COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Short and long regular adjectives

Short and long regular adjectives

TALL TALL

The boy is taller than the

woman

The boy is taller than the

woman

COMPARATIVES SHORT ADJECTIVES

• strong + “er than”= stronger than: “más fuerte que”• tall + “er than”= taller than: “más alto que” • fat + “er than”= fatter than: “más gordo que” • friendly+ “er than”= friendlier than: “más amistoso que”

EXAMPLESMonzón was stronger than Charlie Garcia

Manu Ginobilli is taller than Alejandro MoncholoEl Paula is friendlier than San Martin School

COMPARATIVES LONG ADJECTIVES

more + intelligent+ than= “más inteligente que” (long adjective)

EXAMPLESTom is more intelligent than Peter

Harry Potter is more interesting than X-menTitanic was more boring than Star Wars

FASTFAST

The black panther is the fastest of the three

The black panther is the fastest of the three

SUPERLATIVES SHORT ADJECTIVES

•the + big + “est” of / in....: the biggest in..: “el más grande del..”•the+old+ “est” of / in: the oldest of...: “el más viejo del..”•the+small+ “est” of / in: the smallest in: “el más pequeño del..”

EXAMPLESBrazil is the biggest country in South America

I am the oldest person in this classroomThe “musaraña” is the smallest mammal in the world

SUPERLATIVE LONG ADJECTIVES

LON

the most +adjective+ of...: “el más ...........del .....

EXAMPLESthe most amusing of : “el más divertido de...”

the most difficult of: “el más difícil de...”the most boring in: “el más aburrido en...”

REGULARADJECTIVE

SSHORT LONG

COMPARATIVE adjective - er - thanmore+adjective+ than

SUPERLATIVEthe most +adjective+ of/in

the most +adjective of/in

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES

goodbetter than(mejor que)

the best(el mejor)

badworse than(peor que)

the worst(el peor)

much / manymore than(más que)

the most(lo

más/máximo)

littleless than

(menos que) the least

(lo menos)