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    one syllable + -er + -est

    tall taller tallest

    one syllable with the spelling consonant + single vowel +


    consonant: double the final consonant:
    fat fatter fattest
    big bigger biggest
    sad sadder saddest

    two syllables + -er + -est


    ending in: -y, -ly,

    happy happier/ more happy happiest/ most happy


    Note: Adjectives ending in '-y' like happy, pretty, busy, sunny, lucky
    etc:. replace the -y with -ier or -iest in the comparative and superlative
    form
    busy busier busiest
    three syllables or more + adj most + adj
    more
    important more important most important
    expensive more expensive most expensive

    IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

    These adjectives have completely irregular comparative and superlative forms:

    Adjective Comparative Superlative


    good better best
    bad worse worst
    little less least
    much more most
    far further / farther furthest / farthest
    Comparison Practice

    Sweden is _____________colder than_______________ (cold) Saudi Arabia.


    An elephant is _______stroger than __________________(strong) a giraffe
    Math is ______________easier than_________________ (easy) Writing.
    My brother runs _________faster than________________(fast) my sister
    My father is __________________older than________ (old) my mother.
    Pepper is _____________hotter than________________ (hot) salt.
    The French teacher is ________better than___________(good) the German teacher
    A computer is __________________more ecpensive_______ (expensive) a typewriter.
    Hail is _________________________worse than______ (bad) rain.
    My city is _____________________more beutiful________ (beautiful) city of all.
    I’m ______________________better in_________ (good) in math than_____ my sister.

    Complete with the superlative

    The whale is _______the biggest__________ (big) animal in the sea.


    I’m _____________the best___________ (good) student in my class.
    My friend is _______the pritties__________ ( pretty) girl in this school.
    Andy is ______________the oldest _______( old) member of the family.
    My dad bought the _______most _expensive____________ (expensive) car.
    My brother and I, we all have cars. But mine is _____the most
    economic____________________(economic)
    Bill gates is one of ______the richest____________ (rich) man in the world.
    I think that Michael Jackson isn’t ___the best_____________________ (good) singer.
    Steve is _____________________the worst _________(bad) liar I know.
    Mary is ___________________the fattest_______________(fat) person I've ever seen.
    Of all the students in the class, Max is ______the thinest___________________(thin).
    Mary's house is _________________the tallest __________ (tall) of all the houses on the
    block.
    Mont Everest is ___________________the highest____________( high) mountain in the
    world.
    This is the ______________________the sadest________(sad) film I’ve ever seen.

    Compare the animals. How many sentences can you make? The words in the case can help
    you. tall – heavy – dangerous – quick – pretty – thin – long – elegant – colourful – fierce
    -
    Fill in the blanks with comparative or superlative

    1.The flat where I am living now isn’t ________large than_______________(large) the flat I had
    in Rio. The bed-rooms are_________smaller than___________(small) the ones in the other flat.
    The living-room is ________biger than____________ (big) the one in the other flat, but the
    kitchen is _________darker than________
    (dark) the other kitchen. The bathroom is _____clearer than__________ (clear) the one in the
    other flat. But I like my flat in São Paulo very much, because it is in a _______better
    than____________(good) district in town.

    2.Mr. Paul Stevens has 4 children. Their names are Gregory, Nicholas, Glenda and Candice.
    Gregory is_______the oldest ____________(old) of the four, but Nicholas is
    _______________________ (tall) Gregory. Candice is ______________the
    youngest_______(young) of the four, and Glenda is ______________petter than________
    (pretty) Candice. Gregory is __________more organized than______________ (organized)
    Nicholas. Nicholas and Gregory play football very well, but Nicholas is
    _____________better than_________(good) Gregory, because he is __________faster than
    ______ (fast) Gregory. Glenda is ______the funnies ______________________ (funny)
    of the four and her marks are _______the worst________(bad). Anyway, I think they are
    ___________nicest than__________ (nice) family in the city

    3.Carol thinks Math’s is _________easiest than________ (easy) Portuguese, and she considers
    English _____________the best________(good) subject at school. She also thinks that History is
    _____________more important__________________ (important) Geography, and, for her,
    ____the worst_______ (bad) subject is Sciences. She believes that History isn't ________more
    important________________ (important) Art History because it is a general knowledge subject.
    Carol’s marks in Math’s are _____________better than________(good) her marks in English.
    Her ________________worse____ (good) mark is in History and she
    has___________best___________(bad) marks in Sciences. She thinks Sciences is
    _________most difficult_______________(difficult) subject at school.

    4. Women think that ___the worst________________(bad) of the house chores is washing. There
    are women that consider ironing _______is more difficult than_________________(difficult)
    cleaning, but my wife believes ironing isn’t ______more boring than__________________(boring)
    cleaning. Dusting is _ ____easier than_____________________(easy) polishing, and cooking is
    really _____nicer than_________ (nice) gardening. Watering plants is also _____funnier
    than_______________ (funny) darning. In fact, women think that sewing is ________more
    relaxing than____________________ (relaxing) knitting. Many women believe that setting tables is
    not _____more tiring________(tiring) making beds. Some women also think that serving tables
    is ___harder than_______(hard) preparing meals. For the women, in general ______the
    best__________________ (good) thing about house-chores is seeing the house tidy and
    organized.

    5.England, Italy and France are nice countries. Italy is ___prettier than_______________
    (pretty)England, and France is __the most lovely_________ (lovely) of the three. Italian
    people are considered to be _nicer than____ (nice) French, but they aren’t ____more
    tradicional than__________ (traditional) the English people. The French cuisine is __better
    than____ (good) the Italian food, and the English cuisine is considered to be _______the
    worst______ (bad) of the three. Going shopping in London is a must. The shops there are
    ____bigger than_____ (big) the ones in Paris and Rome, and the clothes are ____cheaper than
    ______ (cheap) the others.

    6.What do you prefer - reading a book or watching a film based on a book? Some people think the
    book is always ____better than_____ (good) the film, because the book has got more details.
    Some people think books aren’t ____more attractive than _______ (attractive) films,
    because you can’t see the characters and they aren’t ________more colorful______ (colorful). I
    think watching a film is ___nicer_____(nice) because you go out of home, see people and have a
    good time.

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