COMPARISON DEGREE Created by Anis Zul Faizah, S.Pd1 FORMING THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE 1. One-syllable adjectives → add -er / -est Positive Comparative Superlative tall taller the tallest smart smarter the smartest fast faster the fastest big bigger the biggest hot hotter the hottest Note: For adjectives ending in consonant + vowel + consonant (big, hot, thin), double the last letter: big → bigger → the biggest. 2. Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y → change -y to -ier / -iest Positive Comparative Superlative happy happier the happiest easy easier the easiest pretty prettier the prettiest busy busier the busiest 3. Two-syllable adjectives (others) and three or more syllables → use more / the most Positive Comparative Superlative famous more famous the most famous modern more modern the most modern expensive more expensive the most expensive beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful interesting more interesting the most interesting

COMPARISON DEGREE Created by Anis Zul Faizah, S.Pd2 EXERCISES Do like the examples above! No Positive Comparative Superlative 1 small 2 short 3 lazy 4 funny 5 difficult 6 important 7 dangerous 8 long 9 slow 10 ugly 11 lucky 12 popular 13 comfortable 14 delicious 15 good 16 bad 17 cold 18 noisy 19 dirty 20 wonderful 21 powerful 22 old 23 young 24 healthy 25 wealthy 26 attractive 27 creative 28 generous 29 obvious 30 curious 31 brave 32 clean 33 early 34 heavy 35 familiar 36 sweet 37 crazy 38 positive 39 negative 40 sensitive