dangerous most dangerous Your sister is the most attractive girl I’ve ever seen. Pablo is the most intelligent boy in the world. Driving is the most dangerous activity.

There are some irregular adjectives Good best Bad worst Little least Much/many most My father’s car is the best car. Their house is the worst house in town.

THE Is always used before the superlative adjective

AFIRMATIVE: AS + adjective + AS This book is as interesting as that magazine. Buenos Aires is as expensive as Tokyo NEGATIVE : NOT AS + adjective + AS This flat is not as big as that house. Paris is not as expensive as Tokyo Difference can also be shown:

INFERIORITY: We use less before the adjective: My watch is less expensive than yours. Your neighbour is less intelligent than than you. The superlative is formed using the least before the adjective. La Rioja is the least expensive province in Spain

COMPARE:

Forming the comparative FORMRULEFOR EXAMPLE Words of one syllable ending in 'e'.Add -r to the end of the word. wide - wider Words of one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end. Double the consonant and add -er to the end of the word. big - bigger Words of one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end. Add - er to the end of the word.high - higher Words of two syllables, ending in 'y'. Change 'y' to 'i', and add -er to the end of the word. happy - happier Words of two syllables or more, not ending in 'y'. Place 'more' before the adjective.beautiful - more beautiful