one syllable + -er + -est

tall taller tallest

one syllable with the spelling consonant + single vowel +

consonant: double the final consonant:
fat fatter fattest
big bigger biggest
sad sadder saddest

two syllables + -er + -est

ending in: -y, -ly,

happy happier/ more happy happiest/ most happy

Note: Adjectives ending in '-y' like happy, pretty, busy, sunny, lucky
etc:. replace the -y with -ier or -iest in the comparative and superlative
form
busy busier busiest
three syllables or more + adj most + adj
more
important more important most important
expensive more expensive most expensive

IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

These adjectives have completely irregular comparative and superlative forms:

Adjective Comparative Superlative

good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
much more most
far further / farther furthest / farthest
Comparison Practice

Sweden is _____________colder than_______________ (cold) Saudi Arabia.

An elephant is _______stroger than __________________(strong) a giraffe
Math is ______________easier than_________________ (easy) Writing.
My brother runs _________faster than________________(fast) my sister
My father is __________________older than________ (old) my mother.
Pepper is _____________hotter than________________ (hot) salt.
The French teacher is ________better than___________(good) the German teacher
A computer is __________________more ecpensive_______ (expensive) a typewriter.
Hail is _________________________worse than______ (bad) rain.
My city is _____________________more beutiful________ (beautiful) city of all.
I’m ______________________better in_________ (good) in math than_____ my sister.

Complete with the superlative

The whale is _______the biggest__________ (big) animal in the sea.

I’m _____________the best___________ (good) student in my class.
My friend is _______the pritties__________ ( pretty) girl in this school.
Andy is ______________the oldest _______( old) member of the family.
My dad bought the _______most _expensive____________ (expensive) car.
My brother and I, we all have cars. But mine is _____the most
economic____________________(economic)
Bill gates is one of ______the richest____________ (rich) man in the world.
I think that Michael Jackson isn’t ___the best_____________________ (good) singer.
Steve is _____________________the worst _________(bad) liar I know.
Mary is ___________________the fattest_______________(fat) person I've ever seen.
Of all the students in the class, Max is ______the thinest___________________(thin).
Mary's house is _________________the tallest __________ (tall) of all the houses on the
block.
Mont Everest is ___________________the highest____________( high) mountain in the
world.
This is the ______________________the sadest________(sad) film I’ve ever seen.

Compare the animals. How many sentences can you make? The words in the case can help
you. tall – heavy – dangerous – quick – pretty – thin – long – elegant – colourful – fierce
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Fill in the blanks with comparative or superlative

1.The flat where I am living now isn’t ________large than_______________(large) the flat I had
in Rio. The bed-rooms are_________smaller than___________(small) the ones in the other flat.
The living-room is ________biger than____________ (big) the one in the other flat, but the
kitchen is _________darker than________
(dark) the other kitchen. The bathroom is _____clearer than__________ (clear) the one in the
other flat. But I like my flat in São Paulo very much, because it is in a _______better
than____________(good) district in town.

2.Mr. Paul Stevens has 4 children. Their names are Gregory, Nicholas, Glenda and Candice.
Gregory is_______the oldest ____________(old) of the four, but Nicholas is
_______________________ (tall) Gregory. Candice is ______________the
youngest_______(young) of the four, and Glenda is ______________petter than________
(pretty) Candice. Gregory is __________more organized than______________ (organized)
Nicholas. Nicholas and Gregory play football very well, but Nicholas is
_____________better than_________(good) Gregory, because he is __________faster than
______ (fast) Gregory. Glenda is ______the funnies ______________________ (funny)
of the four and her marks are _______the worst________(bad). Anyway, I think they are
___________nicest than__________ (nice) family in the city

3.Carol thinks Math’s is _________easiest than________ (easy) Portuguese, and she considers
English _____________the best________(good) subject at school. She also thinks that History is
_____________more important__________________ (important) Geography, and, for her,
____the worst_______ (bad) subject is Sciences. She believes that History isn't ________more
important________________ (important) Art History because it is a general knowledge subject.
Carol’s marks in Math’s are _____________better than________(good) her marks in English.
Her ________________worse____ (good) mark is in History and she
has___________best___________(bad) marks in Sciences. She thinks Sciences is
_________most difficult_______________(difficult) subject at school.

4. Women think that ___the worst________________(bad) of the house chores is washing. There
are women that consider ironing _______is more difficult than_________________(difficult)
cleaning, but my wife believes ironing isn’t ______more boring than__________________(boring)
cleaning. Dusting is _ ____easier than_____________________(easy) polishing, and cooking is
really _____nicer than_________ (nice) gardening. Watering plants is also _____funnier
than_______________ (funny) darning. In fact, women think that sewing is ________more
relaxing than____________________ (relaxing) knitting. Many women believe that setting tables is
not _____more tiring________(tiring) making beds. Some women also think that serving tables
is ___harder than_______(hard) preparing meals. For the women, in general ______the
best__________________ (good) thing about house-chores is seeing the house tidy and
organized.

5.England, Italy and France are nice countries. Italy is ___prettier than_______________
(pretty)England, and France is __the most lovely_________ (lovely) of the three. Italian
people are considered to be _nicer than____ (nice) French, but they aren’t ____more
tradicional than__________ (traditional) the English people. The French cuisine is __better
than____ (good) the Italian food, and the English cuisine is considered to be _______the
worst______ (bad) of the three. Going shopping in London is a must. The shops there are
____bigger than_____ (big) the ones in Paris and Rome, and the clothes are ____cheaper than
______ (cheap) the others.

6.What do you prefer - reading a book or watching a film based on a book? Some people think the
book is always ____better than_____ (good) the film, because the book has got more details.
Some people think books aren’t ____more attractive than _______ (attractive) films,
because you can’t see the characters and they aren’t ________more colorful______ (colorful). I
think watching a film is ___nicer_____(nice) because you go out of home, see people and have a
good time.