_Comparative and superlative

Comparative and superlative:

Comparative →ﻫﻲ المقارنة بين شيئين

Example: 1old →2older than→3the oldest

قديم ←2أقدم من ←3الأقدم 1

A - Comparison with –er /-est→ short adjectives :

short adjectives →like: clean, nice, short…ect

clean - cleaner - (the)cleanest

We use -er/-est with the following adjectives:

نستعمل مع الصفات التالية er/-est

1

clean	cleaner	cleanest
new	Newer	newest
cheap	Cheaper	Cheapest

2) adjectives with the following endings:

2 - 1) adjectives ending in -y

dirty	dirtier	dirtiest
easy	easier	easiest
happy	happier	happiest
pretty	prettier	prettiest

2
- 2) adjectives ending in -er

clever

cleverer

cleverest

2 - 3) adjectives ending in -le

simple

simpler

simplest

2
- 4) adjectives in -ow

narrow

narrower

narrowest

B - Comparison with more - most→long adjectives:

long adjectives:→useful, dangerous…ect

Difficult - more difficult - (the) most difficult

D - Special adjectives

Some ajdectives have two possible forms of comparison
صفات خاصة ﻟﻬﺍ ﺷﻜﻟﻴﻥ في المقارنة

common	commoner / more common	commonest / most common
likely	likelier / more likely	likeliest / most likely
pleasant	pleasanter / more pleasant	pleasantest / most pleasant
polite	politer / more polite	politest / most polite
simple	simpler / more simple	simplest / most simple
stupid	stupider / more stupid	stupidest / most stupid
subtle	subtler / more subtle	subtlest
sure	surer / more sure	surest / most sure

Exercises:

[ندعوك [ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط] أو [ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط] لمعاينة هذه الصورة]

Exercise: Fill in the comparative and superlative forms of the
adjectives.

newestthe	newer	new
		bad -
		difficult
		large -
		good
		big
		easy
		much
		little
		interesting

Exercise 02: Fill in all the gaps with the correct forms of the
adjectives.

*new*	- newer	*newest*
	longer
modern -
		worst
		nicest
		nearest
		flattest
popular
	happier
many
		cleverest

Exercise 03 :put in the adjective in bold from the first sentence into
the second sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative).

Example:I have a fastcar, but my friend has a ______ car.

Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car.

- This is a nice cat. It's much......... than my friend's cat.

-Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine,
so he is...........

- He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the .

.............hobby in the world.

- In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me
an .................even one last weekend.

- School is boring,but homework is ................. than school.

This magazine is cheap, but that one is .....................

- We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is ..................even than ours.

- Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the .....................joke I've ever heard.

Exercise 04 :Put in the adjective from the first sentences into the
second sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative).

Example: I have a fast car, but my friend has a ______ car.

Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car

- My father is heavy. My uncle is much..... .......than
my father.

- The test in Geography was easy, but the test in Biology was .......................

- Florida is sunny. Do you know the............... place
in the USA?

-Stan is a successful sportsman, but his sister is ...............than Stan.

-My mother has a soft voice, but my teacher's voice is ............than my mother's.

-Amy has a beautiful baby, but my daughter has the.............. baby on earth.

-I live in a large family, but my grandfather lived in ..........a family.

- We have only little time for this exercise, but in the examination we'll have even.................. time.

- Lucy is clever, but Carol is ............. than Lucy.

- Have you visited the old castle? It was the ........... castle
we visited during our holidays.