Comparative and superlative adjectives

We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons:

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This car is certainly better, but it's much more expensive.

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I'm feeling happier now.

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We need a bigger garden.

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• She is two years older than me.

• New York is much bigger than Boston.

• He is a better player than Ronaldo.

• France is a bigger country than Britain.

• The balloon got bigger and bigger.

• Everything is getting more and more expensive.

• Grandfather is looking older and older

• The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is. 

  (= When you drive faster, it is more dangerous.)

• The higher they climbed, the colder it got. 

  (= When they climbed higher, it got colder.)

Match the phrases to make ten sentences.

• It was the happiest day of my life.

• Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

• I have three sisters: Jan is the oldest and Angela is the youngest. 

• That’s the best film I have seen this year.

  
  

Choose the correct superlative adjective form to complete each sentence.

• LONG > longER > longEST

• OLD > oldER > oldEST

• NICE > niceR > niceST

• LARGE > largeR > largeST

• BIG > bigGER > bigGEST

• FAT > fatTER > fatTEST

• HAPPY > happIER > happIEST

• SILLY > sillIER > sillIEST

• CAREFUL > MORE careful > MOST careful

• INTERESTING > MORE interesting > MOST interesting

• common

• gentle

• simple

• likely

• GOOD > BETTER > BEST

• BAD > WORSE > WORST

• FAR > FARTHER / FURTHER > FARTHEST / FURTHEST

These are some of the most common adjectives used in English advertisements. Form the comparative forms of each adjective.

These are some of the most common adjectives used in English advertisements.

Form the superlative forms of each adjective.