2. Comparatives
• If you want to say that people, places, things etc, are not
equal use comparative adjectives and adverbs
• ……. More/less + adjective /adverb (- er than…..)
• Istanbul is more crowded than Izmir
• Izmir is warmer than Istanbul
• You sister is more beautiful than you.
• Your father drives more carefully than your mother.
• Diyarbakir is smaller than Istanbul.
• It is cheaper to live in a village than in a city.
• My grandmother is nicer than my upstairs neighbor
• Antalya is hotter than Samsun
• Cyprus closer to Turkey than the U.K.
3. Superlatives
• If you want to say one person or thing in a group is far
more better/worse than the rest you use superlative
• Use the + superlative adj/adv (the - est/the
most/least adj/adv)
• The most + adjective /adverb
• You are the tallest person in the class.
• Ayse is the laziest student in the class.
• Diyarbakir is one of the hottest cities in Turkey.
• My mother cooks the best meals in our family.
• My boy friend drives the fastest car .
• She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen
• That is the best music I have listen to so far.
• THY is the best airlines in the Middle East.
4. Comparatives & Superlatives
• One syllable adjectives • Old older oldest
• Safe safer safest
• Young younger youngest
• Smart smarter smartest
• Clever cleverer cleverest
• One syllable which ends in one
vowel one consonant double the • Big bigger biggest
consonant • Hot hotter hottest
• Noisy noisier noisiest
• Adjectives ending in – y drop y and • Dirty dirtier dirtiest
and – ier
• Two or more syllable adjectives • Beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful
• Careful more careful the most careful
take more+ dj (comp) most + adj
• Modern more modern the most modern
(superlatives)
• Irregular adjectives
• Good better the best
• Bad worse the worst
• Far further furthest
5. Put the comparative or superlative forms in the blanks:
1. My mother’s shoes are ____________ than mine. (big)
2. Lunch was ____________ than dinner. (little good)
3. English is ____________ than mathematics (little interesting)
4. I am __________ than my brother (old )
5. Angela seems _________than she was a year ago. (happy)
6. The new curtains __________ than the old ones (longer) .
7. The homework was ________________ than the test. (difficult)
8. The room feels ____________ than it was this morning (cold)
9. Ahmet got to school ___________ than usual. (late)
10. Mercedes is ___________ than a Renault.
11. Talking on the phone is ______________ than sending email. (expensive)
