COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

1. COMPARATIVE (MORE)
ADJETIVO DE UNA SÍLABA + ER + THAN
BIG + ER + THAN =BIGGER THAN (GRANDE)
ADJETIVOS DE DOS SILABAS ACABADOS EN –OW +ER + THAN
NARROW + ER = NARROWER THAN (ESTRECHO)
ADJETIVOS DE DOS SÍLABAS ACABADOS EN -Y + ER + THAN
PRETTY + ER + THAN = PRETTIER THAN (BONITA)

2. SUPERLATIVE (MOST)
THE + ADJETIVOS DOS O MÁS SILABAS + EST
THE + CHEAP + EST = THE CHEAPES (BARATO)
THE + HAPPY + EST = THE HAPPIEST (FELIZ)
THE MOST + ADJETIVO POLISILABO
THE MOST + SOCIABLE = THE MOST SOCIABLE (SOCIABLE)

3. IRREGULAR FORMS
GOOD – BETTER – BEST OLD – ELDER – ELDEST MANY – MORE – MOST
MUCH – MORE – MOST BAD – WORSE - WORST
LITTLE – LESS – LEAST FAR – FARTHER/FURTHER – FARTHEST/FURTHEST

EXERCICES
1. COMPLETE:
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
Deep
Drier
The highest
Incredible
Long
Wider
Little
Amazing
Hottest
Rich
Prettier
The nicest
The best
Cold
Smaller
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2. Complete with comparative adjectives.

Big Hot Cold Sunny High

a. China is……………………. than Spain.

b. Tourists come to Spain because it is…………………….
c. In summertime, the prices are.........................and the weather is…………………….
d. In autumn the weather is…………………….than summer.

3. Complete with superlative adjectives.

a. Biking is the……….……………………….. (dangerous) activity.
b. Chess is one of the ……………………….. (cheap) hobbies.
c. She finds do aerobic the……………………………………..(interesting) sport.
d. Playing team sports is the ……………………………………(sociable) free-time activity.
e. That rose is the ………………………………………………..(beautiful) flower in the garden.

4. Write five superlative adjectives and five comparative adjectives.

a. a.
b. b.
c. c.
d. d.

VOCABULARY (ADJECTIVES)

 Able Bad Best Better

 Big Black Clear Different
 Early Easy Economic Free
 Full Good Great Hard
 High Human Important International
 Large Little Long Low
 New old political public
 Real small sociable special
 Strong Sure True white
 Young Hot Cheap Expensive
 Rich Nice Enormous elegant
 Extravagant Aggressive happy diplomatic
 Decent efficient adolescent coherent
 Competent innocent intelligent obedient
 Violent dense generous productive
 Curious serious sad dark
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