COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES ADJETIVOS DE UNA SLABA:

MOST ONESYLABLE ADJETIVES

ENDING IN -E

ENDING IN ONE VOWEL + ONE CONSONANT IRREGULAR

ADJECTIVE old short cheap young long late fine large fat slim big thin good bad far old (cuando te refieres al miembro de una familia - el mayor -)

COMPARATIVE older shorter cheaper younger longer later finer larger fatter slimmer bigger thinner better worse farther /further elder

SUPERLATIVE oldest shortest cheapest youngest longest latest finest largest fattest slimmest biggest thinnest best worst farthest / furthest eldest

ADJETIVOS DE DOS SLABAS:

ADJECTIVE ENDING IN -Y COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

MOST OTHERS

EXCEPCIONES

happy easy lucky funny pretty complete famous serious modern quiet clever narrow simple

happier easier luckier funnier prettier more / less complete more / less famous more / less serious more / less modern quieter cleverer narrower simpler

happiest easiest luckiest funniest prettiest most/ least complete most / least famous most / least serious most / least modern quietest cleverest narrowest simplest

ADJETIVOS DE MS DE DOS SLABAS:

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

interesting expensive beautiful difficult COMPARATIVES:

more / less interesting more / less expensive more / less beautiful more / less difficult

most / least interesting most / least expensive most / least beautiful most / least difficult

- Para comparar dos cosas ponemos detrs del comparativo than (= que) Im taller than my mother.( Soy ms alto que mi madre) - Antes de los comparativos podemos poner: * much / a lot ( = mucho): Im much (a lot) taller than my mother.(Soy mucho ms alto que mi madre). * a bit / a little ( = un poco): Im a bit (a little) taller than my mother.(Soy un poco ms alto que mi madre). - Cuando se usa la estructura: the + comparative + the + comparative queremos decir que una cosa depende de la otra y se traduce como cuanto ms...... ms ........ The bigger the better = cuanto ms grande mejor. The more you have the more you want = cuanto ms tienes ms quieres. - Para comparar dos cosas que son: * Iguales: as + adjective + as (tan .....como) Hes as tall as me (es tan alto como yo) Hes as rich as Joe (es tan rico como Joe) *Diferentes: not as (not so) + adjective + as (no tan .... como) Hes not as (so) tall as me (no es tan alto como yo) He isnt so (as) rich as Joe. - The same as = lo mismo que, igual que Anns salary is the same as mine (el salario de Ann es igual que el mio) Tom is the same age as George (Tom tiene la misma edad que George)

*IMPORTANTE: Detrs de than y as lo normal es poner me/ you / her / him / them / us (pronombres con funcin de objeto) cuando no va el verbo detrs. Si se pone el verbo ste ha de ir precedido de un pronombre con funcin de sujeto. You are taller than me They have more money than us I cant run as fast as him You are taller than I am They have more money than we have I cant run as fast as he can

SUPERLATIVES: -Se usan para comparar 3 o ms cosas. -Siempre se pone the delante del superlativo. Im the tallest in my family Its the most beautiful place in the world. -Despus de los superlativos, usamos in con lugares (in the class / in the company...) We had the nicest room in the hotel. - Pero para decir de mi vida, del ao...se usa of Its the happiest day of my life Its the hottest day of the year. * Old: El comparativo el older y el superlativo oldest, pero cuando ests hablando de miembros de una familia usamos elder y eldest y solo va delante de un nombre. My elder brother is a pilot = mi hermano mayor es un piloto. My brother is older than me = mi hermano es mayor que yo. My eldest son is 13 years old = mi hijo ms mayor tiene 13 aos.