Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
COMPARATIVE
EQUAL AS + ADJ / ADV +
AS
John is as intelligent as
Mary.
John eats as impulsively
as Mary.
INFERIOR LESS + ADJ / ADV + THAN
John is less intelligent
than Mary.
John eats less impulsively
than Mary.
SUPERIOR MORE + ADJ / ADV + THAN (more than 2 syllables)
John is more intelligent
than Mary.
John eats more impulsively
than Mary.
John is taller than Mary.
John works harder than Mary.
John works harder than Mary.
SUPERLATIVE THE MOST + ADJ / ADV(more than 2 syllables)
John is the most
intelligent boy.
John works the most impulsively of all.
John works the most impulsively of all.
THE
(ADJ / ADV + EST) (only one syllable)
John is the tallest boy.
John works the hardest of all.
John works the hardest of all.
* TWO SYLLABLES:
a) -- --y ier
/ iest
pretty: prettier than /
the prettiest girl
b) -- --other more than / the most
rapid: more rapid than /
the most rapid car
c) -- --ly
ADJ
(as 1 syllable) ugly: uglier than / the
ugliest cat
ADV (as 3 syllables) quickly: more quickly than / the most quicky
ADV (as 3 syllables) quickly: more quickly than / the most quicky
IRREGULARS:
ADJ / ADV SUPERIOR SUPERLATIVE
ADJ / ADV SUPERIOR SUPERLATIVE
good /
well better the
best
bad /
badly worse the worst
many /
much more the
most
few
/little less the
least
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