Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
Key Notes:
🌟 Comparative & Superlative Adjectives 🌟
✨ What are Adjectives?
👉 Words that describe nouns or pronouns.
Example: tall boy, smart girl, beautiful place 🌳
✨ Comparative Adjectives 🆚
🔹 Used to compare two people, animals, or things.
🔹 Usually formed by adding -er or using more/less.
📌 Examples:
- taller (She is taller than her brother.)
- more beautiful (This painting is more beautiful than that one.)
- less expensive (This shirt is less expensive than the jacket.)
💡 Rule: Always use than in comparatives.
✨ Superlative Adjectives 👑
🔹 Used to compare more than two (three or more).
🔹 Usually formed by adding -est or using most/least.
📌 Examples:
- tallest (He is the tallest student in the class.)
- most intelligent (This is the most intelligent solution.)
- least interesting (That movie was the least interesting of all.)
💡 Rule: Always use the before superlatives.
✨ Rules to Remember 📚
1️⃣ One-syllable adjectives: add -er/-est
- tall → taller → tallest
- fast → faster → fastest
2️⃣ Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y: change y → i then add -er/-est
- happy → happier → happiest
- busy → busier → busiest
3️⃣ Adjectives with 2+ syllables (not ending in -y): use more/most or less/least
- beautiful → more beautiful → most beautiful
- expensive → less expensive → least expensive
4️⃣ Irregular adjectives: 🚨
- good → better → best
- bad → worse → worst
- far → farther/further → farthest/furthest
✨ Common Mistakes to Avoid 🚫
❌ Don’t use more + -er (e.g., more taller = wrong).
❌ Don’t forget than in comparatives.
❌ Don’t forget the in superlatives.
✨ Practice Sentences 📝
- This road is __________ (narrow) than that one.
➡️ narrower - She is the __________ (good) singer in the group.
➡️ best - The movie was __________ (interesting) than the book.
➡️ more interesting
🌈 Quick Tip:
- Comparative = 2 things 👫
- Superlative = 3 or more 👨👩👧👦
let’s practice!
