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Monosyllabicadjectives

Positive, comparative andsuperlative .

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• Word endings change if -er or -est are addedaccording to the rules already known by the vadding -ed in the past tense

Grammatical constructions used for comparadjectives

 !here are three forms of comparisonpositivecomparativesuperlative

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• "l comparativo se usa en ingl#s para comparar diferelos dos objetos a los $ue modi%ca. &e emplea en oracdonde comparamos dos nombres, de la manera siguie

• Nombre (sujeto) + verbo + adjetivo en grado co+ than + nombre (objeto).

• "l superlativo se emplea para describir un objeto $ue

encuentra en el e'tremo superior o inferior de una cuutili(a en oraciones en las $ue comparamos un sujetogrupo de objetos, como a$u)

• Nombre (sujeto) + verbo + the + adjetivo en grasuperlativo + nombre (objeto).

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 *. +omparison with -er-est"'ample clean cleaner the/ cleanest

We use -er-est with the following adjectives

*.*. 0djectives with one syllable

positive comparative superlativeclean cleaner cleanestnew newer newestcheap cheaper cheapest

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• *.1. 0djectives with two syllables and the following end

• *.1.*. 0djectives with two syllables, ending in -y

positive comparative superlative

dirty dirtier dirtiest

easy easier easiest

happy happier happiest

pretty prettier prettiest

• *.1.1. 0djectives with two syllables, ending in -er

positive comparative superlative

clever cleverer cleverest

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• *.1.2. 0djectives with two syllables, ending in -le

positive comparative superlative

simple simpler simplest

• *.1.3. 0djectives with two syllables, ending in -ow

positive comparative superlative

narrow narrower narrowest

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• *.2. &pelling of the adjectives using the endings -er-es

positive comparative superlative comment

large largerlargest leave out the silent -e

big bigger biggest 4ouble the consonant after shor

sad sadder saddest

dirty dirtier dirtiest +hange -y to -i consonant befo

shy shyer shyest 5ere -y is not changed to -i.

  although consonant before -y/

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"nding +hange "'ample "'ceptions

-y -ier -iest happierhappiestbut not if the -yfollows a vowelgrey- greyer-greyest

last consonant ofmonosyllabicadjectives is doubledafter short vowels

gg, nn,ttbiggerbiggestthinnerthinnesthothotterhottest

but not if theadjective ends in adouble vowel thick -thicker, thickest

%nal mute -edisappears -er, -est riperripest

0n -r that isinaudible in thepositive sounds inthe comparative andsuperlative

-rer-rest nearernearest

 !he sound >g? isadded after

-nger-ngeststrongerstrongestlongerlongest

 

&yllabic -le becomes

non-syllabic

-ler-lest simplersimplest

• Rules

Word endings change if -er  or -est are added

according to the rules already known by the

verbs adding -ed in the past tense:

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positive comparative superlative

good better best

well better best

bad worse worst

ill worse worst

evil worse worstfar farther farthest

  further furthest

near nearer nearest

  ne't

much

many

more most

little less

lesser - out of two/least

  smaller smallest

late later latest

  latter last

old older oldest  elder eldest

• Irregular adjective forms: 

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• Monosyllabic words list

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