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    The document discusses comparative and superlative adjectives in English. It explains that comparative adjectives use -er or more to compare two things, and superlatives use -est or most to describe something as the best or most extreme. It provides rules for forming comparatives and superlatives and lists irregular forms like good, bad, and far. Examples are given to illustrate their use.

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    Comparative adjectives

    We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons:

    This car is certainly better, but it's much more expensive.


    I'm feeling happier now.
    We need a bigger garden.

    We use than when we want to compare one thing with another:

    She is two years older than me.


    New York is much bigger than Boston.
    He is a better player than Ronaldo.
    France is a bigger country than Britain.

    When we want to describe how something or someone changes we can use two
    comparatives with and:

    The balloon got bigger and bigger.


    Everything is getting more and more expensive.
    Grandfather is looking older and older.

    We often use the with comparative adjectives to show that one thing depends on another:

    The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is.


    (= When you drive faster, it is more dangerous.)

    The higher they climbed, the colder it got.


    (= When they climbed higher, it got colder.)
    Superlative adjectives
    We use the with superlative adjectives:
    It was the happiest day of my life.
    Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
    That’s the best film I have seen this year.
    I have three sisters: Jan is the oldest and Angela is the youngest.
    How to form comparative and superlative adjectives
    We usually add –er and –est to one-syllable words to make comparatives and superlatives:

    old older oldest

    long longer longest

    If an adjective ends in –e, we add –r or –st:

    nice nicer nicest

    large larger largest

    If an adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant:

    big bigger biggest

    fat fatter fattest

    If an adjective ends in a consonant and –y, we change –y to –i and add –er or –est:

    happy happier happiest

    silly sillier silliest


    We use more and most to make comparatives and superlatives for most two syllable
    adjectives and for all adjectives with three or more syllables:

    careful more careful most careful

    interesting more interesting most interesting

    However, with these common two-syllable adjectives, you can either add –er/–r and –est/–
    st or use more and most:

    common narrow
    cruel pleasant
    gentle polite
    handsome simple
    likely stupid

    He is certainly handsomer than his brother.


    His brother is handsome, but he is more handsome.
    She is one of the politest people I have ever met.
    She is the most polite person I have ever met.
    The adjectives good, bad and far have irregular comparatives and superlatives:

    good better best

    bad worse worst

    far farther/further farthest/furthest

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