COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVES

 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES IN ENGLISH

What are they?

Comparatives and superlatives in English are used when making comparisons between two things or groups of things, these comparisons are used to establish differences between characteristics shared by objects.

DIFFERENCES:

The English comparatives are to talk about similarities and differences of objects, people

The superlative, on the other hand, is used to indicate a maximum degree of a certain quality.

GRAMMAR:

Add -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative. If the adjective ends in a consonant + vowel + consonant, the last consonant must be repeated before adding the ending.

EXAMPLE OF SUPERLATIVES:

☆ TAll- Tallest
☆ FAT - Fattest
☆ BIG - Biggest
☆ SAD - Saddest

COMPARATIVE EXAMPLE:

◇ TALL - Taller
◇ FAT - Fatter
◇ BIG - Bigger
◇ SAD - Sadder