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Comparatives &Superlatives
COMPARING MORE / LESS ... THAN ❏ How I Met your Mother is funnier than Modern Family.❏ Sofia Vergara is less funny than Neil Patrick Harris.❏ Angelina Jolie’s husband is more famous than Sofía
Vergara’s husband.
COMPARING (NOT) SO / AS ... AS ...
★ Tom Cruise is not as rich as Shakrukh Khan.
★ Daniel Radcliffe is as popular as Maggie Smith.
one syllable + short vowel + one consonant
fit, wet, hot, sad, etcDOUBLE CONSONANT AT THE ENDThis is the saddest film I’ve ever seen.Last week was wetter than this week.
short adjectives (long vowels / two consonants)
long vowelscheap, free, cool, rude, loud, quiet, cleanThat restaurant has the rudest waiters, but it’s the quietest.
two consonantsthick, hard, soft, tough, blond, kind, old, strong
long adjectives
long adjectives : more, the mostsympathetic, attractive, difficult, outgoing, tired, boring, amazing, romantic, convenient.
Are mothers more sympathetic than fathers?The most convenient bus stop is opposite the school.
Adverbs
SOME EXCEPTIONS: well, hard, fast, loud, deep, soon, early, late→ If you work harder, you will pass.→ Can you finish it by Monday at the latest?
more, the mostoften, simply, quickly, slowly, carefully → Can you explain it more simply?→ One of the most often mispronounced words in English is “ask”.
2-syllable adjectives ending in -Y
angry, cloudy, dirty, easy, greedy, funny, happy, healthy, heavy, hungry, nerdy, pretty, rainy,tidy, -
IER / THE - IESTHe’s the tidiest guy I’ve ever seen.Yesterday was cloudier than today.
shy - more shy - the most shy
IRREGULARITIES
GOODBETTERTHE BESTBADWORSETHE WORST
LITTLELESSTHE LEASTMUCHMORETHE MOST
FARFURTHER / FARTHERTHE FARTHEST
alternative forms
unhealthier / -iest OR more unhealthy / the most...shier / -iest OR more shy / the most ...ready - readier / more readyslowly - slower / more slowlyclever - more clever / cleverersimple - simpler / more simplefree - freer / more free
