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THE ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE Sometimes, we need to change the form of the adjective to compare situations or things. Look at this picture:

BIGGEST

BIGGER

BIG

1. Forming comparatives and superlatives

How these forms are created depends on how many syllables there are in the adjective. Syllables are like sound beats. For instance, sing contains one syllable, but singing contains two sing and ing. Here are the rules:

Adjective form

Comparative

Superlative

Only one syllable, ending in E. Examples: wide, fine, cute

Add -r: wider, finer, cuter

Add -st: widest, finest, cutest

Only one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end.

Double the consonant, and add -er: hotter, bigger, fatter

Double the consonant, and add -est: hottest, biggest, fattest

Adjective form

Comparative

Superlative

Examples: hot, big, fat

Only one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end. Examples: light, neat, fast Add -er: lighter, neater, faster Add -est: lightest, neatest, fastest

Two syllables, ending in Y. Examples: happy, silly, lonely

Change y to i, then add -er: happier, sillier, lonelier

Change y to i, then add -est: happiest, silliest, loneliest

Two syllables or more, not ending in Y. Examples: modern, interesting, beautiful

Use more before the adjective: more modern, more interesting, more beautiful

Use most before the adjective: most modern, most interesting, most beautiful

2. How to use comparatives and superlatives

Comparatives are used to compare two things. You can use sentences with than, or you can use a conjunction like but.

Comparatives

Jiro is taller than Yukio. Yukio is tall, but Jiro is taller.

Superlatives are used to compare more than two things.

Superlatives

Superlative sentences usually use the, because there is only one superlative.

Masami is the tallest in the class. Yukio is tall, and Jiro is taller, but Masami is the tallest.

These are the main rules to build these kind of adjectives. continuacin veremos las reglas que siguen los adjetivos para expresar el comparativo y el superlativo en ingls. Los comparativos y superlativos se forman en ingls de tres formas:

-Forman el comparativo con "er y el superlativo con "the......est" los siguiente adjetivos. Los monoslabos:(tall,short,fat,big) Los bislabos acabados en: y-er-le-ow (happy,tender,narrow,noble) Los bislabos con acento en la ltima slaba(polite,profound,sincere) -A veces hay que cambiar la ortografa de los adjetivos cuando aadimos "er y est". --Los que terminan en "e" aaden solo "r" y "est"

--Los que terminan en "y" precedida de consonante,cambian la "y"por "i".

--Los terminados en una sola consonante, precedida de una vocal doblan la consonante final.

-Los adjetivos largos forman el comparatativo y superlativo con "more /the most".

Otras reglas
- Los superlativos y comparativos siempre van delante del nombre que acompaan.

-Con los comparativos "que" se traduce con Than.

-Si hay un pronombre en lugar de un nombre propio,usamos los pronombres objeto.

-Con los superlativos los lugares van precedido de "in" como traduccin de "de".

1. Andrea is ___________ (tall) than Jos. more taller taller tall 2. Costa Rica ____________ (cheap) than France. cheap more cheap cheaper 3. Messi _______________ (short) than Cristiano Ronaldo. shorter more short

more shorter 4. Russia is ______________ (cold) than Costa Rica. colder more cold more colder 5. English is ____________ (easy) than Chinese. more easy easier more easier

III. Part. Write a sentence using the information given. Ex: Diego /smart / Rose Diego is smarter than Rose.
1. Olga /old/me.

2. Luis /fast / Roy

3. Jennifer Lopez /pretty/ Shakira

4. Barcelona /a good team/ Real Madrid.

5. Summers /hot/ winters.

6. Cristiano Ronaldo /attractive/ Messi

7. My brother /old/ my sister.

8. Steven /intelligent/ Jork

9. Greivin /tall/ his mother.

10. Diego /young / his wife.