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cold
big
Colder
Bigger
RemembeR
difficult More difficult
bad
• Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
Worse
dry Drier • Short adjectives ending in one
early Earlier consonant double the last letter +
good Better -er: big – bigger
high Higher
hot • Long adjectives (more than two
Hotter
long syllables): more + adjective: more
Longer
popular
More popular expensive
rainy
sunny
Rainier
Sunnier • Be careful of irregular adjectives
wet e.g. good, bad
wetter
2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of
the adjectives in brackets.
a. Britain is hotter (hot) now than at any time before.
b. It’s usually foggier (foggy) in autumn than in summer.
c. Places that are sunny are more popular (popular) than places where it rains a lot.
d. I think the weather is worse (bad) than ten years ago.
e. India is sunnier (sunny) than Britain, but it is also wetter (wet)!
f. The sea is getting higher (high).
g. Summer is shorter (short) now than 25 years ago.
Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.
good Betterest
loud loudest
slow slowest
small Smallest
ugly Ugliest
tortoise / slow
The tortoise is the slowest.
1 blue whale / big the blue whale is the biggest
2 cheetah / fast the cheetah is the fastest
3 mosquito / dangerous the mosquito is the most dangerous