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Comparatives and Superlatives

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Comparatives and superlatives help us compare people, places, or things.

There are two ways to form comparatives. For most long adjectives, which have three or more syllables, we use more, as in, "Sarah is more beautiful than Martha." With short adjectives, which have only one or two syllables, we add er to the end of the word, as in, "Jacob is smarter than Ed." For short adjectives ending in y, like "happy," we drop the "y" and add ier, as in, "I am happier now that I quit my job."

Similarly, we form superlatives with the most or -est, depending on the length of the adjective. With long adjectives we say, "He is the most intelligent person I've ever met. With short adjectives we say, "Johhny is the fastest runner on the team." For short adjectives ending in y, we drop the "y" and add iest, as in, "She is the prettiest girl in the world."

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01:05 PM Oct 31 2009 | Reply

destiny6677

Algeria

hi

how about "active"? it has two syllables but we say "more active" . i guess there are others.

04:54 AM Oct 27 2009 | Reply

latoof

latoof

Oman

THANK YOU

It is a useful information.

04:38 PM Oct 17 2009 | Reply

Gui Wg

Gui Wg

Brazil

Thanks!

09:35 AM Oct 08 2009 | Reply

zz-top

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United States

Awesome lesson – there's no better way to say it!

03:13 PM Oct 07 2009 | Reply

john

johnSuper Member!

United States

these are my favorite

02:25 AM Jul 01 2009 | Reply

shekharkc

Nepal

i learn and i most like it

10:04 PM Jun 09 2009 | Reply

mystic.me

Philippines

thank you for this lesson i've learned a lot morepower!!!

04:44 AM Jun 07 2009 | Reply

mangafan

Germany

I have to learn that grammatic more.

10:26 AM Jun 06 2009 | Reply

PiNkBlAcKStAr

Mexico

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12:57 PM Jun 05 2009 | Reply

ahmet_tg

Cyprus

thanks