17765 comparatives and superlatives

thick thicker thickest grueso, denso, espeso, pobladodifícil descontrolado EXAMPLES OF IRREGULAR FORMS ADJECTIVES Regular forms requiring 'ER' or 'EST' IMPORTANT GRAMMATICAL COMPARAT

COMPARTIVES AND SUPERLATIVES REFERENCE

curvy curvier curviest curvo

amistoso

greasy greasier greasiest grasiento

duro

cariñoso

moderno

tosco

scary scarier scariest espantoso, asustadizo

empalagoso

sazonado

thick thicker thickest grueso, denso, espeso, poblado

difícil

descontrolado

EXAMPLES OF IRREGULAR FORMS

ADJECTIVES

Regular forms requiring 'ER' or 'EST'

IMPORTANT

GRAMMATICAL

COMPARATIVE FORMS ( ER) SUPERLATIVE FORMS (THE EST) Adjectives with one

Adjectives ending in

a single consonant

which must be

doubled

Adjectives with one

syllable, but ending

Adjectives with one

syllable + Y (Y

ADJECTIVES

Regular forms requiring 'MORE' or 'THE MOST'

Adjectives with more than one syllable

Adjectives ending with ED or ING

(MORE/LESS )

SUPERLATIVE FORMS (THE MOST/THE LEAST )

BORED

(even though only one syllable is

STANDARD CONSTRUCTION EXAMPLES

1 The black dog is fat

2 The fat dog is in the road.

3 The black dog is fatter than the white dog

4 The white dog is not as fat as the black dog

5 The black dog is friendlier than the white dog, but the brown dog is the fiercest.

6 The white dog is the thinnest and it is less dangerous than the brown dog.

7.a) Those books are very interesting and this one is the least interesting of them all.

7.b) Those books are not very interesting and this one is the most boring of them all