COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVES

COMPARATIVES

TO MAKE COMPARATIVES WE ONLY USE ADJECTIVES

Fat

UglyLittle

Cool

Pretty

WHEN WE COMPARE WE COM PARE TWO THINGS, TWO OBJECTS....

RULES

Old+er = Older + THAN

Watch OUT!!! Doble consonant BIG = BIGGER

EXAMPLE RULES 1

Shakira is OLDER THAN Piqué.

Jason Derulo sings BETTER THAN Shakira.

Im TALLER THAN Javi.

Jorge Clooney is STRONGER THAN Brad Pitt.

Chacon is BIGGER THAN Alejandro.

RULE 2

ADJECTIVES WITH 2 SYLLABES ENDING IN Y+ IERCrazy, hungry, Angry, Funny

Alan is CRAZIER THAN me.

Im HUNGRIER THAN Albert.

Begonya is ANGRIER THAN Natalie.

Mario is FUNNIER THAN Hugo.

RULE 3

ADEJECTIVE WITH 2+ SYLLABES

Expensive Dangerous Adorable Trustworthy

The alligator is more dangerous than a CAT

MORE + ADJECTIVES

A BMX IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A MOUNTAIN BIKE. A HAMSTER IS MORE ADORABLE THAN A MOUSE MESSI IS MORE FAMOUS THAN MARCELO JOSÉ IS MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN PEPE ZARA IS MORE FASHONABLE THAN H&M

RULE 4

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

▸ Good --> Better

▸ Bad --> Worse

▸ Far --> Further

▸ Roberto is better than Alberto at soccer.

▸ Im worse than Mario at reading.

▸ Granada is further than Tarragona.

EXERCICES

COMPARATIVES

▸ Barcelona is more modern than Toledo

▸ Madrid is more little than Castilla la Mancha

▸ Pau Gasol is taller than Messi

▸ Olaf is funnier than Sven

▸ Australia is better than Spain

SUPERLATIVES

SUPERLATIVES

From a group of things/ people take 1.

HE'S THE OLDEST

RULES

▸ THE✅

▸ DANGER THAN❌

▸ The Biggest stadium in Spain.

▸ The oldest woman in the world.

ONE SYLLABE ADJECTIVES + EST

BIGGEST OLDEST NICEST TALLEST CUTEST SHORTEST

▸ Roberto is the funniest in 1rESO A

▸ Albert is the best in 1r ESO A

▸ Alex the cleverest at Maths in 1r ESO A

▸ Javi is the cutest in 1 r ESO A

EXAMPLES RULE 2

▸ Happy = the happiest

▸ Ugly = the ugliest

▸ Lazy = the laziest

▸ Funny = the funniest

DANI ROVIRAis the funniest in the world.

BRAD PITT

is the ugliest in the world.

CARLA

is the happiest in 1r ESO A

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

▸ Good

▸ Bad

▸ Far

Best

Worst

Furthest

▸ Nil is the best runner.

ALEX

is the worst playing soccer.

DORAEMON

is the best TV show.

GHV 16

is the worst TV magazine in the world.

CLASS EXAMPLES: MIXED SUPERLATIVES

▸ Apple PCs are ................................ (expensive).

▸ Sidney is ............................. (dirty) city in Australia.

▸ Zara is ......................... (expensive) than Sradivarius.

▸ He is from the ..................... (rich) part of BCN.

VICTOR SALAZAR OLIVERAS