Comparative / superlative

1. Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
To compare people ,things, animals , we
use the comparative:
Claudia is older than Paul
To describe the extreme quality of one thing
in a group of things, we use a superlative.
Claudia is the oldest from the class.
To express the highest degree of a quality.

2. quiet → the quietest/most quiet
clever → the cleverest/most clever
narrow → the narrowest/most
narrow
simple → the simplest/most simple

3. Happiness is more important than money
Paul is taller than Peter

4. tall
Justine is taller than Paris

5. important
Family is more important than money

6. The superlative
Using – Est and Most
a) Comparative:
My brother is older than me.
b) Superlative:
Grandpa is the oldest of all.

7. Using More with noun
A rugby player gets more injuries than a tennis player

8. Using More with noun
More with nouns
Additional
Than not necessary

9. Making Comparasions with
AS…..AS

10. Making Comparasions with
Making Comparisons with AS….AS
AS…..AS
Paul is not as old as Sandra

12. heavy
A horse is heavier than a dog.
An elephant is the heaviest of all.

13. Comparative:
Jamie works more quickly than Pat.
Superlative:
Ben works the most quickly of all

16. What's Chicago like?
1 You are asking Todd about Chicago.
Complete the
questions with is or are and the
correct words from the
box.

17. Read the second part of the conversation with Todd. He compares the places he visited last year.
Can you complete any of the sentences?