Date: 25-09-2020 GUIDE # 04
Name: Yesica Yojana Abreo Castro
Program: Administración de empresas
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Life is like a PIANO...
The White Keys represent Happiness
and Black Keys represent Sadness
But as U go through Life's Journey.
Remember that the Black Keys Make
MUSIC too...
1. Match the following adjectives and write below the meaning in Spanish.
Pretty Young Heavy Lazy
Short Friendly Active Small
Fat Thin Big Soft
Dangerous Ugly Fast Light
Old Tall Hard Slow
Bonita feo pesado ligero
corto largo activo perezoso
gordo flaco grande pequeño
peligroso amistoso rapido lento
viejo joven dificil suave
Some Information:
Number of syllables Comparative Superlative
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
Number of syllables Comparative Superlative
Two syllables + -er OR more + adj + -est OR the most + adj
ending in: -y, -ly, -ow
ending in: -le, -er or -ure
these common adjectives - handsome, polite, pleasant, common, quiet
happy happier/ more happy happiest/ most happy
yellow yellower/ more yellow yellowest/ most yellow
simple simpler/ more simple simplest/ most simple
tender tenderer/ more tender tenderest/ most tender
If you are not sure, use MORE + OR MOST +
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
Number of syllables Comparative Superlative
three syllables or more more + adj The most + adj
important more important The most important
expensive more expensive The most expensive
Examples:
a. A cat is fast, a tiger is faster but a cheetah is the fastest
b. A car is heavy, a truck is heavier, but a train is the heaviest
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
Practice Writing
2. Write the comparative form. Look at the examples.
beautiful → more beautiful wide → wider expensive →more expensive
ugly → more ugly lazy → lazier nasty →nastier
handsome → more handsome serious → more serious loud → louder
clever → cleverer funny → funnier dirty → dirtier
soft → softer good →better heavy →heavier
hard → harder
3. Complete with a comparative adjective and all the necessary words.
a. It´s too noisy here. Can we go to a quieter (quiet) place?
b. The hotel was bigger (big) than that in which we stayed last year.
c. Your work is better (good) than mine.
d. The accident could have been worse (bad) than it was.
e. I was more nervous (nervous) in my exam yesterday than Mark.
f. I´d like to have a faster (fast) car. The one I have now is really old.
g. Last week it was really hot. Today is colder (cold) than then.
4. Complete the sentences using the following adjectives in comparative
Cheap noisy large hot healthy good
The weather in Italy last summer was hotter than in Spain.
My exam´s results were very bad last year. I hope this time are better
These shoes are a bit expensive. I want something cheaper
Our house is big, but my aunt´s apartment is larger
The music in this room is noisier than at the disco.
The doctor says I have to eat healthier
5. Write the Superlative form. Look at the examples.
thin → The thinnest nasty →the nastiest bad →the worst
expensive → The most expensive far → the farthest interesting →the most interesting
fat →the fattest old → the oldest hard →the hardest
happy →the happiest narrow → the narrowest popular →the most popular
quite → the quietest good → the best intelligent →the most intelligent
pretty → the prettiest clean →the cleanest nice →the nicest
6. Complete the sentences writing the adjective in bold in superlative form
Example: It’s a very interesting book. It’s one of the most interesting books I’ve ever read.
He´s a very good footballer. He is the best footballer in Europe at the moment.
She´s a pretty girl. She´s the prettiest girl in my class.
January is a cold month in Spain. It´s usually the coldest month of the year.
I was very happy when I got married. My wedding day was the happiest day of my life.
This is a really bad film. It is the worst film I´ve ever seen.
We saw an ugly dog last night. It was the most ugly dog we´ve seen.
I think this is an expensive restaurant. It must be the most expensive restaurant in town.
7. Fill in the blanks with the comparative or superlative form of the adjective in parentheses.
Where necessary, add “the” before superlatives and “than” after comparatives.
E Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. (high)
E Montreal is larger than Quebec City. (large)
1. I have heard that the Masai tribe are the tallest people in the world. (tall)
2. "The Simpsons" is funnier than "The Flintstones" in my opinion. (funny)
3. If you want to go downtown, the easiest way is to take the metro. (easy)
4. The east coast of Australia is more populated than the west coast. (populated)
5. I found Alien 2 scarier than Alien 1. (scary)
8. Use the comparative or the superlative according to the sentence
She was a very intelligent student. She was the most intelligent (intelligent) girl in her class.
It´s a very old castle. Experts argued it is the oldest (old) in Britain.
I´m going to sleep on the sofa. The floor is more uncomfortable (uncomfortable) than it.
This new job is more important (important) for me than the last I had.
Living in the countryside is healthier (healthy) than leaving in town.
These instructions were the most difficult (difficult) ones I have ever read.
9. Write comparisons to describe two places in your country. Use comparatives and
Superlatives.
City 1 City 2
Bucaramanga is hotter than Bogotá
Live in Bogotá is more stressfull than Bucaramanga
Bogota is very iciest
Bucaramanga is freshest
The people in Bucaramanga is friendlier than bogota
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