This document discusses comparative and superlative adjectives in English. It explains that adjectives have positive, comparative, and superlative forms. For one- or two-syllable adjectives, the comparative uses "-er" and the superlative uses "the + adjective + -est". For adjectives of three or more syllables, the comparative uses "more" and the superlative uses "the most". It provides examples of using these forms in sentences to compare different people, objects, or concepts.

1. Comparative and superlative
adjectives
Unit 5

2. Adjectives degrees
• POSITIVE (big, expensive, easy, wet…)
•
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COMPARATIVE:
Superiority: bigger than…
Equality: as big as…
Inferiority: less big that…
• SUPERLATIVE: the most beautiful…

3. • To make the comparative and superlative
degree of the English adjectives we should
know the following rules:
• 1 or 2 syllable ADJECTIVES:
Comparative
+ er
Older
Cheaper
happier
Superlative
the + adj.+ est
The oldest
The cheapest
The happiest

4. • 3 or more syllable ADJECTIVES:
Comparative
More + adj.
More famous
More expensive
More difficult
Superlative
The most + adj.
The most famous
The most expensive
The most difficult

5. • EXCEPTIONS:
POSTIVE
Good
COMPARATIVE
Better
SUPERLATIVE
The best
Bad
Far
Worse
Further
The worst
The furthest

6. • Now, we are going to build some sentences with
these adjectives and degrees:
POSITIVE:
- This chair is as confortable as that chair.
- My English is as bad as your English.
COMPARATIVE:
- You are younger than your husband.
- Buses are cheaper than trains.
- This book is more expensive than this one.
SUPERLATIVE:
- That house is the oldest in the street.
- This is the hotest part of the country.