Literatur: marzo 2019

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

We first need adjectives:

EXAMPLE:

😃 Tall

😃 Fat

😃 Small

😃 Expensive

😃 Cheep

😃 Beautiful

😃 Ugly

😃 Old

😃 young

When we want to compare to or more things, we can change the form of adjectives by adding -er or -est. We can also use extra words like more or most and expressions ike not as... as.

EXAMPLES:

😛 The cat is faster than the mouse, but the cheetah is the fastest

😛 The dolphin is more intelligent that the dog, but the chimpanzee is the most intelligent.

REMEMBER!

We use comparatives and superlatives to compare things and to say which thing is top in a group. Add "-er and -est" for one syllable adjectives. Add "-ier and -iest" for two syllable adjectives which end in "y" (and take away the "y"). Use "more" and "the most" with other two syllable (or more) adjectives.

One syllable: Small - smaller - the smallest

Two syllable with "y": happy - happier - the most beautiful

Two+syllables: beautiful - more beautiful - the most beautiful

BE CAREFUL!

The adjectives "good", bad and far; have special forms.

🔔 good → better → the best

🔔 bad → worse → the worst

🔔 far → further → the fursthest

We say... We don' say...

🙈 Apples are bigger than grapes. (NOT Apples are more bigger than grapes.)

🙈 My father is the tallest in my family. (NOT My father is the most tall in my family)

🙈 This book is more interesting than my homework. (NOT This book is interestinger that my homework).