COMPARATIVEAND

SUPERLATIVE

COMPARATIVE SENTENCESWITH SHORT ADJECTIVES;

[(ADJECTIVE+ER) THAN]“My brother is taller than my sister”

WITH LONG ADJECTIVES; [MORE ADJECTIVE THAN]

“Mike is more intelligent than Jake”

We use comparative sentences to compare TWO ELEMENTS in

one sentence.

HOWARD

SHELDON LEONARD

RAJESH

PENNY

Howard is shorter than Sheldon.

Sheldon is more intelligent than Penny.

Rajesh is shier than Howard.

Penny is trendier than Rajesh.

SUPERLATIVE SENTENCESWITH SHORT ADJECTIVES;

[THE (ADJECTIVE+EST)]“Susan is the tallest in her class”

WITH LONG ADJECTIVES; [THE MOST ADJECTIVE]

“Alison is the most intelligent in her family”We use superlative sentences to

compare ONE ELEMENT with all the elements in a group.

HOWARD

SHELDON LEONARD

RAJESH

PENNY

Howard is the shortest.

Sheldon is the most intelligent.

Rajesh is the shiest. Penny is the trendiest.

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

Good Better than The best

Bad Worse than The worst

Far Farther thanFurther than

The farthestThe furthest

(not) as…asWe can also compare two elements

with the structure:[ as adjective as]

“London is as interesting as Paris.” [ not as adjective as]

“Portugal is not as big as Spain.”

HOWARD

SHELDON LEONARD

RAJESH

PENNY

Leonard is as short as Rajesh.

Howard is not as tall as Sheldon.

Leonard is not as trendy as Penny.