Review of comparatives and

superlatives
 Adjective
• The adjective is the part of the
sentence that qualifies the noun.
• It expresses the quality of:

• A person:
Will Smith is a tall actor.
adj.
• An animal:
Those are beautiful cats
adj.
• A thing:
That is a tall building
adj.
• An activity:
That is a dangerous activity
adj.

• An action:
That is a bad action
adj.
 Comparatives and superlatives
• We use: more

Soccer is more exciting than basketball.

• We use: less

La Paz is less cold than Oruro.

 Comparatives and superlatives
• We use: the most

Japan is the most exciting city of the world.

• We use: less

Pando is the least cold city of all.

Comparatives and superlatives
formation
• One syllable adjective: -er -est

Marie is an old woman

Sue Ellen is older than Marie.

Marie is less old than Sue Ellen.

Rossi is the oldest woman of the three.

Tess is the least old woman in the family.

Now you do it!
USE: tall
• When and adjective ends -E:
-E + R -E+ST
Lucy Lou is a nice actress.
Rene Russo is nicer than Lucy Lou.

Lucy Lou is less nice than Rene Russo.

Julia Roberts is the nicest actress of them.

Amy Pearl is the least nice actress of all.

Now you do it!
USE: large
• When and adjective ends in:
CONSONANT + Y
Bet is a pretty girl.
Laura is prettier than Bet.

Bet is less pretty than Laura.

Kelly is the prettiest girl in my class.

Rachel is the least pretty in my class.

Now you do it!

USE: curly
 Ambassador Hotel is a big hotel.

Cochabamba Hotel is bigger than The

Ambassador.

Ambassador is less big than Cochabamba

Hotel.
Portales Hotel is the biggest hotel in the city.

Continental Hotel is the least big hotel in the

city.
Now you do it!

USE: hot
 DO NOT doble W and Y

The crocodile is a slow animal.

The lazy bear is slower than the
crocodile.
The crocodile is less slow than the lazy
bear.
The turtle is the slowest animal of all.
The horse is the least slow animal of all.
 2 or 3 syllable adjectives

A dog is an intelligent animal.

A dog is more intelligent than a chicken.
A chicken is less intelligent than a dog.
A dog is the most intelligent animal of all.
A pig is the least intelligent animal of all.
Now you do it!

USE: expensive
 Some adjective take both –er /est
ending and more / less
ADJETIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

Handsome Handsomer Handsomest

more handsome the most handsome
Polite Politer Politest
more polite the most polite
clever Cleverer Cleverest
more clever the most clever
Let’s practice
 Bibliography

• Marjorie Fuchs et al. FOCUS ON

GRAMMAR
• MURPHY Raymond. ENGLISH
GRAMMAR IN USE