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The Comparative
And
Superlative Of
Adjectives

2. What is an adjective

3. There are two types of
adjectives
Regular adjectives
Irregular adjectives

4. Regular adjectives are divided into
two groups
Short
adjectives
Contain
One syllable
Long
adjectives
Contain two or
more
syllables

5. What is a syllable
A syllable is the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)
that is created when pronouncing a word.
The number of times that you hear the sound of
a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) is equal to the number of
syllables the word has.

6. big
fast
One syllable
One syllable
One vowel sound /i/
One vowel sound /æ/
modern
/Ↄ/
/ə /
Two syllables
happy
/æ/
/i/
Two syllables
important horrible
/Ↄ/ /ə / /Ↄ/ /ə / /ə /
/i/
Three
syllables
Three

7. Making
Comparisonsof
There are two forms
comparisons
The
comparative
The
superlative

8. There are three forms of
the comparative
The
The
The
comparativ comparativ comparative
of
e of
e of
superiority
inferiority
equality
Less….. than
as………
as
...er
than
more …
than

9. The Comparative of Superiority
Is used to compare between two
items: people, animals, places or
objects to say that one item has a
LARGER amount of quality than the
other

10. The
Comparativ
e of Short
Adjectives

11. For 1-syllable
adjectives,
JUST add “er” to the
Joe
Tom
end. oe is a smart
J
boy.
BUT
Tom is smarter
than Joe.

12. Adjective
Comparative
Clean
Cleaner
New
Newer
Cheap
Cheaper
Tall
Taller

13. If the 1-syllable adjective ends with
the letter “e,”
JUST add “r” to the end.
Examples: nice------ nicer / wise----wiser
Algeria is
larger than
Egypt.

14. If the 1-syllable adjective
has a C-V-C pattern,
consonant vowel consonant
Double the consonant
and add
“er.”
July is hotter than
June.

15. For adjectives with two
syllables, ending in – y, DROP
the “y” and add “ier.”
pretty--Who is
prettier
prettier
Aishwaria
Rai or
Katrina

16. Adjective
Comparative
Happy
Happier
Funny
Funnier
Dirty
Dirtier
Healthy
Healthier

17. The
Comparative of
Long
Adjectives

18. For adjectives that are 2 or more
syllables,
use “ more ” + the adjective to make
the comparative form.
Example: Adjective--comfortable
How many syllables m (p)fə(rtək ə that it
ə
contain? 1 b2 l 3 4
Travelling by plane is more
comfortable than travelling by

19. Adjective
Comparative
Valauble
more valuable
Beautiful
more beautiful
Expensive
more expensive
Active
more active
Famous
more famous

20. The
Comparative of
Irregular
Adjectives

21. Irregular
Comparatives
Good is an irregular adjective. In
the comparative form, it changes
into BETTER
Sarah’s
grades are
better than
Mark’s

22. Adjectives
Comparatives
Good
Bad
Far
Old
Much
Better
Worse
Farther / further
Older/ elder
More
( uncountable
nouns)
Many
More (countable
nouns)

24. The
Superlative of
Adjectives

25. The superlative is used to compare one
item to more than two items: (people,
animals, places or objects) to say that one
item has the largest amount of quality than
all the other items.

26. The
Superlative of
Short
Adjectives

27. For a one-syllable word, add the suffix –est to the
word
Long-the longest / Sweet- the sweetest
Cool- the coolest / Rich- the richest
Smart- the smartest
Often times it is necessary to double
the final consonant.
Big – the biggest
Hot- the hottest
Fat- the fattest

28. If the one syllable word ends with an “e”
you only need to add an Fine- the finest
Nice- the nicest
Simple- the simplest
st .
If a two-syllable word ends with a “y”
then change the “y” into “i” and add
-est.
Funny- the funniest
Happy-the happiest

29. The
Superlative of
Long
Adjectives

30. Words that contain two or three syllables are
preceded by the word most
Beautiful- the most beautiful
Famous- the most famous
Dangerous- the most dangerous
The peacock is the most beautiful
bird in the world.

31. The Superlative
of Irregular
Adjectives

32. Messi is
Ronaldo is
better
better
than them
than
all.
Ribery.
He is the
best.
Ribery is a
good
footballer.

33. There are some adjectives that
have irregular forms meaning that
the superlative can’t be formed by
adding the suffix -est or by using
the word most .
Good----------- the best
Bad----------------the worst
Far-----the farthest / the furthest
Old-----the oldest / the eldest