Comparisions

Question 1

What does a comparative and a superlative do in a sentences?

Answer 1

A comparative compare two things and a superlative compare more than two things, in the superlative we try to say that something or someone is the best or the worst in something but in comparative we try to say that something or someone is betther than someone or something.

e.g. I am better than Melissa in hockey (comparative)

e.g. Bugatti La Voiture Noire is the most expensive car in the world (superlative)

Question 2

How we make comparative and superlative adjectives?

Answer 2

One syllable adjectives

• We add er or est at the end of the word: longer/longest
• Sometimes we double the las letter and add er and est: Bigger/Biggest.

Two syllable adjectves
- We put before the word most/more: more famous/most famous.
- if the two syllable adjectives ends in y, replace the Y for i and add er or est: dirties/dirtier.

Three syllable adjective
- put most and more before the adjective

Question 3

Irregular adjectives

Answer 3

Some adjectives are irregular they don’t follow the same rules as the other adjective to be turn into comparative and superlative; good, bad and far

Comparative adjectives
- Better
- Worse
- Further

Superlative adjectives
- The Best
- The Worst
- The Furthest

Question 4

Is there another words use to compare?

Answer 4

Yes, you can use as…as and less…than

e.g. Strays kids isn’t as popular as BTS

e.g. Stray kids is less popular than BTS

e.g. Twices is as popular as Blackpink

We can also use the most and the least

e.g. Peppa is the most popular cartoon in the world

Question 5

Can we use adverbs in comparative and superlative senteces?

Answer 5

Yes, we can use when we want to talk about how someone or something do anything.

We turn the adjective into an adverb and use more, most, less, lesser, fewer and fewest

Question 6

How do we compare nouns?

Answer 6

We use more/the most to compare countable and uncountable nouns

My house has more furniture than Julia’s house

I found the most information about eiffel tower

We also use fewer/the fewest to compare countable nouns

El Espectador has fewer suscriber than New york times

We use less/the least to compare uncountable nouns

I have less money than Bang Chan