This an example of grammar lesson
Comparatives and Superlatives
Forming regular comparatives and superlatives
- We use comparatives to compare two things or two people. (e.g She is taller than her husband.)
- Superlatives are used, however, to compare to show the difference between more than two things or more than two people. (e.g Paris is the biggest city in France)
- To form comparatives and superlatives you need to know the number of syllables in the adjective. Syllables are like "sound beats".
- "find" contains one syllable,
- but "finding" contains two — find and ing.
- Comparative — add 'r' — nicer
- Superlative — add 'st' — nicest
- Comparative — the consonant is doubled and 'er' is added --bigger
- Superlative — the consonant is doubled and 'est' is added--biggest
- Comparative — 'er' is added — higher, cheaper
- Superlative — 'est is added — highest, cheapest
- Comparative — 'y' becomes 'i' and 'er' is added — happier
- Superlative — 'y' becomes 'i' and 'est' is added — happiest
- Comparative -- more + the adjective + than -- more exciting than
- Superlative -- more + the adjective + than -- the most exciting
- The Nile River is longer and more famous than the Thames.
- Egypt is much hotter than Sweden.
- Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- This is one of the most exciting films I have ever see
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