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Comparative of Superiority: Monossilabic / Dissilabic

The document discusses different ways to form comparative and superlative adjectives in English. It provides examples of forming comparatives using -er and more, and forming superlatives using -est and the definite article the. Rules are given for making adjectives one or two syllables comparative or superlative, along with example sentences demonstrating their use.

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Comparative of Superiority: Monossilabic / Dissilabic

The document discusses different ways to form comparative and superlative adjectives in English. It provides examples of forming comparatives using -er and more, and forming superlatives using -est and the definite article the. Rules are given for making adjectives one or two syllables comparative or superlative, along with example sentences demonstrating their use.

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ADJECTIVES

Comparative of superiority

Monossilabic / Dissilabic

Adjective + -er + than

Follow the example:

 Clare / old / Jenny


 Clare is older than Jenny

1 – This car / cheap / yours

2 – This river / wide / the Thames

3 – This test / easy / the other

4 – Charles / fat / Dick

5 – An elephant / heavy / a cat

6 – Alice / sad / Mary

7 – August / hot / May

8 – Today / she / happy / yesterday

9 – My shoes / wet / yours

10 – That block of flats / high / my house


Dissilabic / Polissilabic

More + adjective + than

Follow the example:

 This writer is famous


 But that writer is more famous than this one.

1 – This man is honest.

2 – This boy is intelligent.

3 – This girl is attractive.

4 – This job is tiring.

5 – The child is obedient.

6 – This driver is careful.

7 – This actor is talented.

8 – This player is confident.

9 – This opinion is realistic.

10 – This composer is creative.

11 – This flower is beautiful.

12 – This dog is faithful.


Superlative of superiority

Monossilabic / Dissilabic

The + adjective + -est

Follow the example:

 This girl / pretty / of all


 This girl is the prettiest of all.

1 – This boy / strong / of all

2 – New York / large / town / in the world

3 – Mr. Morrison / rich / of all

4 – This child / sad / of all.

5 – Mary / ugly / girl / of all I know

6 – She / nice / teacher / in the school

7 – This / wet / part / of the country

8 – Yours / cosy / room / I have ever seen.

9 – This story / funny / I have heard

10 – These / happy / people / I have met

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