Superlatives are the best! Or the worst…or the most confusing…or the easiest…you decide! Take the quiz and let’s see if you can solve it!
1 syllable adjectives. Add the /adj./ est.
Eg: cool = the coolest
2+ syllable adjectives. Add the most to the adjective
Eg: powerful = the most powerful
1 syllable adjectives. Add –er
Eg: cool = cooler
2+ syllable adjectives. Add more to the adjective
Eg: powerful = more powerful
Adjectives ending in –y. Remove –y and add –ier.
Eg: funny = funnier
Now it's time to practice comparatives!
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Lesson by Caroline Devan, a teacher at EC Cape Town English language school
How much do you know about the world? How much do you remember about superlatives? Take this test to find out!
When you have written in the correct superlative, leave your answers to the questions by adding a comment. Which countries and cities do you think are the best answers to the questions?
Lesson by Caroline Devan, an English teacher at EC Cape Town
Let's see how well you understand comparative sentences. Read through the ten questions and decide what is being said in each.
Adjective – a word used to modify or describe a noun or pronoun.
Adverb – a word that is used to modify an adjective, verb, or adverb.
There are three forms of adjectives and adverbs used to show varying degrees of comparison: the positive, the comparative, and the superlative.
The positive form is used when there is no direct comparison being made to anything specific, but is used to offer a broad or general comparison.
The comparative form is used when two things are being compared with each other.
We have previously looked at how to make comparative adjectives using the following structure:
Cool becomes Cooler
Interesting becomes more interesting
When we want to compare two things we use comparative adjectives. For example:
'Canada is colder than America.'
'Tokyo is more expensive than Barcelona.'
'Barcelona is less expensive than Tokyo.'
