Grammar
Superlative Form: use it when you talk about more than two people or things.
Use the + superlative.
1- Add –est to short adjectives like: calm, clean, cold, cool dark, full, great, hard, high,
light, long, low, new, old, poor, proud, quiet, rough, smooth, short, smart, tall, warm,
young, etc.
Examples: Rosa: 12
Rita: 15
Rosa is the youngest girl.
Jenny is the oldest of the three.
Jenny: 17
The youngest girl is Rosa.
The oldest of the three is Jenny.
2- Double the last letter and add –est to adjectives with this pattern consonant vowel
consonant like: big, fat, hot, sad, thin, wet, etc.
Example:
The grey ball is the biggest one.
The biggest ball is grey.
3- Change “y” to “i” and add –est to adjectives such as: angry, busy, cloudy, dirty,
early, easy, empty, foggy, friendly, funny, happy, heavy, lucky, noisy, pretty, sunny,
thirsty, ugly, windy, etc.
Examples:
A
B
C
Box c is the heaviest of the three.
The heaviest box is C.
4- Add –st to adjectives that end with letter “e” like: brave, handsome, huge, large, late,
little, nice, safe, etc.
Examples:
The white star is the littlest one.
The littlest star is the white one.
5- Irregular superlative forms: good = the best
farthest / furthest.
bad = the worst
Examples: Yamileth: 96
Hannio: 75
Yamileth’s grade is the best one.
Xinia’s grade is the worst.
Xinia: 43
far
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6- Use the most- with long adjectives such as: awful, beautiful, boring, careful, clever,
dangerous, delicious, difficult, excited, exciting, expensive, famous, frightened, helpful,
important, intelligent, interesting, un/popular, scared, terrible, tired, unfriendly, unhappy,
unlucky, wonderful, worried, etc.
Examples: bronze ring $4
silver ring $ 8
gold ring $16
The golden ring is the most expensive of the three.
The most expensive ring is the gold one.
Other Comparison forms:
The same (as):
Examples: A
B
A and B are the same.
A is the same as B.
Similar (to):
Examples:
C
D
C and D are similar.
C is similar to D.
Different (from):
Examples:
E
Like = similar to
Alike: similar
F
E and F are different.
E is different from F.
this + be + like + that.
this and that + be + alike.
Examples: You have a ball point pen with blue ink.
I have a boll point pen with blue ink.
Your pen is like my pen.
Our pens are alike.
As…as: when similar things are the same in an aspect. Pattern: As + adjective + as.
Examples: John is 21 years old.
Mary is 21 years old.
John is as old as Mary.
This watch is $5200.
That watch is $5200.
This watch is as expensive as that watch.
Negative Examples…verb be + not + as + adj. + as…
Fred is 20 years old.
Jean is 21 years old.
Fred isn’t as old as Jean. Fred is younger than Jean.
This book costs $3.
That book costs $5.
This book isn’t as expensive as that book.
This book is cheaper than that book.
Less… than: it’s the opposite of more. It’s used with adjectives that have two or more
syllables, except adjectives that end in –y; it’s not usually used with one syllable
adjectives.
Example: This book costs $3.
That book costs $5.
This book is less expensive than that book.
A cat is less dangerous than a lion.
Grammar
Comparative Form: use it when you talk about two people or things.
Use adjective + er than.
1- Add –er than to short adjectives like: calm, clean, cold, cool dark, full, great, hard,
high, light, long, low, new, old, poor, proud, quiet, rough, smooth, short, smart, tall,
warm, young, etc.
Examples: Rosa: 12
Rita: 15
Rosa is younger than Rita.
Rita is older than Rosa.
2- Double the last letter and add –er than to adjectives with this pattern: consonant
vowel consonant like: big, fat, hot, sad, thin, wet, etc.
Example:
The grey ball is bigger than the white one.
3- Change “y” to “i” and add –er than to adjectives such as: angry, busy, cloudy, dirty,
early, easy, empty, foggy, friendly, funny, happy, heavy, lucky, noisy, pretty, sunny,
thirsty, ugly, windy, etc.
Examples:
A
B
C
Box C is heavier than Box A.
Box A is uglier than Box B.
4- Add –r than to adjectives that end with letter “e” like: brave, handsome, huge, large,
late, little, nice, safe, etc.
Examples:
The white star is littler than the grey one.
5- Irregular superlative forms: good = better than
bad = worse than
far = farther than / further than.
Examples: Yamileth: 96
Hannio: 75
Xinia: 43
Yamileth’s grade is better than Hannio’s grade.
Xinia’s grade is worse than Hannio’s grade.
6- Use more than- with long adjectives such as: awful, beautiful, boring, careful, clever,
dangerous, delicious, difficult, excited, exciting, expensive, famous, frightened, helpful,
important, intelligent, interesting, un/popular, scared, terrible, tired, unfriendly, unhappy,
unlucky, wonderful, worried, etc.
Examples: bronze ring $4
silver ring $ 8
gold ring $16
The solver ring is more expensive than the bronze ring.
The gold ring is more beautiful than the silver ring.