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Comparison of Adjectives. Comparison. Which do you think is bigger : a lion or a tiger?. I don’t think a tiger is quite as big as a lion!. Compare. Mark is 6 years old. Heidi is 4 years old. Rick is 10 months old. Mark is young. Rick is the youngest. Heidi is younger than Mark.
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Comparison Which do you think is bigger : a lion or a tiger? I don’t think a tiger is quite as big as a lion!
Compare Mark is 6 years old Heidi is 4 years old Rick is 10 months old Mark is young. Rick is the youngest. Heidi is youngerthan Mark.
Compare This sack of potatoes weighs 6 kg. This suitcase weighs 4 kg. These two bags weigh 8 kg. The sack is heavierthan the suitcase. These two bags are the heaviest of all. The suitcase is heavy.
There are three degrees of adjectives: • Positive • Comparative • Superlative
The Positive The positive degree is used for one person or thing.
The Positive Paul is short. Ann is thin.
The Comparative The comparative degree is used when comparing two persons or things
The Comparative Paul is shorter than Rick. Rebecca is thinner than Ann.
The Superlative The superlative degree is used when we compare more thanthree persons or things.
The Superlative Mary is the shortest girl in class. Rebecca is the thinnest woman in Malta.
You add ‘-er’ for the comparative and ‘-est’ for the superlative of some adjectives. cheap - cheaper - cheapest hard - harder - hardest weak - weaker - weakest old - older - oldest
If they end in ‘-e’, you add ‘-r’ and ‘-st’ safe - safer - safest nice - nicer - nicest close - closer - closest
Some double the last letter. big - bigger - biggest fat - fatter - fattest sad - sadder - saddest
Some change ‘y’ to ‘i’ heavy - heavier - heaviest funny - funnier - funniest busy - busier - busiest
To compare adjectives with two or more syllables use MORE in the Comparative MOST in the Superlative LESS in the Comparative LEAST in the Superlative
EXAMPLES beautiful - more beautiful - mostbeautiful careful - more careful - most careful intelligent - more intelligent - most intelligent generous - more generous - most generous dirty - less dirty - least dirty
The following are irregular good - better- best many - more - most bad - worse - worst ill - worse - worst
bigger Tokyo is _______than New York. big bigger biggest
My sister is _______ than me. older old older oldest
Louise is the _____ singer in Malta. best good better best
Ruth is the ________ girl in class. friendliest friendly friendlier friendliest
purest Only the ________ ingredients are used in our cakes. pure purer purest
Joan chose the _____________ dress in the shop. most expensive expensivest more expensive most expensive
The monk’s habit was made of the ________ material I have ever seen. coarsest coarser coarsest most coarse
You certainly look much ________ than you did yesterday. happy happier
He is the ________ person I know. fattest fat
thin thinnest Jane chose the ________ slice of cake on the dish.
Mark has little common sense. Andrea has even _______. little less
Yesterday Andrew was ill. Today he is even ______. worse ill