Online college course - comparatives and subjectives -

Uses:

Comparing tow things

• this month’s sales are higher than last month’s.

• The market is getting more competitive.

• English car aren’t as reliable as German cars.

---> use much to make the comparative adjective stronger

Comparing three or more things

• it’s the cheapest product in the range.

• Which city is the most expensive to live in?

Formation:

Short adjectives: Add -er or -est to adjectives with one syllable

• Cheap cheap cheapest

• Big bigger biggest

Long adjectives: Use more or most with adjectives with two or more syllable

• Modern more modern most modern

• Expensive more expensive most expensive

• Competitive more competitive most competitive

Watch out for these two irregular forms

• Good better best

• Bad worse worst

Add -er or –est to adjectives with two syllables ending with in –y

• Easy easier easiest