Comparative and Superlative

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tall big fat fast clever slow short young beautiful angry thin

USE

COMPARATIVE FORM

It is used to compare two people, things and places.

SUPERLATIVE FORM

It is used to compare a person, a thing or place with the whole group they belong to.

OBJECTIVES

Making sentences

Making comparisons

Learning more vocabulary

Descriptions

WARMING UP

clever tall bad fast old short

young beautiful interesting calm naughty mischevious intelligent

EXPLANATION

We use the comparative form with adjectives

EXAMPLE:

Lisa is more intelligent than Bart

Lisa is sweeter than Bart

HOW TO FORM A COMPARATIVE

- One syllable adjectives: we add

Eg. Tall ER

Taller

- With two or more syllables:we add MORE

Eg. Intelligent More intelligent

WARMING UPpeaceful modern old dangerous polluted lively funny interesting nice safe big

EXPLANATION

We use the superlative form with adjectives

EXAMPLE:

New York is the biggest city in The USA

This village is the most peaceful area .

HOW TO FORM A SUPERLATIVE

- One syllable adjectives: we add EST

Eg. Large the largest

- With two or more syllables: we add THE MOST

Eg. polluted the most polluted

TIME TO PRACTISE

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