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For Comparatives it is: In all two-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 |
Two-syllable |
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-er |
-est |
Three-syllable |
|
more |
the most |
Comparative examples:
Two-syllable- Tokyo is bigger than Santiago.
Three-syllable- Tokyo is more populated than Santiago.
Superlative examples:
Two-syllable- Tokyo is the biggest city in the world.
Three-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 __________________ (tall) woman in the world is 237 centimeters.
2) Santiago is ________________ beautiful___ city in the world.
3) The _____________ (tall) building in the world is in Kuala Lumpur. It is a hundred and fifteen stories.
4) I was _________________ (fat) when I was in America, since then I lost 15 Kilos.
5) The only things that keep getting __________ (big) as you get ______old____ are your nose and your ears.
6) _____ (old) turtle is _____ (old) than _____ (old) man.
7) What is ______________ amazing thing you have ever seen?
8) The Egyptian pyramids are _____magnificent_______ the Mexican ones.
9) Yuk! That is __________gross________ thing I have ever seen!
10) Wow! That is _________small________ dog I have ever seen!
11) It is ______________(far) to New York than it is to Buenos Aires.
12) There is ___________(little) water in one glass than there is in two glasses.
13) The Titanic was _______________(good) movie ever made.
14) Waterworld was ________________(bad) movie ever made.
15) Water world was ___________________(bad) than Titanic.
16) Titanic was ________________________(good) than Waterworld.
* When you see a "than" in the sentence, you know it is a comparative.
