Lesson 68: FORMS FOR COMPARISON

Athens 30^oC = hot
Cairo 33^oC = hotter (this is the comparative form)
Baghdad 36^oC = the hottest (this is the superlative form)

When we want to make a comparison, we often change the form of a word. Adjectives and adverbs (Lesson 64) and some words showing quantity (Lesson 57) can change this way. Lesson 69 shows you the meaning of comparative sentences and how to make them. This lesson tells you about the forms.

Word + -er/ -est

[C]: COMPARATIVE, [S]: SUPERLATIVE

big [C] bigger [S] the biggest

few [C] fewer [S] the fewest

late [C] later [S] the latest

early [C] earlier [S] the earliest

Lesson 93 can help you with the spelling.

More/ most + word

difficult [C] more difficult [S] the most difficult

careful [C] more careful [S] the most careful

carefully [C] more carefully [S] the most carefully

beautiful [C] more beautiful [S] the most beautiful

NOTICE: Some words can use both forms.

either friendly [C] more friendly [S] the most friendly

or friendly [C] friendlier [S] the friendliest

Examples of these words are:
easy, dirty, funny, happy, noisy, narrow, shallow, simple, gentle, clever, common, quiet.

Irregular

good [C] better [S] the best

well [C] better [S] the best

bad [C] worse [S] the worst

badly [C] worse [S] the worst

far [C] farther [S] the farthest

[C] further [S] the furthest

many/much/a lot of [C] more [S] the most

a little [C] less [S] the least