Comparatives and superlatives with -er than and more … than

The comparative forms are used to compare two people, animals, things, situations where the first mentioned is MORE than the second.

It is important to mention that once we have the comparative forms it is necessary to follow these rules:

I- The first group is about the words that we only have to add the –er ending to the simple form. Basically, it happens in most of the one syllable adjectives and adverbs; ex:

Cheap High Poor SlowCold Long Proud SmallDark Loud Rich SweetHard New Short Tallcool old sick Warm

Note: for the superlative form add -est

II- The second group is about the words that end in a consonant followed by a vowel. The procedure consists in duplicating the last consonant and adds –er. ex: big – bigger

Fat Sad wetHot thin

Note: for the superlative form add -est

III- The third group is about words ended in –y. In that case –y changes to –i and add –er. ex: happy – happier.

Early Dirty Hungry TastyEasy Friendly Lucky UglyAngry Funny Noisy WindyBusy Healthy PrettyCloudy Heavy Sunny

Note: for the superlative form add –est

IV- It is about the short words that end in –e, and add –r. ex: huge – huger.

Nice Late FineLarge Brave Little

Note: for the superlative for add –st

V- It is about the words of two or more, place the word MORE . it is important to highlight that those words don’t change. Ex: the black suitcase is MORE expensive THAN the brown one.

Beautiful Unhappy Famous NervousBoring Delicious Worried NutritiousCareful Different Handsome PopularCorrect Difficult Important SpecialDangerous Excited Interesting Terrible

Note: For the superlative form place the word MOST before the adjective-

VI- It is about the irregular comparatives. The irregularity of these adjectives and adverbs is that their comparative forms vary little or much. So, they can’t be predicted.

Simple form Comparative SuperlativeGood better Bestwell better bestBadly worse Worstbad worse WorstFar Farther /further Farthest / furthestLess least least

Teacher: Danny Ramírez Matarrita