2. 1. For most one syllable adjectives you make the
comparative form by adding -er.
Gentle Short Richer Small Young Tall Young Fast Dark Cheap Narrow Long
Strong Neat Weak Small Cold Old Bright Kind Clean Nice Gentle High
Wide Deep Cool Safe Cute Smart Clever
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1. _________________ is OLDER + than ________ = ____________ is OLDER than ________________
2. Juan Ricardo Lozano is older than Julian Madrid. = Julian Madrid is older than Jeison Steven Lucumi
3. Juan Ricardo Lozano is the oldest.
4. 1. One syllable adjectives that need a double letter right in last consonant + er:
For some adjectives you need to double the last letter before you add -er.
You do this when the last three letters of the word have the pattern
consonant-vowel-consonant.
Vowels are the letters a, e, i, o, u. All other letters are consonants. One syllable
adjectives
Hot Thin Big Fat Sad
5. 1. ________________ is HOTTER + than ________________
2. Cartagena is hotter than Los Patios = Sahara desert is hotter
than “Los patios”.
3. Sahara desert is the hottest
6. .
2. Two syllable words; Words Ending in y:
For adjectives ending in y, you make the comparative form by changing the
y to an i, then adding -er. Happy … happier
Pretty Sunny Heavy Busy Healthy Cuzzy Angry
7. What are the most famous discos in Cúcuta?
1. ___________ is more famous than _______
2. Cocoloco is more famous than La bomba
3. Pandora is the most famous disco in Cúcuta
2. For most words with two syllables or more, you make
the comparative form by adding the word more before
the adjective.
Nervous Generous Important Intelligent Famous
Devious Expensive Beautiful Interesting Attractive
Aggressive Careful Peaceful Pleasant Thoughtful
Attentive
8. Medellín is far.
Villavicencio is farther than Medellín
Leticia is the farthest.
Irregular adjectives: Two-syllable adjectives that follow two rules. These adjectives can
be used with -er and -est and with more and most.
good better best Bad Worse worst Far Furter
Farthest
little less least Much More Most
9. Superlative(Exceptions). .
Manizales is a good place to live.
Barranquilla is a better place to live. = I prefer to live in Barranquila than Manizales.
San Andres is the best place to live