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Grammar Superlative Form: use it when you talk about more than two people or things.

Use the + superlative. 1- Add est to short adjectives like: calm, clean, cold, cool dark, full, great, hard, high, light, long, low, new, old, poor, proud, quiet, rough, smooth, short, smart, tall, warm, young, etc. Examples: Rosa: 12 Rita: 15 Rosa is the youngest girl. Jenny is the oldest of the three. Jenny: 17 The youngest girl is Rosa. The oldest of the three is Jenny.

2- Double the last letter and add est to adjectives with this pattern consonant vowel consonant like: big, fat, hot, sad, thin, wet, etc. Example: The grey ball is the biggest one. The biggest ball is grey. 3- Change y to i and add est to adjectives such as: angry, busy, cloudy, dirty, early, easy, empty, foggy, friendly, funny, happy, heavy, lucky, noisy, pretty, sunny, thirsty, ugly, windy, etc. Examples: Box c is the heaviest of the three. The heaviest box is C. A B C 4- Add st to adjectives that end with letter e like: brave, handsome, huge, large, late, little, nice, safe, etc. Examples: The white star is the littlest one. The littlest star is the white one. bad = the worst Xinia: 43 far = the

5- Irregular superlative forms: good = the best farthest / furthest. Examples: Yamileth: 96 Hannio: 75 Yamileths grade is the best one. Xinias grade is the worst.

6- Use the most- with long adjectives such as: awful, beautiful, boring, careful, clever, dangerous, delicious, difficult, excited, exciting, expensive, famous, frightened, helpful, important, intelligent, interesting, un/popular, scared, terrible, tired, unfriendly, unhappy, unlucky, wonderful, worried, etc. Examples: bronze ring $4 silver ring $ 8 gold ring $16 The golden ring is the most expensive of the three. The most expensive ring is the gold one.

Other Comparison forms:


The same (as): Examples: A Similar (to): Examples: C D C and D are similar. C is similar to D. B A and B are the same. A is the same as B.

Different (from): Examples: E Like = similar to Alike: similar F E and F are different. E is different from F. this + be + like + that. this and that + be + alike.

Examples: You have a ball point pen with blue ink. I have a boll point pen with blue ink. Your pen is like my pen. Our pens are alike. Asas: when similar things are the same in an aspect. Pattern: As + adjective + as. Examples: John is 21 years old. Mary is 21 years old. John is as old as Mary. This watch is $5200. That watch is $5200. This watch is as expensive as that watch. Negative Examplesverb be + not + as + adj. + as Fred is 20 years old. Jean is 21 years old. Fred isnt as old as Jean. Fred is younger than Jean. This book costs $3. That book costs $5. This book isnt as expensive as that book. This book is cheaper than that book. Less than: its the opposite of more. Its used with adjectives that have two or more syllables, except adjectives that end in y; its not usually used with one syllable adjectives. Example: This book costs $3. That book costs $5. This book is less expensive than that book. A cat is less dangerous than a lion.

Grammar Comparative Form: use it when you talk about two people or things. Use adjective + er than. 1- Add er than to short adjectives like: calm, clean, cold, cool dark, full, great, hard, high, light, long, low, new, old, poor, proud, quiet, rough, smooth, short, smart, tall, warm, young, etc. Examples: Rosa: 12 Rita: 15 Rosa is younger than Rita. Rita is older than Rosa. 2- Double the last letter and add er than to adjectives with this pattern: consonant vowel consonant like: big, fat, hot, sad, thin, wet, etc. Example: The grey ball is bigger than the white one.

3- Change y to i and add er than to adjectives such as: angry, busy, cloudy, dirty, early, easy, empty, foggy, friendly, funny, happy, heavy, lucky, noisy, pretty, sunny, thirsty, ugly, windy, etc. Examples: Box C is heavier than Box A. Box A is uglier than Box B. A B C 4- Add r than to adjectives that end with letter e like: brave, handsome, huge, large, late, little, nice, safe, etc. Examples: The white star is littler than the grey one.

5- Irregular superlative forms: good = better than bad = worse than far = farther than / further than. Examples: Yamileth: 96 Hannio: 75 Xinia: 43 Yamileths grade is better than Hannios grade. Xinias grade is worse than Hannios grade. 6- Use more than- with long adjectives such as: awful, beautiful, boring, careful, clever, dangerous, delicious, difficult, excited, exciting, expensive, famous, frightened, helpful, important, intelligent, interesting, un/popular, scared, terrible, tired, unfriendly, unhappy, unlucky, wonderful, worried, etc. Examples: bronze ring $4 silver ring $ 8 gold ring $16 The solver ring is more expensive than the bronze ring. The gold ring is more beautiful than the silver ring.

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