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    This document discusses comparative and superlative grammar. It defines comparatives as comparing differences between two objects, often using suffixes like -er or -est. Superlatives use the suffixes -est or irregular forms like best/worst to compare three or more objects. It provides rules for forming comparatives and superlatives, such as adding -er or -st for single-syllable words and changing y to i and adding -est for words ending in y. Examples are given for common comparative and superlative forms.

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    This document discusses comparative and superlative grammar. It defines comparatives as comparing differences between two objects, often using suffixes like -er or -est. Superlatives use the suffixes -est or irregular forms like best/worst to compare three or more objects. It provides rules for forming comparatives and superlatives, such as adding -er or -st for single-syllable words and changing y to i and adding -est for words ending in y. Examples are given for common comparative and superlative forms.

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    This document discusses comparative and superlative grammar. It defines comparatives as comparing differences between two objects, often using suffixes like -er or -est. Superlatives use the suffixes -est or irregular forms like best/worst to compare three or more objects. It provides rules for forming comparatives and superlatives, such as adding -er or -st for single-syllable words and changing y to i and adding -est for words ending in y. Examples are given for common comparative and superlative forms.

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    11 views9 pages

    Comparatives and Superlatives

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    This document discusses comparative and superlative grammar. It defines comparatives as comparing differences between two objects, often using suffixes like -er or -est. Superlatives use the suffixes -est or irregular forms like best/worst to compare three or more objects. It provides rules for forming comparatives and superlatives, such as adding -er or -st for single-syllable words and changing y to i and adding -est for words ending in y. Examples are given for common comparative and superlative forms.

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    Comparative and Superlative

    Members: Ash, Yis, Mia, Sophie, Gene y Cris


    Topics: ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀

    • What is comparative and superlative

    • Grammar Comparative and Superlative

    • Grammar rules

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    What is?
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    • Comparative: The comparative is used in English
    to compare differences between the two objects it
    modifies (larger, smaller, faster, higher). It is used
    in sentences where we compare two nouns.
    ᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒ
    ᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒ
    ᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒ
    What is?
    ❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙

    ᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒᨒ
    • Superlative: Superlatives in English are formed with
    the adjective in the superlative degree, that is,
    those ending in -est, which have the adverbial
    structure the most/the least or the irregular ones
    that have their own superlative degree, for
    example, the best or the worst.
    comparative
    grammar

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    ❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙
    Comparative Rules
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    Ends -e Ends c + y Ends c + v + c


    Duplicate the last
    when a word ends in -e Change the –y to –i and add consonant and add –ed
    add -r –er
    Example: Nice / Nicer Example: Fancy / Fancier Example: Thin / Thinner

    C: Consonant. V: Vowel
    ❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙
    Grammar Superlative
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    ❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙
    ✧
    Superlatives Rules
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    2 or more syllable
    ✧
    One syllable Ends -y that don’t ends -y

    ❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘❙❙❚❙❘❙❙❙❘❙❚❙❘
    Add -est Change the –y Use the word more
    to –i and add est or least
    Example: Big / Bigest
    Example: Busy / Busiest Example: More

    ✧✧
    small / Least small
    Thanks!
    By: Cris

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