1. COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES

2. COMPARING THINGS OR
ACTIONS
 They are equal:
1) as+adjective+as
Ex.: He’s as boring as our English teacher
2) as+adverb+as
Ex.: The English teacher doesn’t work as much
as I do/ as me
3) the same as:
Ex.: Your new i-phone 5 looks the same as your
i-phone 4

3. COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
 All one syllable adjectives or two syllable adjectives
ending in –y:+-er.
Ex.: The English teacher is nicer than my Maths
teacher.
I’m taller than my brother
English is easier than French (y+er=ier)
 With the rest: more+adjective
Ex.: I’m more intelligent than my English teacher.
 Adverbs: only with one syllabe adverbs: adverb+-er
 Ex. : The Spanish speak faster than the English.
 With the rest: more+adverb:
 Ex.: The English drive more slowly than the Spanish

4. IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES
 Much-more
 Little-less
 Good-better
 Bad-worse
 Far-further
 Ex.: Barcelona is further from Madrid than
Cuenca

5. SUPERLATIVES
 All one syllable adjectives or two syllable
adjectives ending in –y:+-est.
Ex.: He’s the nicest teacher in the school
(preposition in when we talk about place)
He’s the tallest of the three
 With the rest: most+adjective.
Ex.: He’s the most intelligent student in the
school.
 Adverbs follow the same pattern as comparative
adverbs:
One syllable: adverb+est: Ex.: The Spanish drive
the fastest
The rest: most+adverb.: The British drive the

6. IRREGULAR SUPERLATIVES
 More-the most
 Less-the least
 Good-the best
 Bad-the worst
 Far-the furthest
 Ex.: New Zealand is the furthest place from
Spain