1. COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLAIRE WALLIS

2. COMPARATIVES WE USE COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES TO COMPARE TO PEOPLE OR OBJECTS. JOHN IS TALLER THAN JIM. THIS BOOK IS MORE INTERESTING THAN THAT ONE.

3. COMPARATIVES 1 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES + ER TALL – TALLER SMALL – SMALLER NICE – NICER DOUBLE CONSONANTS THIN – THINNER FAT - FATTER

4. COMPARATIVES 2 SYLLABLES WITH Y + IER HEAVY – HEAVIER TASTY –TASTIER TINY – TINIER CRAZY - CRAZIER

5. COMPARATIVES 2/3/4 OR MORE SYLLABLES + MORE COMFORTABLE – MORE COMFORTABLE DANGEROUS – MORE DANGEROUS INTERESTING – MORE INTERESTING

6. COMPARATIVES IRREGULAR GOOD – BETTER BAD – WORSE FAR - FURTHER

7. COMPARATIVES IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE TO USE THAN AFTER THE COMPARATIVE. JOHN IS TALLER THAN JIM. LONDON IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN CAGLIARI. ITALIAN IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN ENGLISH.

8. SUPERLATIVES WE USE SUPERLATIVES TO COMPARE ONE THING OR PERSON TO A GROUP. JOHN IS THE TALLEST IN THE CLASS. THIS IS THE MOST INTERESTING BOOK I HAVE EVER READ.

9. SUPERLATIVES ADJECTIVECOMPARATIVESUPERLATIVE TALLTALLER THANTHE TALLEST HEAVYHEAVIER THANTHE HEAVIEST DANGEROUSMORE DANGEROUS THAN THE MOST DANGEROUS GOOD BAD FAR BETTER THAN WORSE THAN FURTHER THAN THE BEST THE WORST THE FURTHEST

10. SUPERLATIVES IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE TO USE THE BEFORE THE SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE. JOHN IS THE TALLEST IN THE CLASS. THIS BOOK IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER READ.

11. EXTRA OTHER STRUCTURES When we can use more it is also possible to use less. This film is more interesting than the book. This film is less interesting than the book.

12. EXTRA OTHER STRUCTURES We can also make negative and neutral comparatives. + John is taller than Jim. -Jim isn’t as tall as John. N Jim is as tall as John.

13. EXTRA OTHER STRUCTURES To make the negative we use the negative of the verb to be + as + adjective + as Jim ISN’T AS TALL AS John.

14. EXTRA OTHER STRUCTURES In the superlative we can use the least when we can use the most. This is the most interesting film I have ever seen. This is the least interesting film I have ever seen.