Friday, December 18, 2015

Comparative and Superlative


 -Comparative:


1/Comparative of equality:


As + adjective + as
As + adjective + as

Example:

George as tall as Smith 

2/Comparative of superiority:

Short adjectives:

*Adjective +er + than

Example:

January is colder than April 

*Adjective + ier + than 

Example:

Marseil is prettier than Paris 

*Doubling the consonant + er + than 

Example:

The elephant is bigger than the tiger 

*Irregular adjectives as : good became better , bad became

worse 

Example :

Science is better than physics 

Long adjectives :

*more + adjective + than

Example:

China is more crowded than japan 

3/Comparative of inferiority:


* less + adjective + than

Example:

This car is less expensive .

-Superlative:


1/ superlative of superiority:


Short adjectives:

* the + adjective +est + noun 

Example:

James is the smallest boy in the schools .

Long adjectives:

* the + most + adjective +noun

Example:

Zidan is the most famous football player

*Good became best, bad :worst , far: the farther 


2/Superlative of inferiority:



*the least + adjective

Example:

This dress is the least expensive

Adverbs:                     comparative :                            superlative:

well                             better                                           best

Bad                             worse                                          the best

Much (many)            more than                                  the most

Far                             farther                                       farther

Few                         fewer than                                   fewest

Little                        less                                              least 



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