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COMPARATIVE. and SUPERLATIVE. ADJECTIVES. THE BIGGEST. BIGGER. BIG. WHEN TO USE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES. Degrees of Adjectives Adjectives can express degrees of modification:

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  1. COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES THE BIGGEST BIGGER BIG

  2. WHEN TO USE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES Degrees of Adjectives • Adjectives can express degrees of modification: Gladys is a rich woman, but Josie is richer than Gladys, and Sadie is therichest woman in town.

  3. positive comparative • The degrees of comparison are known as the , the , and the . positive: tallcomparative:taller superlative:the tallest Actually, only the comparative and superlative show degrees. We use the comparative for comparing 2 things and the superlative for comparing 3 or more things. superlative

  4. Notice that the word than frequently accompanies the comparative and the word the precedes the superlative. Mary is Anna. Anna is Mary. Sarah is girl in the class. taller than shorter than the tallest

  5. To make comparative and superlative forms of adjectives some rules must be followed: • Rule 1 One syllable adjectives generally form the comparative by adding ER and the superlative by adding EST.

  6. Note: if a one syllable adjective ends in a single vowel letter followed by a single consonant letter, the consonant letter is doubled and then the suffix is added. th th th th in _____ th in n er the th in est n

  7. If an adjective ends in E, this is removed when adding ER or EST. wide _____ wid e er the wid est e

  8. If an adjective ends in a consonant followed by y,y is replaced by i when adding ER and EST. d d d d d r r r r r i y er _____ _____ the dr est i

  9. Rule2 Two syllable adjectives which end in Y usually form the comparative by adding ER and the superlative by adding EST Don’t forget to change the y to i luck est y i er prett est y i er the tid est y i er

  10. Rule 3 To form the comparative and superlative of adjectives that are two syllables and more and not ending in a Y, add MORE and THE MOST in front of the positive adjective. the most the most the most the most the most boring careful useless modern worried more more more more more _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

  11. the most the most the most the most dangerous difficult exciting ridiculous _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

  12. However, a few 2 syllable adjectives can take either ER or EST or MORE or THE MOST. Here are some examples. more / the most more / the most more / the most more / the most more / the most more / the most er / est er / est er / est er / est er / est er / est common narrow pleasant useless simple quiet

  13. EXCEPTIONS • Irregular adjectives (nepravilni pridjevi) good bad far little much/many better worse further/farther less more the best the worst the furthest / the farthest the least the most

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