Comparative and superlative adjectives

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Comparative and superlative adjectives

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Examples: My house is bigger than hers.

Its structure is: Subject + verb + adjective in comparative degree + than + another object. Examples: My house is bigger than hers.

The comparative is used to compare differences between the two objects that it modifies (larger, smaller, faster, higher).

These tasks are not important but they still need to be done. The question you have to address yourself: Who can do this for you?

More and most are sometimes used with one-syllable adjectives as an alternative to the -er/-est form when we particularly want to emphasize the comparison, or if the adjective occurs with another adjective which has more than one syllable, e.g.

One syllable adjectives generally form the comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding -est, e.g.

These are characterized by the ending "-er" that you add to the adjective you are using. For instance: Sweet (dulce) - Sweeter

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

Tasks that are not urgent nor important should be eliminated so you will not waste time doing them.

A comparative adjective is an adjective that expresses a comparison of qualities between two elements.

EXAMPLES

USE

We use a superlative to say that a thing or a person is the largest part of a group. When we use a superlative adjective ('the tallest student') before the noun, we usually use it with 'the'. This is because there is only one (or a group) that we are talking about. ... John and Lisa are the smartest students here.

RULES

These tasks are still important but they're not urgent so you can schedule a time to do them.

Two-syllable adjectives ending in –er, –le, or –ow take –est to form the superlative forms.

If the two-syllable adjectives ends with –y, change the y to i and add –est for the superlative form

If the one-syllable adjective ends with an e, just add –st for the superlative form.

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Urgent and Important tasks that need to be done now.

A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of a quality. We use a superlative adjective to describe the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things. We can use superlative adjectives when talking about three or more things (not two things).