and indicates that one of the nouns has an attribute to a greater or lesser degree with which it is compared.
COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
RULE No.5
EXECTIONS WITH IRREGULAR VERBS
RULES TO FORM THE COMPARATIVE
AND THE SUPERLATIVE
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
RULE No.1
To form the comparative and the superlative of the monosyllabic adjectives, we will add the particles -er for the comparative, and -est for the superlative:
Adjetivo: FAT
Comparativo: FATTER
Superlativo: FATTEST
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RULE No.2
Adjetivo: Old
Comparativo: Older
Superlativo Oldest
Adjetivo: Strong
Comparativo: Stronger
Superlativo: Strongest
Adjetivo: High
Comparativo: Higher
Superlativo: Highest
When we want to compare two nouns in English, we use the comparative degrees.
RULE No.3
Disyllabic adjectives ending in "Y". We change the "Y" to "i" and apply the rule to add "er" to comparatives and "est" to superlatives.
RULE No.4
Long adjectives ending in "FULL, ING, OUS, IVE, ISH, AL, ABLE, ED".
We apply the rule of adding "more" in front of the adjective in the comparatives, and
"Most" to the superlatives.
COMPARATIVES
indicating that the attribute has the highest degree among those that are compared.
SUPERLATIVES
Is the degree of comparison between two or more nouns, or between a singular and plural noun
The Comparatives are used to show the difference between two people, animal or objects.