Emember: Adjective Comparative Form
Emember: Adjective Comparative Form
Emember: Adjective Comparative Form
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Adjective Comparative form
cold Colder
big Bigger
diffic More difficult
ult Worse • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
bad Drier • Short adjectives ending in one
dry Earlier
earl
consonant double the last letter +
Better
y -er: big – bigger
Higher
goo
Hotter • Long adjectives (more than two
d
Longer syllables): more + adjective:
high
hot
More popular more expensive
long Rainier
Sunnier • Be careful of irregular adjectives
popu
wetter e.g. good, bad
lar
2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form
of the adjectives in brackets.
a. Britain is hotter (hot) now than at any time before.
Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.
good Betterest
loud loudest
slow slowest
small Smallest
ugly Ugliest
tortoise / slow
The tortoise is the slowest.
1 blue whale / big the blue whale is the biggest
2 cheetah / fast the cheetah is the fastest
3 mosquito / dangerous the mosquito is the most dangerous
adjectives in brackets