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Comparatives and Superlatives

         The rule in English for comparatives and superlatives is simple. For comparatives it is: In all one-syllable words you simply add an -er to the end of the word. For multi-syllable words it is the same as in Spanish, you add a more.

For superlatives it is: For one-syllable words you simply add an -est to the end of the word. For multi-syllable words it is the same as in Spanish.

Comparative	Superlative
One-syllable
-er	-est
Two-syllable
more	the most

Comparative examples:

         One-syllable- Tokyo is bigger than Santiago.

         Multi-syllable- Tokyo is more populated than Santiago.

Superlative examples:

         One-syllable- Tokyo is the biggest city in the world.

         Multi-syllable- Tokyo is the most populated city in the world.

Irregular words
good	better	the best
bad	worse	the worst
little	less	the least
much, many, some	more	the most
far	further	furthest

         Practice:

1) The tallest woman in the world is 237 centemeters.

2) Santiago is the most beautiful city in the world.

3) The tallest building in the world is in Kuala Lumpur. It is a hundred and fifteen stories.

4) I was fatter (fat) when I was at home, since then I lost 15 pounds.

5) The only things that keep getting bigger as you get older are your nose and your ears.

6) The oldest) turtle is older than the oldest man.

7) What is the most amazing thing you have ever seen?

8) The Egyptian pyramids are more magnificantthan the Mexican ones.

9) Yuk! That is the grossest thing I have ever seen!

10) Wow! That is the smallest dog I have ever seen!

* When you see a "than" in the sentence, you know it is a comparative.

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