Lesson 48: Unit 46 - Degrees of Comparison
In this lesson you will learn how to form and use the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives in English, including the irregular forms.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will master the degrees of comparison of adjectives in English. You will learn how one-syllable adjectives take the endings -er and -est, while longer adjectives are compared with more and the most. You will get to know important spelling rules — doubling the consonant, changing -y to -i, and adding only -r/-st to words ending in -e. You will also learn the irregular forms (good/better/the best, bad/worse/the worst) and will be able to make accurate comparisons between people, objects and phenomena.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Form the comparative of one-syllable adjectives with the ending -er
- Form the superlative of one-syllable adjectives with the + -est
- Compare longer adjectives with more / the most
- Apply the spelling rules (doubling the consonant, -y → -i, words ending in -e)
- Recognise and use the irregular forms: good/better/the best, bad/worse/the worst, far/farther/the farthest
- Build comparison sentences with than
Lesson vocabulary
- small She wants a smaller car.
- cheap Potatoes are cheaper than tomatoes.
- short This road is shorter than the highway.
- new This phone is newer than mine.
- hot Today is hotter than yesterday.
- big He wants a bigger house.
- thin She is thinner than her sister.
- large This room is larger than the kitchen.
- easy Exercise 3 is the easiest.
- pretty She is prettier than her friend.
- interesting Lord of the Rings is more interesting than Harry Potter.
- intelligent My brother is more intelligent than my sister.
- popular He is the most popular artist in England.
- good Your ideas are better than mine.
- bad It's the worst mistake of my life.
In other languages: Български