Comparing Things

What are we learning today?

You will learn how to compare two things and how to say which one is the top of a group.

Explanation

• Use the comparative for two things. Short adjectives take -er: small, smaller.
• Long adjectives use "more": powerful, more powerful.
• After a comparative, use "than".
• Use the superlative for the top of a group: -est or "the most".
• After a short vowel, double the last letter: big, bigger, the biggest.
• Irregular: good, better, the best.

Examples

1. My room is tidier than my sister's room.
2. My parents have got the biggest bedroom.
3. This laptop is lighter than that one.

Remember!

• Do not say "more bigger" or "gooder".
• Use "the" before a superlative.

Check yourself

1. What is the comparative of "good"?
2. What is the superlative of "big"?