COMPARATIVE
AND SUPERLATIVE (ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES)
EQUAL AS + ADJ / ADV + AS
John is as
intelligent as Mary
John eats as
impulsively as Mary
INFERIOR LESS + ADJ / ADV + THAN
John is less intelligent than
Mary
John
eats less impulsively than Mary
SUPERIOR MORE + ADJ / ADV + THAN (more than 2 syllables)
John is more intelligent than Mary
John eats more
impulsively than Mary
John is taller than Mary
John works harder
than Mary
SUPERLATIVE THE MOST + ADJ / ADV(more than 2 syllables)
John is the most intelligent
boy
John works the most
impulsively of all
THE (ADJ / ADV + EST) (only one syllable)
John is the tallest boy
John works the
hardest of all
* TWO SYLLABLES:
a) --
--y ier / iest
pretty: prettier
than / the prettiest girl
b) --
--other more than / the most
rapid: more rapid than / the
most rapid car
c) -- --ly
ADJ (as 1
syllable) ugly: uglier than /
the ugliest cat
ADV (as 3 syllables) quickly: more
quickly than / the most quickly
IRREGULARS:
ADJ / ADV SUPERIOR SUPERLATIVE
good / well better the best
bad
/ badly worse the worst
many
/ much more the most
few
/little less the least
old
(adjective) older the oldest (things)elder the eldest (people)
far (adverb) farther the farthest (distance)
further the furthest (general)
REDUPLICATION OF LAST
CONSONANT:
C + ú + C --- c
DOUBLE COMPARATIVE:
a) Continuous change: Peter was getting
more and more nervous
b) Two changes happening together: the
more I read, the less I know
OTHERS:
c) SIMILAR TO
d) DIFFERENT FROM
