Comparatives and are Generally, · Comparatives and Superlatives are special forms of adjectives....
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Comparatives and Superlatives are special forms of adjectives. They are used
to compare two or more things.
Generally, comparatives are formed using -er and
superlatives are formed using -est.
Los comparativos y superlativos son formas especiales de los adjetivos. Ellos se
usan para comparar dos o mas cosas.Generalmente los comparativos se forman usando ER y los superlativos EST al final
del adjetivo
USE OF COMPARATIVES
Comparatives are used to compare two things. Youcan use sentences with “than”,
a) Michael is taller than John.
Michael John
Los comparativos se usan paracomparar dos cosas o grupos enoraciones se usa than seguido delcomparativo
a) Michael es mas alto que John.
USE OF SUPERLATIVESSuperlatives are used to compare more than two things.Superlative sentences usually use “the”, because there is onlyone superlative.
a) Bryan is the tallest in the class.
b) John is tall, and Michael is taller, but Bryan is the tallest.
Michael JohnBryan
Los Superlativos se usan para comparar mas de dos cosas, antesdel superlativo siempre se usa la palabra THE ya que hay solo unsuperlativo.a) Bryan es el mas alto de la clase.
b) John es alto, y Michael es bajo, pero Brayan es el mas bajo.
Adjective form Comparative Superlative
Con una sola sílaba que termina en E. Examples: wide, fine, cute
Se agrega al final del adjetivo-r: wider, finer, cuter
Se agrega al final del adjetivo-st: widest, finest, cutest
Solo una silaba con una vocal y una consonante al final. Examples: hot, big, fat
Se dobla la consonante del final y se agrega-er: hotter, bigger, fatter
Dobla la consonante, y agrega -est:hottest, biggest, fattest
Dos silaba que terminan en Y. Examples: happy, silly, lonely
cambia y por i, luego agrega -er: happier, sillier, lonelier
cambia y por i, luego agrega -est: happiest, silliest, loneliest
Reglas
Reglas
Con dos sílabas o mas que no terminan en Y. Examples: modern, interesting, beautiful
Usa “more” antes del adjetivo: more modern, more interesting, more beautiful
Usa “most” antes del adjetivo: mostmodern, mostinteresting, most beautiful
Adjective form Comparative Superlative
Ejemplo
She is more beautiful than her sister (frase en comparativo)
She is the most beautiful in her family ( frase en superlativo)
Irregular adjectives like good or bad change thespelling:
a) GoodComparative: better thanSuperlative: the best
b) BadComparative: worse thanSuperlative: the worst
Los adjetivos irregulares se escribendiferentes en comparativo y superlativo
adjective comparative superlative
short
tall
fast
slow
ugly
handsome
beautiful
weak
Justin Bieber is more handsome than
Joe Jonas
DOTA is funnier than Audition!
Titanic is the longest
movie I’ve seen.
Mario Galaxy is the best
videogame I have played.