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Comparativos y superlativos en inglés

Comparativos y superlativos en inglés

Comparativos en Inglés

Chicago is smaller than New York.

Chicago es más pequeño que Nueva York.

small (pequeño) – smaller (más pequeño)

large – larger

easy – easier

big – bigger

expensive – more expensive

Comparativos y superlativos en inglés

Comparativos Irregulares

good – better
bad – worse
far – farther

Superlativos regulares

Para formar superlativos en inglés debemos añadir el sufijo“est” al final de la palabra.

Por ejemplo:

He is the smartest boy in the class = Él es el niño más inteligente de la clase.

They are the fastest runners in the world = Ellos son los corredores más rápidos del    mundo.

A algunas palabras no se les puede añadir el sufijo “est” debido a su ortografía, entonces debemos añadir otros sufijos como “st”, “iest” o la palabra “the most”.

Easy – easiest. (y por i)

Angry – angriest.

Cloudy – cloudiest.

Big – biggest. (dobla consonante)

Hot – hottest.

Sad – saddest.

Expensivemost expensive. (+ de dos sílabas)

Beautifulmost beautiful.

COMPARATIVES/SUPERLATIVES EXERCISES

Exercise: write the comparative and superlative:

  1. cold
  2. wet
  3. nice
  4. heavy
  5. clean
  6. wide
  7. hot
  8. good
  9. rich
  10. long
  11. ugly
  12. economical
  13. dry
  14. thin
  15. modern
  16. bad
  17. cheap
  18. lazy
  19. beautiful
  20. far

Use the words below to write comparative sentences:

  1. Tea/cheap/champagne
  2. Movies/interesting/TV shows
  3. Sharon/beautiful/Raquel
  4. This book/important/that book
  5. Your house/old/my house
  6. Harry/funny/Paul
  7. Karen/young/Alice
  8. Children/energetic/adults

Find the mistake in the following sentences and write the correct sentence.

  1. Sam is more short than Fred.
  2. My car is expensiver than yours.
  3. This picture is uglyer than that picture.
  4. The movie is very exciting.
  5. This table is more bigger than that table.

Complete with a comparative:

  1. My mother is _____ than my father. (old)
  2. This restaurant is _________ than the other one. (big)
  3. The meal that Marta made is _________ than the one that John made. (delicious)
  4. This test is _________ than that last one. (difficult)

Write a sentence with a superlative:

  1. Bob/is/tall/student/in the class.
  2. Gino’s Pizzeria/has/good pizza/in Chicago
  3. Paul/is/funny person/I know
  4. Helen/is/beautiful woman/I know
  5. Fred/has/big house/in our neighborhood
  6. She/is/bad cook/in our family
  7. That/is/small car/in the parking lot

Find the mistake and correct the sentence:

  1. She is the more beautiful woman in the world.
  2. He is the lazyest man I know.
  3. Los Angeles is the bigger city in California.
  4. She is the thinest person.
  5. That is the goodest restaurant.

Escoge el adjetivo que mejor complete las siguientes frases. Ponlo en la forma de comparativo o superlativo según el contexto: big, comfortable, expensive, fast, friendly, funny, heavy, interesting, long, narrow.

  1. A sofa is________________than a chair.
  2. Travelling by plane is________________ than travelling by train.
  3. The Volga is __________________river in Europe.
  4. This is _______________novel I have ever read.
  1. The circus is _________________than the cinema.
  2. Lead is _________________________than aluminium
  1. Dogs are ________________________than cats.
  2. The Ritz is one of _________________hotels in the world.
  3. A Jeep is____________________ than a Mini.
  4. A path is ____________________than a road.

Firmado: Eva Martín

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