COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
SUPERIORIDAD. Formaremos los comparativos y los superlativos dependiendo del
número de silabas del adjetivo.
ADJ 1 sílaba COMPARATIVO SUPERLATIVO
Young Younger (than) The youngest (of/ in)
Large Larger (than) The largest (of/ in)
Slim Slimmer (than) The slimmest (of/ in)
Doblamos la última consonante cuando el adjetivo acaba en C+V+C y el acento recae en
la última silaba
ADJ +1 sílaba COMPARATIVO SUPERLATIVO
SUPERIORIDAD SUPERIORIDAD
Careful More careful (than) The most careful (of/ in)
Casual More casual (than) The most casual (of/ in)
Intelligent More intelligent (than) The most intelligent (of/ in)
INFERIORIDAD. En este tipo de comparativo el adjetivo NO se modifica.
ADJETIVO COMPARAT INFERIORIDAD SUPERLATIVO INFERIORIDAD
Careful Less careful (than) The least careful (of/ in)
IGUALDAD. En este tipo de comparativo el adjetivo NO se modifica.
ADJETIVO COMPARAT IGUALDAD EXAMPLE
Tall As tall as Maria is as tall as Yolanda
OJO!! Maria is not as / so tall as
Yolanda
As + many/ much/ Bill doesn’t have as much/ little money as Anne.
Little/ few + as Peter doesn’t eat as many/few hamburgers as you
ADJETIVOS DE DOS SILABAS QUE ADOPTAN LAS DOS FORMAS
SIMPLE, COMMON, PLEASANT, POLITE, GENTLE, LIKELY, NARROW, CLEVER,
CRUEL, STUPID, HANDSOME, TIRED…..
ADJETIVOS DE DOS SILABAS ACABADOS EN –Y
Angry angrier the angriest
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ADJETIVOS IRREGULARES
ADJETIVO COMPARATIVO SUPERLATIVO
Good Better The best
Bad Worse The worst
Far Further/farther The furthest/ the farthest
Old Older/ elder The oldest/ the eldest
Los comparativos y superlativos de los adverbios que acaban en –ly se forman añadiendo
more / the most. Así como los adjetivos que acaban en –ed/-ing
ADVERBIO COMPARATIVO SUPERLATIVO
Commonly More commonly The most commonly
Readily More readily The most readily
Bored More bored The most bored
Worried More worried The most worried
Interesting More interesting The most interesting
ADVERBIOS DE GRADO
ADVERBIO QUE VAN DELANTE DEL EXAMPLE
COMPARATIVO
A BIT/ A LITTLE/ SLIGHTLY This T-shirt is a bit cheaper than the others
A GOOD DEAL/ A GREAT DEAL This computer is a great deal simpler than yours
A LOT / MUCH/ RATHER Helen is much more intelligent than the rest of
the group
ADVERBIO QUE VAN DELANTE DEL EXAMPLE
SUPERLATIVO
BY FAR Ana is by far the best teacher ever!
EASILY You are easily the cleverest person I know
MUCH / QUITE She is quite the strongest man in Jumilla
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REPEATING COMPARATIVES
EXAMPLE MEANING/ USE
She was getting more and more irritated Está cambiando todo el tiempo
The older I get, the wiser I become Dos cosas que están cambiando al mismo
The less intelligent they are, the more tiempo
difficult they will find the test
The bigger the better Frases communes / dichos
The sooner the better