INFERIORITY ADJECTIVES AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

INFERIORITY ADJECTIVES AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

Use comparative adjectives to compare two or more things.

My car is less cheap than yours.

This is how we form comparative adjectives:

• Regular one-syllable adjectives

Old – older

Cheap – cheaper

Thick – thicker

• Longer adjectives

Interesting – more interesting

Comfortable – more comfortable

• Two syllable adjectives that end in –y

Funny – funnier

• Irregular adjectives

Good – better

Bad – worse

Use than to introduce the second noun in a comparative sentence:

Peter is less happy than Mary.

INFERIORITY COMPARATIVE

The comparison of inferiority can occur between:

• Adjectives

When the comparison is made between two adjectives use the structure less ... than.

-He is less tall than you.

-Your parents are less frightened than your sister is.

• Nouns

When comparing nouns use:

- 'Fewer than' with accounting plural nouns.

I have got fewer books than you.

-'Less ... than' to compare uncountable nouns.

She has got less energy than you.

SUPERLATIVE

Use superlative adjectives to compare one thing with all the others in a group.

• This house is the biggest in the street

This is how we form superlative adjectives:

• Regular one-syllable adjectives

Old – oldest

Cheap – cheapest

Thick – thickest

• Longer adjectives

Interesting – most interesting

Comfortable – more comfortable

• Two syllables adjectives that end in –y

Funny – funniest

• Irregular adjectives

Good – best

Bad – worst

We usually use the before a superlatives:

-This is the most interesting book about mountain- climbing in the library.

SPELLING RULES

• Add –r/-st to adjectives that end in –e

Nice – nicer / nicest

Large – larger / largest

• With adjectives that end in consonant + -y, remove –y and add –ier / iest

Busy – busier / busiest

Heavy – heavier / heaviest

• With adjectives that end in a short vowel + consonant, repeat the consonant and add –er / est

Thin – thinner / thinnest

Big – bigger / biggest

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