Basics of English Grammar

Comparative and superlative

forms of adjectives
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What is a noun? Contents

Noun
Adjective

Noun is a word which refers to a thing, Syllable

Comparatives
person, activity, place etc. Superlatives
Comparison
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car

reading
street
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What is an adjective? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Adjective is a word which describes a noun Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
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adjectives noun Help

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big

fast car
expensive Back
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What is a syllable? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Syllable is a part of a word containing vowel sound Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
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reading Help
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read ing
1st syllable 2nd syllable
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Syllables – examples Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable

1. One-syllable adjectives Comparatives

Superlatives

fast big cheap long Comparison

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2. Two-syllable adjectives
happy crazy dirty

3. Three-syllable adjectives

important wonderful Back

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What is a “comparative form”? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Comaprative form expresses the idea of ‘more’ Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
Practice

fast-er Help
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My car is fast.

But his car is faster

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“Comparative form”? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
How is a ‘comparative’ form built? Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
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one syllable adjectives longer Help

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two syllable adjectives

ending in -y
funniyer 
other two and three
syllable adjectives
modern
more modern
irregular adjectives
for example ‘good’
good
better Back
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What is a “superlative form”? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Comaprative form expresses the idea of ‘most’ Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
Practice

fast-est Help
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My car is fast.
Your car is fast.
But his car is the fastest.
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“Superlative form”? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
How is a ‘superlative’ form built? Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
Practice

one syllable adjectives longest Help

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two syllable adjectives

ending in -ly
funnyiest 

other two and three

syllable adjectives
modern
most modern
irregular adjectives
for example ‘good’
good
best Back
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Summary comparison Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable

comparative superlative Comparatives

Superlatives
Comparison
Practice

long longer longest Help

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funny funnier funniest

modern more modern most modern

good better best

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• We often use a phrase with than after a
comparison.
Ex: The steak is more expensive than the fish

• We normally use the before a superlative.

Ex: The last question is the most difficult.

• We use as … as to say that things are equal or

unequal.
Ex: Our house is as big as yours.
It isn’t as cold as yesterday.
The same N as
Our house has the same size as yours.
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Exercises Contents
Noun
Adjective
Syllable
List of adjectives Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
hot big thin Practice
nice pleasant young
short intelligent lovely Help
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kind happy attractive
exciting pretty unhappy
good annoyed careless
bad tasty perfect
tired upset terrible
ugly

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ELECTRIC CAR
SUV CHEAP
SLOW
SMALL
ECO-FRIENDLY
COMFORTABLE
CONTAMINANT
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FRIES

HEALTHY
CHOCOLATE
EXPENSIVE
SWEET
TASTY
FATTENING