Cover of the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4c - Grammar in use for the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

  1. Look at the pictures and the examples. How do we form the comparative / superlative? Write sentences to tell the class.
  2. Compare the three girls.

Answer

a

We form the comparative of one-syllable and two-syllable adjectives by adding -er and the superlative by adding -est. We form the comparative of adjectives with three or more syllables with more and the superlative with most. Some two-syllable adjectives (e.g. narrow, clever, stupid, gentle, etc.) take wither -er / -est or more / most in their comparative / superlative forms.

  • Lisa has got darker hair than Joy.
  • Sue has got the darkest hair of all.
  • Joy has got the fairest hair of all.
  • Lisa is the youngest of all.

b

  1. Sue is more careful than Lisa, but Joy is the most careful of all.
  2. Lisa can sing better than Joy, but Sue is the best singer of all.
  3. Joy is funnier than Lisa, but Sure is the funniest of all.
  4. Sue is more helpful than Joy, but Lisa is the most helpful of all.
  5. Sue is older than Lisa, but Joy is the oldest of all.
  6. Lisa is taller than Sue, but Joy is the tallest of all.