Comparatives and Superlatives

We can compare adjectives, opinions, people  if you want to know what thing is more convenient for you for example, we have two t-shirts one blue and one pink,  and your friend the blue t-shirt is better than the pink t-shirt.

For comparer we use:

The object/subject + to be+ adjective+ than+ the object/su

bject

We use superlatives to choose among many things:

The object/subject+ to be + the + adjective

We have four types of adjectives that we have to modified.

Table 1. Ending “er” and “est”

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Cheap	Cheaper	The Cheapest
Old	Older	The Oldest
Young	Younger	The Youngest
New	Newer	The Newest
Tall	Taller	The tallest
Smart	Smarter	The smartest
short	Shorter	The Shortest
cold	colder	The Coldest

Table 2. If the adjective ends with a vowel + consonant, repeats the consonant

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Big	Bigger	The biggest
Hot	Hotter	Hottest
Thin	Thinner	Thinnest
Wet	Wetter	The wettest

Table 3. If the adjective ends with Y, you add “ier” – “iest”

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Happy	Happier	The happiest
Easy	Easier	The easier
Hungry	Hungrier	The hungriest
Sunny	Sunnier	The sunniest
Funny	Funnier	The funniest

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Good	Better	The best
Bad	Worse	The worst
Far	Further	The furthest
Little	Less	The lest
Funny	Funnier	The funniest

Table 4. Irregulars Adjectives:

TO VERIFY KNOWLEDGE:

So I will give you a number 1,2,3 or 4.  Group of number 1 will explain table 1, group 2 table 2, group 3 table 3 and group 4 table 4.

You have 2 minutes to organize your team then you will explain us the rule and you can give us 3 examples.

Large Adjectives:

The object/subject + to be+MORE+adjective+ than+ the object/subject

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Important	More Important	Most Important
Interesting	More Interesting	Most Interesting
Intelligent	More Intelligent	Most Intelligent
Comfortable	More Comfortable	Most Comfortable