~ Comparatives - Superlatives

tall taller tallest

long longer long est little le ss least
busy busier bus iest many! much!
more most
happy happier happiest a lot of
more most good better best
beautiful
beautiful beautiful bad worse worst
farther / farthest /
far
further furthest

Form Use
• With one·sy llable and two-syllable • We use the comparative to com pa re two
adjectives, we form the comparative by people, animals, things, places, ete. We can
adding -er, and the superlative by adding use than with the comparative.
-est.
• With adjectives of more than two
syllables, we fo rm the comparative wi th
more, and the superlative with most .
mll
• With some two-syllable adjectives, such as
friendly, clever, narrow, etc we form the
comparative either with -er or with more,
and the supe rl ative either with -est or with A qwr s smaller thon a .Jer.
j

most . the smallest ,1/

If. .J le
or more fr most len 4 • We use the superlative to compare one
person, animal, thing, place, etc with more
Spelling than one person, animal, thing, place etc in
• With one-syllable adjectives ending in -e, the same group.
we add -r in the comparative, and -st in ~hf "rtest 'e
the superlative. • We use the ... of/ in with the superlative.
• With one-syllable adjectives ending in a t le ,.,orJ t 0
vowe l + consonant, we doub le the last We use in with the superlative when we talk
consonant and add -er/ -est. about places.
t If ''7in ;n
• With two-syllable adjectives ending in -y,
we change the -y to i and add -e r/ -est. (NOT: or 'R' world)

Read the examples:

• very + adjective VI ,1/.

• much + comparative form of adjective glroff much taller no
• (not) as + adjective + as 1 a tol/ as 0 I( Ife

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Complete the table. Put the adjectives In brackets Into the
1 3 comparative or the superlative.
Adjective Comparative Superlative
1 Dolphins are ............................................ .
taU
(friendly) than lionfish.
smallest 2 The Red Kangaroo is the .......................... .

clumsy
longer
--=J 3
(big) kangaroo in the world.
A horse's tail is ................................... ...... .
more clever ~ 4
(long) than a rabbi t's.
Bears are .................................................. .
dangerous
(heavy) animals in the world.
sharper+
friendliest
---I Look at the two pictures and write
better 4 sentences in the comparative form , as
curious In the example.
most coloutiul
[ wet
l- longest

look at the table and compare the

2 three restaurants. 1 (long tail)
han
Restaurant expensive luxurious large healthy 2 (small paws)
Gina's Burgers • • ••• •
3 (large body)
Asian Kitchen •• •• • ••
Martha's ••• ••• •• ••• 4 (sha rp teeth)

A 5 Make comparisons, as In the example.

'vi
1 short - rhino I giraffe

2 heavy - elephant I rabbit

3 tall - giraffe I sheep

4 dangerous - tiger I cat

5 long - dolphin I trout

6 powerful - bear / giraffe

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Put the words in the correct order. Write five sentences comparing
6 8 members of your family to yourself.
1 tha n/tigers/iguana/ heavier I are
• short • old • tall • young • funny
2 largest/the/i n/thel a pest gori lIas/are/world
1
2
3 than /swan/a/ more/parrot/co Iou rfu I/is/a
3
4
4 the/have/ necks/g iraffesl got/ longest/the/ in/
5
kingdom /animal
Speaking
5 than/ ra bbit/ a/ dangerous/ bear / more/ is/ a
Work In pairs. Look at the pictures and
6 goat/a n/a/elephant/tha n/has/ears/larger/
9 make comparisons using the adjectives
in the box.
got
• la rge • heavy • fast • strong
• dangerous • clever
Look at the table and make sentences,
7 as In the example .

M ichael's
puppy puppy dog
young ,
'" "
large ,
" '"
strong
",
,
'" Writing
noisy "
,
'" 10 Find pictures of animals and make
fast
" '" comparisons. You can use the ideas from
friendly , the Speaking activity and your own Ideas .
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1
2
3
4
5
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