COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Let’s see the comparative and superlative forms of SHORT ADJECTIVES.
ADJECTIVE
Bad
Big
Brave
Busy
Cheap
Clean
Clear
Cold
Cute
Deep
Dirty
Dry
Easy
Far
Fast
Fat
Full
Good
Great
Happy
Hard
Healthy
Heavy
High
Hot
Huge
Large
Long
Loud
Low
Near
Nice
Old
Pretty
Poor
Rich
Sad
Safe
Short
Slow
Small
Strong
Tall
Thin
Ugly
Weak
Wet
Wide
Young
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
Worse than
The worst
Better than
The best
Bigger than
Braver than
Busier than
Cheaper than
Cleaner than
Clearer than
Colder than
Cuter than
Deeper than
Dirtier than
Drier than
Easier than
Further than / farther than
Faster than
Fatter than
Fuller than
Greater than
Happier than
Harder than
Healthier than
Heavier than
Higher than
Hotter than
Huger than
Larger than
Longer than
Louder than
Lower than
Nearer than
Nicer than
Older than/elder than
Prettier than
Poorer than
Richer than
Sadder than
Safer than
Shorter than
Slower than
Smaller than
Stronger than
Taller than
Thinner than
Uglier than
Weaker than
Wetter than
Wider than
Younger than
The biggest
The bravest
The busiest
The cheapest
The cleanest
The clearest
The coldest
The cutest
The deepest
The dirtiest
The driest
The easiest
The furthest/ the farthest
The fastest
The fattest
The fullest
The greatest
The happiest
The hardest
The healthiest
The heaviest
The highest
The hottest
The hugest
The largest
The longest
The loudest
The lowest
The nearest
The nicest
The oldest/ the eldest
The prettiest
The poorest
The richest
The saddest
The safest
The shortest
The slowest
The smallest
The strongest
The tallest
The thinnest
The ugliest
The weakest
The wettest
The wider
The youngest
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Let’s see the comparative and superlative forms of LONG ADJECTIVES.
ADJECTIVE
Attractive
Beautiful
Boring
Brilliant
Careful
Colorful
Comfortable
Complete
Complicated
Dangerous
Difficult
Expensive
Famous
Fantastic
Gorgeous
Important
Impossible
Interesting
Modern
Serious
Wonderful
COMPARATIVE
More attractive than
More beautiful than
More boring than
More brilliant than
More careful than
More colorful than
More comfortable than
More complete than
More complicated than
More dangerous than
More difficult than
More expensive than
More famous than
More fantastic than
More gorgeous than
More important than
More impossible than
More interesting than
More modern than
More serious than
More wonderful than
SUPERLATIVE
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
attractive
beautiful
boring
brilliant
careful
colorful
comfortable
complete
complicated
dangerous
difficult
expensive
famous
fantastic
gorgeous
important
impossible
interesting
modern
serious
wonderful
Don’t forget that there are
adjectives that can take any of
the forms we have seen before.
Adjective
Common
Friendly
Funny
Handsome
Narrow
Noisy
Polite
Quiet
Shallow
Wealthy
Comparative
More common than/ commoner than
More friendly than/ friendlier than
More funny than/ funnier than
More handsome than/ handsomer than
More narrow than/ narrower than
More noisy than/ noisier than
More polite than/ politer than
More quiet than/ quitter than
More shallow than/ shallower than
More wealthy than/ wealthier than
Superlative
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
The most
common/ The commonest
friendly/ The friendliest
funny/ The funniest
handsome/ The handsomest
narrow/ The narrowest
noisy/ The noisiest
polite/ The politest
quiet/ The quietest
shallow/ The shallower
wealthy/ The wealthiest
HOMEWORK
1- Fill in the blanks with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. Where
necessary, add “the” before the superlatives and “than” after the comparatives.
1- Mount Everest is ____________________________ mountain in the world (high)
2- Montreal is ____________________________ Quebec city (large)
3- What is ____________________________ sport in your country? (popular)
4- I prefer this chair to the other one. It’s ____________________________ (comfortable)
5- “The Simpson’s” is ____________________________ the “Flintstones” in my opinion (funny)
6- What is ____________________________ place you’ve ever been to? (hot)
7- If you want to go downtown, ____________________________ way is to take the metro (easy)
8- The east coast of Australia is ____________________________ the west coast (populated)
9- We stayed at ____________________________ hotel in the town (cheap)
10- That garden looks ____________________________ since you tidied it up (good)
11- The exam was quite easy – ____________________________ we expected (easy)
12- She is ____________________________ singer I have ever heard (wonderful)
13- What is ____________________________ way of getting from here to the station? (quick)
14- She is a really nice person – one of ____________________________ people I know (nice)
15- The unemployment in Montreal is ____________________________ in Toronto (bad)
HOMEWORK CORRECTION
2- Fill in the blanks with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. Where
necessary, add “the” before the superlatives and “than” after the comparatives.
1- Mount Everest is ____________highest________________ mountain in the world (high)
2- Montreal is ____________the largest________________ Quebec city (large)
3- What is __________the most popular__________________ sport in your country? (popular)
4- I prefer this chair to the other one. It’s _________more comfortable__________ (comfortable)
5- “The Simpson’s” is _______funnier than________________ the “Flintstones” in my opinion (funny)
6- What is __________the hottest__________________ place you’ve ever been to? (hot)
7- If you want to go downtown, _________the easiest____________ way is to take the metro (easy)
8- The east coast of Australia is ______more populated than_________ the west coast (populated)
9- We stayed at __________the cheapest__________________ hotel in the town (cheap)
10- That garden looks ___________better_________________ since you tidied it up (good)
11- The exam was quite easy – ___________easier than______________ we expected (easy)
12- She is _____the most wonderful________________ singer I have ever heard (wonderful)
13- What is _____the quickest___________________ way of getting from here to the station? (quick)
14- She is a really nice person – one of _______the nicest _______________ people I know (nice)
15- The unemployment in Montreal is __________worse than__________________ in Toronto (bad)