COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVEMiss Yerty Martínez C.English teacher Santa Sabina

ADJECTIVE “ER”

The suffix er is often added to adjectives to compare two things.

Examples: My feet are large.Your feet are larger than my feet.

When a one-syllable adjective ends in a single consonant and the vowel is short, double the final consonant before adding er. When a word ends in two or more consonants, adder.

BIG BIGGER

FAST FASTER

THIN

EASY EASIER

FAT

SMALL

LARGE

UGLY

ADJECTIVES THAT ADD EST:

Adjectives that end with -est compare three or more things.

EXAMPLE : Alexis is the fastest player on the team.

(fast)

COMPLETE THE CHART . USE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORM.

POSITIVE ADJECTIVE

COMPARE SUPERLATIVE

FAST FASTEST

SMALLER

TALLEST

OLD

HAPPIER

AS + ADJECTIVE + AS = TAN + ADJETIVO + COMO

EXAMPLE

BUENOS AIRES IS AS EXPENSIVE AS WALT DISNEY