Comparative

The Comparative: Using –er and more
Mary is 25 years old John is 20 years old (a)    Mary is older than john (b)   Health is more important than money			When we use adjectives (e.g, old, important) to compare two people or two things, the adjectives have special forms.
			Notice in the examples: than follows the comparative form : older than, more important than.
Adjectives with one syllable	Adjective	Comparative	Add –er to one syllable adjectives
	Big Cheap Old	Bigger Cheaper Older	Spelling note : if an adjective ends in one vowel and one consonant : big-bigger, fat-fatter, hot-hotter, thin-thinner.
Adjectives that end in –y	Funny Pretty	Funnier Prettier	If an adjective ends in –y, change the –y to –i and add -er
Adjectives with two or more syllables	Famous important interesting	More famous More important More interesting	Use more in front of adjectives that have two or more syllables (except adjectives that end in –y)
Irregular comparative forms	Good Bad far	Better Worse Farther/further	The comparative forms of good, bad and far are irregular.

The Superlative : Using –est and most
(a)    Comparative Mt thumb is shorter than my index finger (b)   Superlative My hand has five fingers. My thumb is the shortest finger of all.			The comparative (-er/more) compares two things or people. The superlative (-est/most) compares three or more things or people.
	Adjective	Comparative		Superlative
Adjectives with one syllable	Old Big	Older (than) Bigger (than)		The oldest (of all) The biggest (of all)
Adjectives that end in -y	Pretty Easy	Prettier (than) Easier (than)		The prettiest (of all) The easiest (of all)
Adjectives with two or more syllables	Expensive Important	More expensive (than) More important (than)		The most expensive (of all) The most important (of all)
Irregular forms	Good Bad Far	Better (than) Worse (than) Farther / further (than)		The best (of all) The worst (of all) The Farther / further (of all)

Making comparisons with adverb
(a)    Kim speaks more fluently than Ali. (b)   Anna speaks the most fluently of all	Comparative	Superlative
	More fluently More slowly More quickly	The most fluently The most slowly The most quickly	Use more and most with adverbs that end in –ly
(c)    Mike worked harder than Sam (d)   Sue worked the hardest of all	Harder Faster Earlier Later	The hardest The fastest The earliest The latest	Use –er and –est with irregular adverbs : hard, fast, early, late
(e)    Rosa writes better than I do (f)    Kim writes the best of all.	better	The best	Better and best are forms of the adverb well.