COMPARATIVES+AND+SUPERLATIVES

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[|Compare in Superlative]

** Comparisons **** Comparatives and superlatives ** A. Forms 1. Regular one-syllable adjectives Adjective> Comparative> Superlative: cheap> cheap er than > the cheap est (barato>más barato que>lo más barato) Other examples: // clean, dark, light, short, tall, slow // late later the latest Other examples: // large, loose, safe, strange, wise // thin thinner the thinnest Other examples: // fat, sad, wet, red, big, hot, fit //
 * a. add ****// -er //**** and ****// -est //**** to the adjective: **
 * b. add ****// -r //**** and ****// -st //**** to adjectives ending in **** -e **** : **
 * c. double the consonant of adjectives ending in a short vowel and a consonant, and add ****// -er //**** and ****// -est //****// : //**

2. Regular adjectives with more than one syllable sincere more sincere the most sincere
 * a. use ****// more //**** and ****// most //**** in front of the adjective: **

Other examples: // boring, careful, modem, comfortable // happ y happi er the happi est Other examples: // dirty, friendly, funny, noisy, tidy, silly // stupid stupider the stupidest more stupid the most stupid Other examples: // clever, common, polite, quiet, gentle // quietly more quietly the most quietly a limited number have comparative and superlative forms with // -er // (or -r) and // -est // (or // -st) // fast faster the fastest Other examples: // early, hard, late, long, soon // 3 a Irregular forms: adjectives good better the best bad worse the worst far farther/further the farthest/furthest old older/elder the oldest/eldest b Irregular forms: adverbs well better the best badly worse the worst little less - the least much more the most c Irregular forms: determiners little less the least few fewer the fewest much/many more the most B Use
 * b. change -y to -i and add ****// -er //**** and ****// -est //** to adjectives ending in -y after a consonant:
 * c. a limited number of two-syllable adjectives can form the comparative and superlative in two ways: **
 * d. most adverbs form their comparative and superlative with ****// more //**** and ****// most //****// : //**

1. To talk about people or things that are different in some way we use: // I think listening is **more difficult than** reading. // · For small differences use // a bit, //// a little ////, //// slightly. //// You need to work //**// a little //****// harder. //** · For big differences use // much ////, //// a lot //// , //// far //// , s //// ignificantly ////. // // My new car's //**// much //**// **faster** than my old one. //
 * a. Comparative ** forms of adjectives/adverbs **+** **// than //****// . //**

// That's //// the //// nice //// st //// thing you've said to me all day. // · To emphasize the difference between one person or thing from all the others we can use **// by far //**// : // // This is //// by far //// the best //// book I've ever read. //
 * b. Superlative ** forms of adjectives/adverbs**:**

// Rugby is less popular than football here. // // That's my least favourite track on the album. //
 * // c. Less ... than //**** and ****// the least //**

a. For people or things that are the same in some way we use // as + // adjective/adverb + // as. // // She's //// as //// intelligent //// as //// her sister. // · // Almost, nearly, just, twice, three times, // etc can be used to qualify the comparisons. // There were //// nearly twice //// as many people at the party as last year. //
 * // 2. As ... as //**

b. So can replace the first // as // in **negative** sentences. // It's not //// so //// difficult //// as //// I thought it would be. // · // Quite // and // nearly // can be used to qualify negative sentences of this type. // Her new film isn't nearly as bad as her last one. // (= her new film is much better than her last one) // He 's not quite //// so //// impatient //// as //// his brother. // (= he's a little more patient than his brother)

// c. //// The same // + noun + // as // // My mum's //// the same //// age //// as //// my dad. //


 * // 3. //****// The //****// + //**** comparative, ****// the //****// + //**** comparative ** We use this structure for things which occur together.
 * // The more money //**// I have, **the faster** I spend it. //