1. Comparatives & superlatives (Long adjectives)
Primary Longman Elect
4A Chapter 3
Comparatives & superlatives (Long adjectives)

2. Comparatives: Long adjectives
Use more before long adjectives to make the comparative form.
badminton
Chinese checkers
         
   
Badminton is more popular than Chinese checkers.

3. Comparatives: Long adjectives
Use the word more to make the comparative form.
Long adjectives Examples
Candy is more polite than Maggie.
Jacky is more helpful than Tom.
Most two-syllable adjectives which do not end in -y
Oranges are more delicious than apples.
Potato chips are more popular than sour plums.
All adjectives of three syllables or more

4. Comparatives: Long adjectives
more helpful
e.g. helpful 
1 polite 
2 cheerful 
3 delicious 
4 popular 
5 expensive 
6 interesting 
more polite
more cheerful
more delicious
more popular
more expensive
more interesting

5. comparative (more + adjective)
Key structure
Comparatives: Long adjectives
Dancing is
more
interesting
than
hiking.
Carol’s dog
beautiful
Sue’s.
Apples
are
popular
oranges.
Hot dogs
delicious
sandwiches.
verb
comparative (more + adjective)
than

6. Superlatives: Long adjectives
Use the + most before long adjectives to make the superlative form.
lemon sweets
peanuts
cookies
$ $ $50
The peanuts are more expensive than the lemon sweets.
The cookies are the most expensive snack.

7. Superlatives: Long adjectives
the most helpful
e.g. helpful 
1 polite 
2 cheerful 
3 delicious 
4 popular 
5 expensive 
6 interesting 
the most polite
the most cheerful
the most delicous
the most popular
the most expensive
the most interesting

8. superlative (the most + adjective)
Key structure
Superlatives: Long adjectives
Cycling is
the
most
popular
sport.
Carol’s dog
beautiful
dog.
Apples
are
fruit.
Hot dogs
delicious
food.
the
superlative (the most + adjective)
noun

9. Practice delicious Coconut juice is more delicious than lemon juice.
Apple juice is the most delicious drink.

10. Practice expensive The coconut is more expensive than the mango.
melon
coconut
mango
$ $ $30
expensive
The coconut is more expensive than the mango.
The melon is the most expensive fruit.

11. Practice Sports we like                     
ice-skating        
cycling         
swimming
popular
Cycling is more popular than ice-skating.
Swimming is the most popular sport.

12. Practice island  beach  garden  beautiful
The island is more beautiful than the beach.
The garden is the most beautiful place.

13. The End