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TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTION OF COMMERCE

   VIRGINIA GÓMEZ    - CIENAGA - MAGDALENA- 2020

ÁREA DE INGLÉS                                                          GRADE:8°A,B,C

TEACHER:  CARMEN ESCOBAR

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES 

SHORT ADJECTIVES  -  COMPARATIVE CONSTRUCTION

Most one-syllable adjectives and some two-syllable adjectives take the ending '--er'.

·         young --> younger

·         tall --> taller

·         old --> older

If the base adjective ends in "--y" we replace the "y" with "i":

·         heavy --> heavier

If the base adjective ends in "--e" we only add an "r":

·         large --> larger

·         simple --> simpler

If the adjective ends with a single vowel +consonant, we double the consonant and add "--er":

·         big --> bigger

·         thin --> thinner

Some very common adjectives have irregular comparative forms:

·         good --> better

·         bad --> worse

·         far --> farther / further

 SHORT ADJECTIVES SUPERLATIVE

One-syllable adjectives (and some common two-syllable adjectives) become superlative by adding the ending '--est'.

·         young --> youngest

·         tall --> tallest

If the adjective ends in '--y' we replace the 'y' with 'i' :

·         heavy --> heaviest

·         early --> earliest

If the adjective already ends in '--e' we only add '--st' :

·         large --> largest

·         simple --> simplest

If the adjective ends in a single vowel + consonant, we double the consonant and add"--est":

·         big --> biggest

·         thin --> thinnest

Some very common superlatives have irregular forms:

·         good --> best

·         bad --> worst

·         far --> farthest

Some adjectives exist only in superlative form:

·         first

·         last

LONG  COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Long comparative  : Son aquellos que comparan dos elementos en los adjetivos formados por más de dos sílabas se añade a los adjetivos comparativos la partícula more en posición precedente sin que estos sufran ninguna alteración.

Most adjectives which have two or more syllables are changed to a comparative form by adding 'more' (for positive comparisons) or 'less' (for negative comparisons) in front of the base adjective. The form 'as + comparative + as' can also be used with longer adjective forms.

 

LONG  ADJECTIVES SUPERLATIVE CONSTRUCTION

Most adjectives which have two or more syllables are changed to a superlative form by adding 'the most' for positive comparisons and 'the least' for negative comparisons in front of the base adjective:

Examples:

·         My father is the least patient man I know.

·         I am the most intelligent boy in my school.

·         The new Aston Martin is the most expensive car ever made in Britain.

·         Professor Stephen Hawking has the most original mind in modern science.

Degree modifiers with comparatives and superlatives

EXAMPLE:

The tiger is more dangerous than dog

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES expresan el grado máximo de una característica.

En el caso de los adjetivos superlativos, se añade the most en posición precedente sin que éstos sufran ninguna alteración.

EXAMPLE

The tiger  is the most dangerous

1- Adjetivos de tres sílabas o más

Los adjetivos de tres sílabas o más forman el comparativo colocando more antes del adjetivo y el superlativo colocando the most. 

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