Comparatives and Superlatives

EQUALITY INFERIORITY SUPERIORITY SHORT ADJ LONG ADJ SUPERLATIVES SPELLING EXCEPTIONS

THE COMPARATIVE EQUATION

EQUALITY: AS + ADJECTIVE + AS as happy as as thin as as complicated as as popular as

The length of the adjective is irrelevant to the structure

THE COMPARATIVE EQUATION II

INFERIORITY: LESS + ADJECTIVE + THAN less far than less salty than less interesting than less expensive than

The length of the adjective is irrelevant to the structure

THE COMPARATIVE EQUATION III

SUPERIORITY:

ADJECTIVE + ER ending + THAN ( short adj: 1-2 syllables)

thinner than (1 syllable) louder than (1 syllable) funnier than (2 syllables)

MORE + ADJECTIVE + THAN (long adj: 2 or more syllables)

more comfortable than more attractive than more elastic than

The length of the adjective IS RELEVANT to the structure

THE SUPERLATIVE EQUATION

To express the extreme degree of a quality in a group:

THE + ADJECTIVE + EST ( short adj: 1-2 syllables)

the strongest (1 syllable) the longest (1 syllable) the funniest (2 syllables)

THE + MOST + ADJECTIVE (long adj: 2 or more syllables)

the most boring the most popular the most realistic

The length of the adjective IS RELEVANT to the structure

Can you compare these elements?

healthy tasty sweet fattening cheap popular hot oily

modern expensive big popular heavy useful updated - compact

SPELLING RULES