Comparatives and superlatives

We use comparatives to compare 2 things:Emily is tall. Angela is taller.

There are two main types of comparative adjectives:

Short adjectives Long adjectives

1 syllable adjectives :

Tall → tallerLong → longerFast → faster

2 syllable adjectives

ending in –yPretty →prettier Happy → happier

Adjectives with 2 or more

syllables:

Boring → more boring Intelligent → more intelligent

There are some irregular comparativesGood → Better Bad → Worse Pepperoni pizza is better than

vegetable pizza My book is worse than your

book

When we use comparatives we use the conjunction “than”Peter is older than Mary Films are more interesting

than documentaries

We use superlatives to compare 3 or more things:Emily and Angela are tall.

Angela is the tallest.

There are two main types of superlative adjectives:

Short adjectives Long adjectives

1 syllable adjectives :

Tall → tallest Long → longest Fast → fastest

2 syllable adjectives

ending in –yPretty →prettiestHappy → happiest

Adjectives with 2 or more

syllables:

Boring → the most boring Intelligent → the most intelligent

There are some irregular superlativesGood → the best Bad → the worst My mother’s pepperoni pizza is

the best pizza in the world! This is the worst book in the

library!

When we use superlatives we use “the”Mr. Smith is the oldest man in my village

Star Wars is the most interesting film on TV today.