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Today were talking about comparatives and superlatives

Lets start with comparatives. We use them to compare one thing or person with
another.
To make the comparative form of short adjectives or adverbs, we just add the letters
e-r
So, quick => quicker
But if the word already ends in e we just add the letter r
Late => later
For adjectives and adverbs that end in the letter y, make the comparatives by
losing the letter y and adding the letters ier. So the comparative of easy is
easier, and busy becomes busier.
To make the comparative forms of most adjective and adverbs with 2 or more
syllables, we use more. For example, difficult has 3 syllables, so the comparatives
of impatient is more impatient.
And to emphasise how something changes, we can repeat comparatives, or the
word more with and in the middle, like this
The bus went slower and slower, and the people became more and more
impatient.
Heres another way to use comparatives. See this sentence
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning
Here we used two different comparatives more difficult and greater with the
to say how one thing changes when something else changes.
Lets look at superlative adjective and adverbs.
*chuyn slide sang superlatives*
They help us compare one person or one thing with several others. *gi 1 a* what
is the quickest way for you to go to school?
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Ok, we make superlatives in a similar way to comparitives, but ending for short
words is est
Quick => the quickest
And we use most for words with 2 or more syllables. So the superlatives of beautiful
is the most beautiful.
For 2 syllable words ending in the letter y, change the letter y to I and add
est. So easy becomes easiest. Dont forget to put the before a superlative

adjective or adverb. But we can use possessive adjectives instead of the word
the , like this:
my best friend is beautiful
These are very common adjectives having completely irregular comparative and
superlative form.
*chuyn slide sang irregular adjective*

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