comparatives

English III

By: Rosario AsteSemestre 2014-01

Comparative and

Superlative Form of

adjectives

• What’s an adjective?• Comparative form• Superlative form

Contents

• Adjectives are words that describe a noun.

ADJECTIVES

He is a...responsible, outgoing and

patient employee.

COMPARATIVE FORM

A plane is faster than a train.

COMPARATIVE FORM

Japanese is more difficult

than French

is older than is more modern than

COMPARATIVE FORM

A

B

A

to compare more than two people, places or things.

SUPERLATIVE FORM

Grandmother is the oldest

of all

SUPERLATIVE FORM

Scuba diving is the most exciting of

all.

Henry is the tallest of all.

David is the fattest of all.

SUPERLATIVE FORM

House A is expensive

House C is the most expensive

of all

House B is expensive

SUPERLATIVE FORM

A

B

C

• We use comparatives to compare two people, animals, things.

• One syllable adjective: –er than

eg. tall- My sister is taller than me.

• Two or more syllables: more than eg. beautiful- Fiona is more beautiful than Chucky’s bride.

SUMMARY

• We use superlatives to compare more than two people, animals, things.

• One syllable adjective: the –est eg. tall Herman is the tallest of all

• Two or more syllables: the most eg. beautiful- the most beautiful

Marilyn is the most beautiful in the group.

SUMMARY

• Picture in comparative adjectives exercise. “Oxford Spotlight 2”, Student’s Book.

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