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Comparatives and Superlatives Intermediate Level

The document discusses the formation of comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs in English. It provides examples of one-syllable adjectives that take -er and -est suffixes (e.g. older, oldest), adjectives that become more/most + adjective in the comparative and superlative (e.g. famous, more famous, most famous), irregular forms (e.g. good, better, best), adverbs ending in -ly that take more/most (e.g. quickly, more quickly, most quickly), and the use of "as...as" constructions for comparison.

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Comparatives and Superlatives Intermediate Level

The document discusses the formation of comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs in English. It provides examples of one-syllable adjectives that take -er and -est suffixes (e.g. older, oldest), adjectives that become more/most + adjective in the comparative and superlative (e.g. famous, more famous, most famous), irregular forms (e.g. good, better, best), adverbs ending in -ly that take more/most (e.g. quickly, more quickly, most quickly), and the use of "as...as" constructions for comparison.

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ONE SYLLABLE WORDS

Comparative (+ er) Superlative ( + est)


Old older the oldest
Cheap cheaper the cheapest
Strong stronger the strongest
Big bigger* the biggest
Few (count) fewer the fewest
Hard harder the hardest
Fast faster the fastest
Late later* the latest
COMPARATIVE (more + adj.) SUPERLATIVE (MOST + ADJ)

Famous more famous the most famous

Casual more casual the most casual

Useful more useful the most useful

Formal more formal the most formal
Important more important the most important


Interesting more interesting the most interesting


Beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful


Expensive more expensive the most expensive

Comparative (change y to i + er) Superlative (change y to i + est)

Pretty prettier the prettiest

Funny funnier the funniest

Happy happier the happiest

Lazy lazier the laziest
IRREGULARS
COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
Good (adj.) better the best

Well (adv) better the best

Bad worse the worst

Far farther/ further farthest / the furthest

a lot more the most

Much more the most

Many more the most

[a] little (non-count) less least
ADVERBS THAT END IN LY

COMPARATIVE (MORE + ADV) SUPERLATIVE (MOST + ADV)
Slowly more slowly the most slowly

Quickly more quickly the most quickly

Fluently more fluently the most fluently

Carefully more carefully the most carefully

Deliberately more deliberately the most deliberately
Exception to the rule above is
the word early


early earlier earliest
As + adjective + as:
You are not as tall as your brother.
As + adverb+ as:
She doesn't drive as quickly as Fernando Alonso.
As + much + uncountable noun + as:
They don't have as much money as the CEO.
As + many + countable noun+ as:
A dog doesn't have as many teeth as a shark.
as as
Japan's car exports are twice as high as
Britain's.


Twice
Three times
Four times

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