Unit 25 Dialogues

Unit 25 Dialogues - Comparatives / Superlatives
1. How's the weather in your country?
The summer is much hotter than here, and the winter is also much colder. The best time is
spring, it's beautiful!
2. Which restaurant do you like?
Bella Rosa is good, they've got good food but it's expensive. McDonalds is cheaper, but it's
really unhealthy. I think the Vietnamese restaurant is the best, it's the cheapest, the healthiest,
and the most delicious!
3. How's your English going?
Oh, it's much better these days. It's easier than before, and I know more words and I can speak
more confidently. It's great.
I'm really glad to hear it. Keep up the great work!
Key Vocabulary
Weather country Cheapest healthiest

summer hotter most delicious better
colder best these days easier
expensive cheaper before know
unhealthy Vietnamese words more confidently
Grammar
Comparatives and Superlatives
Comparatives show more or less of a particular attribute, they compare things. Comparatives
are generally used for comparing two things, and superlatives are used for comparing three or
more things.
If it's clear what we are comparing to, then we can just use the comparative form on its own.
For example:
- I am faster.
- She is older.
Otherwise we use than before the thing we are comparing to. For example:
I am faster than John.
She is taller than me.
Superlative forms don't use than and are always preceded by the definite article the. For
example:
- I am the tallest student in my school.
Comparatives
One-Syllable Adjectives
To make a comparative from an adjective with one syllable, we add -er to the adjective, for
example:
- slow - slower
- fast - faster
- tall - taller
- short - shorter
To make a comparative from a one syllable adjective ending in -e, we just add -r. For example:
- nice - nicer
- large - larger
If the one syllable adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant. For
example:
- big - bigger
- hot - hotter
- thin - thinner
Two-Syllable Adjectives
If the adjective has two or more syllables, we add more before the adjective.
For example:
This book is more expensive than that book.
This picture is more beautiful.
However there are many exceptions to this one/two-syllable rule.

Some two-syllable words behave like one-syllable ones: For example:
This is easier - Correct
This is more easy - Incorrect.
This is simpler - Correct
This is more simple - Incorrect
And some adjectives can use both comparatives forms: For example
- clever - cleverer - more clever: These are all correct.
- quiet - quieter - more quiet: These are all correct.
Exceptions cannot be learnt through rules, the best way to learn them is simply to pick them up
case by case.
Superlatives
One-Syllable Adjectives
To make a superlative from an adjective with one syllable, we add -est to the adjective, for
example:
- slow - slowest
- fast - fastest
- tall - tallest
- short - shortest
To make a superlative from a one syllable adjective ending in -e, we just add -st. For example:
- nice - nicest
- large - largest
If the one syllable adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant. For
example:
- big - biggest
- hot - hottest
- thin - thinnest
Two-Syllable Adjectives
If the adjective has two or more syllables, we add most before the adjective.
For example:
This book is the most expensive book.
This picture is the most beautiful picture in the museum.
Irregular Forms
There are a few irregular forms. Below gives the adjective, comparative, and superlative forms.
good - better - best
bad - worse - worst
far - farther - farthest
far - further - furthest
little - less - least
much/many - more - most
For example:
You are the best student in the world!
I am far from home, he is further from home, but he is the furthest from home.
As usual, what looks complicated in a list of rules will become simpler with practice and
experience. Good luck!
Click below for exercises using comparatives and superlatives.
Grammar Exercises
Write the comparative form of the adjectives given.
Example: An elephant is bigger than a lion. (big)
1. The Nile river is then the Amazon. (long)
2. I'm than Yuri but than Mike. (tall, short)
3. They're than us, but we're than them.

(handsome, smart)
4. This book bag is than that bag. (expensive)
5. This newspaper is than that newspaper. (good)
6. Soda juice tastes than fruit juice. (bad)
7. Today is than yesterday. (warm)

8. This TV program is . (interesting)
1. longer 2. Taller 3. shorter 4. more handsome 5. smarter
6. more expensive 7. Better 8. Worse 9. Warmer 10. more

interesting
Grammar Exercises 2
Write the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives given.
Example: Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. (high)
1. The Nile river is river in the world. (long)
2. Tyler is and person I know. (happy, kind)
3. The blue team got score and the red team got
(good, bad)
4. This is ticket to France. (cheap)
5. Min Woo is student in our class. (hard-working)
6. This is movie in the world. (boring)
7. My sister is person in my family. (young)
8. The word in English is

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. (long)
1. the longest 2. the happiest 3. the kindest 4. the best 5. the worst
6. the cheapest 7. the most hard-working 8. the most boring 9. the youngest
10. longest

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Unit 25 Dialogues - Comparatives / Superlatives

1. How's the weather in your country?

I'm really glad to hear it. Keep up the great work!

Weather country Cheapest healthiest

Comparatives and Superlatives

However there are many exceptions to this one/two-syllable rule.

Click below for exercises using comparatives and superlatives.

Write the comparative form of the adjectives given.

Example: An elephant is bigger than a lion. (big)

1. The Nile river is then the Amazon. (long)

2. I'm than Yuri but than Mike. (tall, short)

3. They're than us, but we're than them.

4. This book bag is than that bag. (expensive)

5. This newspaper is than that newspaper. (good)

6. Soda juice tastes than fruit juice. (bad)

7. Today is than yesterday. (warm)

1. longer 2. Taller 3. shorter 4. more handsome 5. smarter

6. more expensive 7. Better 8. Worse 9. Warmer 10. more

Write the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives given.

Example: Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. (high)

1. The Nile river is river in the world. (long)

2. Tyler is and person I know. (happy, kind)

4. This is ticket to France. (cheap)

5. Min Woo is student in our class. (hard-working)

6. This is movie in the world. (boring)

7. My sister is person in my family. (young)

8. The word in English is

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