Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 298 views

    Comparative Sand Superlatives

    Uploaded by

    samayearias
    This document discusses comparatives and superlatives in grammar. It provides rules for forming comparatives and superlatives depending on the number of syllables in the adjective. For comparatives, it can be formed using "as" or "than" and adding suffixes like "-er" or using "more". For superlatives, the suffixes added are "-est" or "most" is used with the adjective. Irregular forms like "good-better-best" and "bad-worse-worst" are also noted. The document aims to explain the different ways to show comparison in English adjectives.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Comparative Sand Superlatives

    Uploaded by

    samayearias
    298 views15 pages
    This document discusses comparatives and superlatives in grammar. It provides rules for forming comparatives and superlatives depending on the number of syllables in the adjective. For comparatives, it can be formed using "as" or "than" and adding suffixes like "-er" or using "more". For superlatives, the suffixes added are "-est" or "most" is used with the adjective. Irregular forms like "good-better-best" and "bad-worse-worst" are also noted. The document aims to explain the different ways to show comparison in English adjectives.

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document discusses comparatives and superlatives in grammar. It provides rules for forming comparatives and superlatives depending on the number of syllables in the adjective. For comparatives, it can be formed using "as" or "than" and adding suffixes like "-er" or using "more". For superlatives, the suffixes added are "-est" or "most" is used with the adjective. Irregular forms like "good-better-best" and "bad-worse-worst" are also noted. The document aims to explain the different ways to show comparison in English adjectives.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    298 views15 pages

    Comparative Sand Superlatives

    Uploaded by

    samayearias
    This document discusses comparatives and superlatives in grammar. It provides rules for forming comparatives and superlatives depending on the number of syllables in the adjective. For comparatives, it can be formed using "as" or "than" and adding suffixes like "-er" or using "more". For superlatives, the suffixes added are "-est" or "most" is used with the adjective. Irregular forms like "good-better-best" and "bad-worse-worst" are also noted. The document aims to explain the different ways to show comparison in English adjectives.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 15

    LOGOS ACADEMY Paul Arce Troya

    Comparatives

    & Superlatives

    Comparative
    Comparative is the name for the grammar used when comparing

    TWO THINGS
    The two basic ways to compare are using - as .. as - than

    Examples of each are shown as follows:

    As (adjective)as

    (the adjective does NOT change)


    She's twice as old as her sister. I'm almost as good in maths as in science. This book is not as exciting as the last one. The cafeteria is not as crowded as usual.

    Russian is not quite as difficult as Chinese.

    than
    (some changes are necessary, depending on the number of

    syllables the adjective has)

    This computer is better than that one.


    It's much colder today than it was yesterday.

    Our car is bigger than your car.


    This grammar topic is easier than most others. I find science more difficult than mathematics

    1-syllable adjectives: add -er to the adjective


    My sister is much taller than me.
    It's colder today than it was yesterday.

    Note: If the word ends: consonant-vowel-consonant, then the last consonant is usually doubled in the comparative. Examples: big-bigger, fat-fatter, hothotter.

    Note: The comparative of some shorter 2-syllable

    adjectives can be formed with -er. Examples:


    simple-simpler clever-cleverer narrow-narrower

    To be sure which comparative method to use, you will need to consult a good dictionary.

    Other 2-syllable adjectives: use more with the unchanged adjective .


    The shops are always more crowded just before

    Christmas.

    Is there anything more boring than watching a bad

    movie?

    My sister is more careful with her writing than I am

    with mine.

    Adjectives with 3 or more syllables: use more with the unchanged adjective

    Russian grammar is more difficult than English

    grammar.
    My sister is much more intelligent than me.

    I find maths lessons more enjoyable than science

    lessons.

    SUPERLATIVES
    In the

    superlative you talk about one thing

    only and how it is the best, worst, in a group.


    You do not compare two things, compare more than two. The following guidelines apply to the superlative:

    1-syllable adjectives: add -est to the adjective (plus the)


    My sister is the tallest in our family.

    Yesterday was the coldest day of the year so far.

    Note: If the word ends: consonant-vowel-consonant, then the last consonant is usually doubled in the superlative. Examples: big-biggest, fat-fattest, hothottest.

    2-syllable adjectives ending in y : change the -y to -iest (plus the) The richest people are not always the

    happiest.

    Which do you think is the easiest language to

    learn?

    Beware: Do not confuse adjectives and

    adverbs. 2-syllable adverbs ending in -y form their superlative with the words the most. Example: Of all the people I know my father

    Other 2-syllable adjectives: use the most with the unchanged adjective
    My sister is the most careful person I know.

    Note: The superlative of some shorter 2-syllable adjectives can be formed with -est. Examples: simple-simplest, clever-cleverest, narrownarrowest. To be sure which superlative method to use, you will need to consult a good dictionary.

    Adjectives with 3 or more syllables: use the most with the unchanged adjective
    Some people think that Russian is the most

    difficult language.
    Albert Einstein was the most intelligent

    person in history.
    My most enjoyable class is English.
    You are the most irritating person I have ever

    met!

    There are irregular adjectives.

    Here are two common irregular comparative/superlative forms:


    Adjective comparative - superlative Good better the best Bad worse the worst

    Now you can be a better

    english student and why not .you can be the best. THANK YOU

    You might also like