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Grammar for Writing
Forming the Comparative and Superlative
of Adjectives and Adverbs
For one sylable acjectves and two-sylable adjectives | Washington, DC is cold in the winter
nding in y, add -er and -es o form the comparative | Boston i elder than Washington, DC
‘and superlative forms ‘Quebec City is the coldest.
NOTE: Exceptions include good, better the best; For a sports ca, | think that black is better than
bad, worse, the worst. white, but the best color is red
Other adjectives are preceded by more and the most | Venice is more beautiful than Rome
to form the comparative and superlative forms, Florence is the most beautiful city in Italy
‘One-syilable adverbs follow the same rule as Rita reads fast.
one-sylable adjectives, Her brother Marcus reads faster.
“Their mother reads the fastest.
Adverbs that end in iy are preceded by more andthe | Peter crives slowly at right.
most. Peter drives more slowly in the rain,
Peter drives the most slowly in the snow,
When the items being compared are the same, use as | In my opinion, Chicago is as wondevi ag Miami
+ adjective/adverb + as or the same + noun + as. Sylvia attends the same school as Martin,
CSMUED Practice with Comparatives and Superlatives
Read the eight sentences below. Fil in the correct comparative or superlative form ofthe word in
parentheses,
1, Ithink Lionel Messi is (good)_________player than Cristiano Ronalda.
2, The kitchen is (long) than the dining room.