Comparing with Adjectives

What are we learning today?

You will learn to make and use comparative and superlative adjectives.

Explanation

• Short adjectives add -er and -est: high, higher, the highest.
• After one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant: big, bigger, the biggest.
• Adjectives that end in -y change to -ier and -iest: tidy, tidier, the tidiest.
• Long adjectives use more and the most: more comfortable, the most comfortable.
• Some adjectives are irregular: good, better, the best. bad, worse, the worst.
• Use than after a comparative. Use the before a superlative.

Examples

1. My room is tidier than my sister's room.
2. Which is the most dangerous snake in the world?
3. Who has the best news?

Remember!

• Comparative + than.
• The + superlative.

Check yourself

1. Write the comparative of "big".
2. Write the superlative of "good".