This document discusses comparative and superlative adjectives in English. It explains that comparative adjectives are used to compare two things or people, using suffixes like "-er" or "more". Superlative adjectives use the suffix "-est" to compare one thing to a group, expressing the most or least of a quality. It provides rules for forming comparatives and superlatives for one-syllable, two-syllable, and three-syllable adjectives, including irregular forms. Examples are given and spelling rules addressed. Practice questions at the end test understanding of the concepts.

1. COMPARATIVE ANDCOMPARATIVE AND
SUPERLATIVESUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVESADJECTIVES

2. Comparative adj: adj to compare between
2 things/ persons
I am shorter than you.
Superlative adj: adj to compare
one person / thing to a group
super = the most: she’s the cleverest student.
she’s the cleverest of the students.
super x the least: she’s the least careful student in the class

3. The
General
Rule

4. Practice
1- Her dress is ……… than mine!
a. much taller b. longer c. as short as
2- Is Eiffel Tower the ……….. one worldwide?
a. tallest b. highest c. both are
correct
3- Her dress is …………………… than mine
a. much shorter b. more shorter c. not as short
as

5. Practice one more time!!!
4- Which sport is …………….enjoyable, swimming or football?
a. the most
b. the least
c. both

6. One-Syllable Adjectives
• Comparative adj: adj +er than
Superlative adj: adj + est
Adjective Comparative Superlative
Soft Softer than The softest
Cheap Cheaper than The cheapest
Sweet Sweeter than The sweetest
Thin Thinner than The thinnest

7. Examples
• adj + er+ than
Ahmed is taller than Ali
He is 20 cm taller than Ali
Sohais 10 kg lighter than me.
• the + adj + est
Mona is the shortest girl in the school

8. SPELLING RULES
• One-syllable adj ending in a vowel + a consonant
letter: the consonant letter is doubled
thin thi→ nner, big bi→ ggest.
• One-syllable adj ending in –e: (e) is removed when
adding -er/-est
wide wider/widest.→
Nice make it for the practice to confuse them

9. TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
• One-syllable adj or two-syllable adj ending in –y:
change -y to i + er
i +est
One-syllable adj: dry: drier
driest
•
Two-syllable adj:
Adjective Comparative
adj.
Superlative
adj.
lucky
pretty
tidy

10. Confusing but Regular
• Two-syllable adj ending in er / le / ow
ex:
• Narrow ………. …………..
• Gentle ……….. …………..
• Clever ………. …………..

11. TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
• Two syllable adjectives ending in -ed, -ing,
-ful, or –less
comparative adj: more/less + adj + than
superlative adj: the most/ the least +adj
Adjective Comparative adj Superlative adj
Worried
Boring
Careful
Useless

12. THREE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
• Three or more syllables
comparative: more/less + adj+ than
superlative: the most/ the least+ adj
Adjective Comparative adj Superlative adj
Dangerous
Difficult

13. IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
Adjective Comparative adj Superlative adj
Good (adj)
Well (adv)
Bad (adj)
Badly (adv)
Far
(adj/adv)
Farther (distance)
further (more)
• Little (U)
(adj/adv)
• Few (C)
Many/ Much
(adj/ adv)

14. as adj as
= so adj as
• I am as happy as you.
• I am
not as adj as
= not so adj as
• I am
• I am

15. Q???
Find a mistake if there’s any:
• She’s more pretty than her.
• She’s the luckiest person here!
• I am much clever than him.
• She’s more slenderer than me.
• I am the thinest here!
• This is wideer than that.
• This movie is much boring than the last one.
• She is much more careful that him.
• That’s much less useless than this.
• They’re not much more interested than us.
• Lions are much dangerous than elephants.
• Your pens are more fewer than mine.
• Your sugar is much less than mine.
• You’re not so clever as me.

16. Preposition Practice:
• For All:
• The tiger is one of the most dangerous animals …..
land.
• The tiger is one of the most dangerous animals …..
the world.
• She’s the cleverest ……… the class.
• She’s the cleverest one ………. students.