Exceptions.

Irregular adjectives.

Irregular Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form

good better bestbad worse worstfar farther farthestlittle less leastmany more most

Italian food is better than American food. My dog is the best dog in the world. My mother's cooking is worse than your mother's cooking. Of all the students in the class, Max is the worst.

Two-syllable adjectives that follow two rules. These adjectives can be used with -er and -est and with more and most.

Two-Syllable Adjective

Comparative Form Superlative Form

clever cleverer cleverestclever more clever most clevergentle gentler gentlestgentle more gentle most gentlefriendly friendlier friendliestfriendly more friendly most friendlyquiet quieter quietestquiet more quiet most quietsimple simpler simplestsimple more simple most simple

Big dogs are gentler than small dogs. Of all the dogs in the world, English Mastiffs are the gentlest. Big dogs are more gentle than small dogs. Of all the dogs in the world, English Mastiffs are the most gentle.

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 Comparative & Superlative Adjectives  

1.   Jeremy is 10 years old.  Julie is 8 years old.  Jeremy is (old)__________________Julie

    2.   The Alps are very high.  They are (high) ____________________ mountains in Europe.

    3.   An ocean is (large) _____________________ a sea.

    4.   A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money.   A Twingo costs less money.          A Rolls Royce is (expensive) ________________________ a Twingo.

    5.   John's results were bad.  Fred's results were very poor.  Fred's results were (bad) _______________ John's.

    6.   This exercise is not difficult.  It's (easy) _____________________ I expected.

    7.   The weather is not good today - it's raining.   I hope the weather will be (good) _______________ next week.

    8.   People are not friendly in big cities.  They are usually (friendly) ____________________ in small towns.

    9.   In the government of a country, the President is (important) _____________________ person.

  10.  People say that Chinese is (difficult) ____________________to learn than English.

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LAURA GREEN HANNA JONES RACHEL TYLER GRETA SIMON

AGE: 20 AGE: 21 AGE: 25 AGE: 30HEIGHT: 1.65cm HEIGHT: 1.67cm HEIGHT: 1.70cm HEIGHT: 1.68cmWEIGHT: 54 Kg WEIGHT: 50 Kg WEIGHT: 55 Kg WEIGHT: 55 KgSALARY: 1000$ SALARY: 1200$ SALARY:2000$ SALARY: 2000$

1. Laura's hair is ……………..….Hanna's, but Rachel's hair is ……………..….

2. Hanna is ……………..….Greta, but Laura is ……………..….of the girls.

3. Rachel earns ……………..….Greta.

4. Greta is ……………..….Laura, but Rachel is ……………..…. of the girls.

5. Laura is ……………..…. Greta, buy Hanna is ……………..….

6. Rachel's eyes are ……………..….Greta's, but Hanna's eyes are ……………..….

7. Greta looks ……………..…. Laura, but Hanna seems to be ……………..….

10. Hanna's salary is ……………..….Rachel's, but Laura's salary is ……………..….

11. Laura's salary is ……………..….Hanna's.

12. Laura's salary is ……………..….

13. Laura is ……………..….Hanna, but Rachel is ……………..….of the girls.

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Now, choose the correct answer:

a) I think Hanna is .................. Laura.

a best student

a better student than

best student

b) I think that Greta ........................Rachel.

isn't as attractive as

is most attractive as

is the most attractive

c) In my opinion, Laura is ........................of the girls.

the most clever

the cleverest

more clever than

d) As I see it, Greta's job must be .................

the more difficult

as difficult as

the most difficult

e) I think Hanna must be ........................the rest of the girls.

funnier than

the funniest

more funny

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