English grammar: Comparatives and superlatives. Paula López Tarrío

1. COMPARING
ANIMALS

3. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
One-syllable adjectives → -ER
Examples:
-Tall → taller
- Fast → faster
-A giraffe is taller than a lion.
-A cheetah is faster than a
turtle.
One-syllable adjectives → THE
-EST
Examples:
Tall → the tallest
Fast → the fastest
-The giraffe is the tallest
animal on earth.
-The cheetah is the fastest
animal in the world.

4. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
One-syllable adjectives ending
in –E → -R
Example:
- Cute→ cuter
-A squirrel is cuter than a hippo.
One-syllable adjectives → THE
-ST
Example:
- Cute → the cutest
-The squirrel is the cutest
animal in the world.

5. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
One-syllable adjectives ending
in consonant + vowel +
consonant → double consonant +
-ER
Examples:
-Fat → fatter
-Big → bigger
-An elephant is fatter than a
tiger.
- A hippo is bigger than a lion.
One-syllable adjectives ending
in consonant + vowel +
consonant → THE double
consonant + -EST
Examples:
- Fat → the fattest
- Big → the biggest
-The elephant is the fattest
animal at the zoo.
-The hippo is the biggest animal
at the safari park.

6. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
Two-syllable adjectives ending
in – ER / -OW / -LE → -ER
Examples:
- Narrow → narrower
- Gentle → gentler
- Clever → cleverer
-A monkey is cleverer than a
snake.
Two-syllable adjectives ending
in – ER / -OW / -LE → THE
-EST
Examples:
- Narrow → the narrowest
- Gentle → the gentlest
- Clever → the cleverest
-The monkey is the cleverest
animal at the safari park.

7. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
Two-syllable adjectives ending
in –Y → -IER
Example:
- Heavy → heavier
-A whale is heavier than a seal.
Two-syllable adjectives ending
in –Y → THE –IEST
Example:
- Heavy → the heaviest
-The whale is the heaviest
animal in the world.

8. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
Two or more syllable adjectives
→ MORE + adjective
Examples:
-Intelligent → more intelligent
-A dolphin is more intelligent
than a turtle.
Two or more syllable adjectives
→ THE MOST + adjective
Example:
-Intelligent → the most
intelligent
-The dolphin is the most
intelligent sea animal.

9. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
IRREGULAR
COMPARATIVES
IRREGULAR
SUPERLATIVES
-Good → better
-Bad → worse
-Far → farther / further
-Good → the best
-Bad → the worst
-Far → the farthest / the
furthest

10. Look at the pictures and make
comparisons using the adjectives given
COMPARATIVES

11. A wolf is ________________
(beautiful) a hyena.
more beautiful than

12. An elephant is _________ (big)
a monkey.
bigger than

13. A dolphin is ____________
(clever) a turtle.
cleverer than

14. A flamingo is
_________________
(colourful) an ostrich.
more colourful than

15. A seal is __________ (cute) an
alligator.
cuter than

16. A hippo is
__________________
(dangerous) an elephant.
more dangerous than

17. A cheetah is ___________
(fast) a snake.
faster than

18. A whale is ___________ (fat)
a dolphin.
fatter than

19. A lion is ___________ (fierce)
a kangaroo.
fiercer than

20. A dog is ______________
(friendly) a hyena.
friendlier than

21. A polar bear is ____________
(furry) a sea lion.
furrier than

22. A panda is ____________
(heavy) a koala.
heavier than

23. A monkey is
___________________
(intelligent) a camel.
more intelligent than

24. A sloth is ___________ (lazy)
a squirrel.
lazier than

25. A seal is ___________ (light)
a whale.
lighter than

26. A snake is ____________ (long)
a squirrel.
longer than

27. A monkey is
________________ (playful)
a hippo.
more playful than

28. A leopard is ____________
(short) a giraffe.
shorter than

29. A turtle is ____________ (slow)
a gazelle.
slower than

30. A gorilla is ___________
(strong) a monkey.
stronger than

31. A giraffe is ___________ (tall)
a deer.
taller than

32. A cat is ___________ (clean)
a pig.
cleaner than

33. A butterfly is ____________
(pretty) a fly.
prettier than

34. A parrot is ____________
(noisy) a canary.
noisier than

35. A monkey is ___________ (silly)
a gorilla.
sillier than

36. A snake is ___________ (thin)
an elephant.
thinner than

37. A flamingo is ____________
(slim) an ostrich.
slimmer than

38. A monkey is ____________
(crazy) a dog.
crazier than

39. Complete the sentences using
superlatives
SUPERLATIVES

40. The zebra is
_______________ (beautiful)
animal in the world.
the most beautiful

41. The blue whale is ___________
(big) animal in the world.
the biggest

42. The fox is one of ___________
(clever) animals in the world.
the cleverest

43. Polar bears live in one of
__________ (cold) areas in the
world.
the coldest

44. The chameleon is
______________ (colourful)
reptile in the world.
the most colourful

45. The squirrel is __________
(cute) wild animal.
the cutest

46. The cobra is
_________________
(dangerous) snake in the world.
the most dangerous

47. The cheetah is _________
(fast) animal on earth.
the fastest

48. The hippo is one of _________
(fat) land animals.
the fattest

49. The lion is __________ (fierce)
animal in the savannah.
the fiercest

50. The dog is one of
____________ (friendly)
domestic animals.
the friendliest

51. The sea otter is ___________
(furry) animal in the ocean.
the furriest

52. Guinea pigs are _________
(good) animals for kids.
the best

53. The crocodile is ___________
(heavy) reptile in the world.
the heaviest

54. Camels live in one of _________
(hot) areas in the world.
the hottest

55. Pandas are one of __________
(hungry) animals in the world.
the hungriest

56. Ants are _________________
(intelligent) insects in the world.
the most intelligent

57. The sloth is _________ (lazy)
animal in the world.
the laziest

58. The bat is one of __________
(light) mammals in the world.
the lightest

59. The python is _________ (long)
snake in the world.
the longest

60. Piranhas are the fish with
___________ (sharp) teeth of
all.
the sharpest

61. Dolphins are one of
_____________ (playful)
animals in the world.
the most playful

62. The goldfish is the animal with
__________ (short) memory.
the shortest

63. Sloths are _________ (slow)
creatures in the world.
the slowest

64. The shrew is one of _________
(small) mammals in the world.
the smallest

65. Elephants are ___________
(strong) land animals.
the strongest

66. The giraffe is _________ (tall)
land animal.
the tallest

67. The quokka is ___________
(happy) animal in the world.
the happiest