Comparatives and Superlatives
Comparatives and Superlatives
Comparatives and Superlatives
SUPERLATIVES
• Write comparative sentences.
• Write the comparative form of these adjectives.
Hot: HOTTER The Nile/ the Amazon (long): THE NILE RIVER IS LONGER THAN THE AMAZON
Short : SHORTER
RIVER.
Difficult : MORE DIFFICULT
Beautiful : MORE BEAUTIFUL Canada/ Brazil (big) : Canada is bigger than Brazil
Noisy : MORE NOISY/ NOISIER
Masserati/ Citroen (comfortable): Masseratti is more comfortable than Citroen.
Thin : THINNER
Near : NEARER Driving/Flying (dangerous) : Driving is more dangerous than flying.
Easy : EASIER
My English/ your English (good): your english is better than my english
Rich: RICHER
Cold:COLDER Buses/trains (cheap) buses are cheaper than trains
Dangerous : MORE DANGEROUS
French wine/Argentinean wine (delicious): French wine is more delicious than
Handsome : MORE HANDSOME
Good : BETTER argentinean wine.
Pretty : PRETTIER
Scuva diving/snorkelling (easy): scuva diving isn’t easier than snorkelling
Bad : WORSE
Earth/mars (hot)
Look at the pictures and make sentences using the superlative form of the adjectives.
Empty: emptiest
TO REVISE
Complete the chart.
Adjective Comparative Superlative
cold Colder coldest
High
handsome
expensive
dry
dangerous
hot
beautiful
Crowded
Far
happy
good
Bad
What is the superlative of "ugly"?
What is the comparative of "heat"?
? uglier
? heater
? uggliest ? heatter
? uglyest ? heatier
? ugliest ? hetter
What is the comparative of "hot"? ? none of these
? hoter What is the comparative of "sad"?
? hotter ? sader
? sadder
? hotest
? sadier
? hottest ? saddier
What is the superlative of "unpleasant"? What is the comparative of "lively"?
? unpleasant ? livelyer
? most unpleasant ? more livelyer
? more unpleasant ? livelier
? unpleasantest ? more livelier
What is the superlative of "deep"?
What is the superlative of "small"?
? deeper
? smallier ? deepper
? smaller ? deepest
? smalliest ? deeppest
? smallest What is the superlative of "soft"?
What is the comparative of "destructive"? ? softest
? destructiver ? softiest
? softtest
? more destructive
? most soft
? destructivier
? more destructiver