Charlie & Jay

Compara-tive

&Superlative

Let’s learn about ‘com-parative’.

Forming the comparative

: the comparative from an adjective/adverb depends – on

the number of syllables and the spelling of the adjective/

adverb.

Form Rule For example

one syllable, ending in ‘e’. Add -r to the end of the word. wide - wider

one syllable, with one vowel

and one consonant at the end.

Double the consonant and add -

er

to the end of the word.

big - bigger

one syllable, with more than

one vowel or more than one

consonant at the end.

Add -er to the end of the word. high - higher

two syllables, ending in ‘y’Change ‘y’ to ‘I’, and add -er to

the end of the word. happy - happier

two syllables or more, not end-

ing in ‘y’.

Place ‘more’ before the adjec-

tive.

beautiful - more beauti-

ful

= (adjective, adverb) + -er + ~ + than

<Word of one or two sylla-bles>

Ba-sic!

Ex)• old -> My brother is older than me.

•Nice ->

But,

Ending in ‘e’, Add -r to the end of the word.

Ex)This car is nicer than the other car.

• Big -> Elephant is bigger than Lion.

But,One vowel and one consonant at the end, Dou-

ble the consonant & add –er to the end of the

word.

Ex)

Words of two syllables, ending in ‘y’, Change ‘y’ to ‘i’, and add -er to the end of the word.

•Busy -> 유재석 is busier than 박명수 .

But,

Ex)

= More + (adjective, adverb) + than

<Word of two syllables or more>

Ex)•Expensive -> Car is more expensive than Book.

For every rule, there is at least one exception and there are also irreg-ular adjectives that you need to memorise as you come across them.

<Irregu-lar>

Original form Irregular comparative

good/ well better

bad/ ill worse

much/ many more

little less

Far farther

<etc>

• The + (comparative), the + (comparative) -> The higher we climb, the thinner the air gets.

• (comparative) and (comparative) -> The air gets thinner and thinner.

• much, a lot, even, still, far + (comparative) -> (0) very + (comparative) -> (X)

For exam-ple)

1. fast (She's a lot faster than her friend is.)

2. Nice (Africa is far nicer than the UK.)

3. Beautiful (She looks more beautiful than

ever..)

4. Good (You look better than your picture.)

5. Little (The plan is something less than

great.)

6. Hot (This year is hotter than usual.)

Let’s learn about ‘su-perlative’

SUPERLA-TIVE

You can put a <-est> after an adjective or adverb, give the <most> before the adjective or adverb

And, When You use <in~> or <of~>, this sentence is mean that the best among the group

 ex) This TV program is the funniest. War is the most barbarous thing.

Finally, it should be noted. You must use the <the> before the ad-jective or adverb. why? SUPERLATIVE is speak the best one.

+-est old -> the oldest

Tall -> the tallest

High -> the highest

WhenA monophthong + A consonant end -> one more conso-nant + -est

big -> the biggest

hot -> the hottest

thin ->the thinnest

-y -> -iest

easy -> the easiest

early ->the earliest

heavy ->the heaviest

happy ->the happiest

hungry ->the hungriest

pretty ->the prettiest

-WHEN 1 SYLLABLE

irregular

good/well bad far fun many

the best the worst the far-

thest

the most fun the most

Example

• I-park is the highest of the Gwanganri apartment.

• I’m the hungriest in 4th calss

• Chanmi is the most visited in the convenience store

• Jeong-mok think the most handsome boy in the class.

• I was the busiest in the last week.

-WHEN 2 SYLLABLE

mostbeautiful ->

the most beautifulexpensive ->

the most expen-sive

Find it wrong in conversation?

A: Hey! Why are you looking at me?

B: Sorry… You are the goodest looking man I know.

A: Ah… thanks. I'm embarrassed.

B: Then, Would you a cup of tea drink in the highest mountain?

A: Pardon…?? I don’t see your point…

B: I love hiking…

A: You are the craziest woman I know. Bye.

B: please don’t go~.

Thank you~