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25/2/2016 Comparatives and superlatives by Viv Quarry Comparatives, superlatives and equality   by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)   Look at these sentences:   Type 1 London is bigger than Manchester   London is the biggest city in Britain   Type2 London is more cosmopolitan than Manchester   London is the most cosmopolitan city in Britain   Words of ONE SYLLABLE are TYPE 1   Words of THREE SYLLABLES OR MORE are TYPE 2   Words of TWO SYLLABLES ending in '~ER', '~Y' or '~LE' are TYPE 1   Adjective                    Comparative              Superlative clever                           cleverer                        the cleverest funny                           funnier*                         the funniest* simple                          simpler                         the simplest   * Note how the 'Y' changes to 'I' when a suffix is added   Words of TWO SYLLABLES ending in '~FUL' or '~ING' are TYPE 2   Adjective                    Comparative              Superlative careful                         more careful                the most careful boring                          more boring                 the most boring   Some two syllable adjectives can be both types:   Adjective                    Comparative              Superlative polite                           politer / more polite     the politest / the most polite   MOST TWO SYLLABLE WORDS ARE TYPE TWO, so if you're not sure, guess that the comparative and superlative are formed using MORE / THE MOST   Irregular adjectives   Adjective                    Comparative              Superlative good                            better                           the best bad                              worse                           the worst far (UK)                      further                         the furthest far (USA)                    farther                         the farthest   a lot                             more                            the most a little                          less                              the least   http://vivquarry.com/wkshts/comps.html 1/2 25/2/2016 Comparatives and superlatives by Viv Quarry Note! We use 'fewer' and 'the fewest' with countable nouns e.g. There were fewer people than yesterday   Thanks to Headway Intermediate 1st edition for help with these rules Next Back to grammar worksheets Home   http://vivquarry.com/wkshts/comps.html 2/2

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