Comparatives and Superlatives Regular 1 - syllable adjectives :

2. 2. Regular adjectiveswith more thanonesyllable: • use more and most(orlessorleast) in front of theadjective • Beautiful more beautifulthemostbeautiful • Change–y to –i and add –erand –estto adjectivesthatend in –y • Happyhappierhappiest • A fewtwo-syllableadjectives can formthecomparative and superlative in twoways. • Stupidstupiderstupidest • morestupidmoststupid • Otherexamples: clever, common, friendly, gentle, narrow, pleasant, polite, quiet, simple Comparatives and Superlatives Regular 1 - syllableadjectives: Add–erand –estto theadjective Adjectivecomparativesuperlative Cheapcheapercheapest Add –r and –st to adjectivesending in “e” Late laterlatest Doubletheconsonant of adjectivesending in a short vowel and a consonant, and add –er and –est Thinthinnerthinnest

3. 3. Adverbs: • Use more andmostin front of mostadverbs. • Quietly more quietlymostquietly • A fewadverbshavecomparative and superlatveforms: • Fastfasterthefastest • Otherexamples: hard, late, long, soon • 4. Irregular forms: • Good/wellbetterbest • Bad/badlyworseworst • Farfurtherfurthest • 5. Modifyingcomparatives: • A Little/a bit slightly a lotsignficantlymuchfar • e.g. In Seville, takingthe bus isslightlyquickerthancycling. • 6. Modifyingsuperlatives: • Byfar /easily + superlative • e.g. Cyclingisbyfarthebestway to getaroundSeville. • Use “in” before a noun to specifythegroup. • e.g. Los Coloniales isthebest bar in Seville.

4. As…as…. • For people or things that are the same in some way, use as + adjective/adverb+ as • Ex. She’sas intelligentas hersister. • Use almost, nearly, justto qualifycomparisons • Ex. It’salmostas hottoday as itwasyesterday. • So can replacethefirst as in negativesentences. • Ex. It’snot so difficult as I thought. • Use not quite so to describe smalldifferences • Ex. He’snot quite so impatient as hisbrother. • To describe bigdifferences, use notnearly • Ex. Her new film isn’tnearlyas bad as herlastone. • Use asmuchwithuncountablenouns and as manywithcountablenouns. • Ex. It’snotas muchfunwithoutJoe. • Ex. I haven’tgotas manychips as Nick! • Thesame+ noun + as • Ex. Mymumisthesameageasmy dad. • Little/no/ (not) a lot/ (not) much+ differencebetween • Ex. Thereisn’tmuchdifferencebetweenmyjob and yours. • The + comparative, the+ comparative • Use this to talkabouttwochangingactions. And whenthesecondactiondependsonthefirstone. • Ex. Themore moneyyouhave, thefasteryouspendit.