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ADJECTIVES: COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY and SUPERLATIVE (c: ms alto (que), s: el ms alto (de), etc.

) Number of syllables One-syllable adjective Form c.: Adj- (e)r s.: the (than) (in/of) Examples Tall-taller: Mary is taller than Max. My father is tall, but your father is taller. The tallest: Mary is the tallest in the class/of all the students. Large-larger: My house is larger than your house. The largest: This is the largest building in the city. Thin-thinner: Max is thinner than John. The thinnest: Max is the thinnest of his brothers. Hot-hotter, big-bigger cons + y: yi. Dry-drier/the driest vowel + y: y+er/est. Grey-greyer/ the greyest exceptions: Shy-shyer, the shyest/sly-slyer, the slyest Happy happier: John is happier today than he was yesterday. The happiest: John is the happiest boy in the world.

Adj- (e)st

cons + y: y i vowel + y: y+er/est

Two-syllable adjective ending with Y

Cons +y: yi c.: Adj - ier (than) (in/of)

s.: the

Adj -iest

Vowel+yy +er/est

Busy-busier: Mary is busier than Max. The busiest: Mary is the busiest person Ive ever met. Gooey-gooeyer/est (hokey/nosey) Careful:more careful-the most careful /careless:more careless-the most careless/tiring:more tiring-the most tiring/bored: more bored- the most bored/obscure: more obscure- the most obscure/ famous: more famous-the most famous. Max is more careful than Mike. Of all the taxi drivers, Jack is the most careful. Generous: more generous- the most generous, intelligent: more intelligentthe most intelligent. John is more generous than jack. John is the most generous of all the people I know. Jack is more intelligent than John. Jack is the most intelligent, but John is the most generous.

Two-syllable adjective which do not end with Y but usually in ful/less/-ing/-ed/-re/-ous.

c.: more

adj (than) (in/of)

s.: the most adj

Three-syllable (or more)adjective

c.: more s.: the most

adj (than) adj (in/of)

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

GOOD BAD

BETTER WORSE

THE BEST THE WORST

Italian food is better than American

FAR LITTLE MUCH/ MANY OLD

FARTHER THE FARTHEST FURTHER THE FURTHEST LESS THE LEAST MORE THE MOST ELDER THE ELDEST

food. Of all the students in the class, Max is the worst. Of all his books this is the least interesting.

A few two-syllable adjectives (some ending with le, -ow,- er)

Both forms

Simple simple narrow narrow clever

simpler the simplest more simple the most narrower the narrowest more narrow the most cleverer the cleverest more clever the most

clever Others: pleasant, handsome, quite, common, friendly, unfriendly NOTES: 1. Compounds with good , well or bad: Good-looking= more good-looking/better-looking Bad-tempered= more bad-tempered/ worse-tempered Well-built= more well-built/better-built

2. The comparative of superiority can be used instead of the superlative when we refer to two people/things, etc. in a formal style: Which river is the longer the Tagus or the Guadalquivir? I like Susan and Sarah, but I think Sarah is the nicer of the two. Ill give you the bigger steak: Im not very hungry.

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