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Comparatives and Superlatives

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

There are two ways to form comparatives. The first way is for long adjectives, which have three or more syllables. With long adjectives, we use more to form a comparative phrase with than. For example, "Sarah is more beautiful than Martha." The second way is for short adjectives, which have only one or two syllables. With short adjectives, 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. For example, "Lucy is happier than Rob."

Similarly, we form superlatives in two different ways, depending on the length of the adjective. With long adjectives we use the most, as in "He is the most intelligent person I know." With short adjectives, we add -est to the end of the word. For example, "Johnny 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."

Comparatives and Superlatives Grammar Quiz

  1. Bachelor parties are than any other types of parties.

  2. Cities are than the countryside.

  3. She is person I know.

  4. Slobs are people to be around.

  5. My friends are always when they watch basketball games.

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jyymonkey

jyymonkey

Germany

prettiest

fastest

most intelligent

03:08 AM Dec 25 2009 |

jyymonkey

jyymonkey

Germany

Good explanation

03:07 AM Dec 25 2009 |

destiny6677

Algeria

hi

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

08:05 PM Oct 31 2009 |

latoof

latoof

Oman

THANK YOU

It is a useful information.

11:54 AM Oct 27 2009 |

zz-top

zz-top

Uzbekistan

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

04:35 PM Oct 08 2009 |

john

johnSuper Member!

United States

these are my favorite

10:13 PM Oct 07 2009 |

shekharkc

Nepal

i learn and i most like it

09:25 AM Jul 01 2009 |

mystic.me

Philippines

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

05:04 AM Jun 10 2009 |

mangafan

Germany

I have to learn that grammatic more.

11:44 AM Jun 07 2009 |

PiNkBlAcKStAr

Mexico

I rAlLy nEeD tAhT tHaNk yOuLaughing

05:26 PM Jun 06 2009 |