Answer — Exercise 6
4c - Grammar in use·On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book
Question
- Look at the pictures and the examples. How do we form the comparative / superlative? Write sentences to tell the class.
- 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
- Sue is more careful than Lisa, but Joy is the most careful of all.
- Lisa can sing better than Joy, but Sue is the best singer of all.
- Joy is funnier than Lisa, but Sure is the funniest of all.
- Sue is more helpful than Joy, but Lisa is the most helpful of all.
- Sue is older than Lisa, but Joy is the oldest of all.
- Lisa is taller than Sue, but Joy is the tallest of all.