1. Sharp - Sharper - the Sparpest : Острый - Острее Самый Острый

1. sharp - sharper - the sparpest : острый - острее – самый острый 2. cold - colder - the coldest 3. busy - busier - the busiest 4. dirty - dirtier - the dirtiest 5. clever - cleverer - the cleverest 6. narrow - narrower - the narrowest 7. happy - happier - the happiest 8. simple - simpler - the simplest 9. noble - nobler - the noblest 10. polite- politer - the politest 11. severe - severer - the severest 12. sincere - sincerer - the sincerest 13. common - commoner - the commonest 14. pleasant - pleasanter - the pleasantest 15. quiet - quieter - the quietest

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE cool cooler coolest intelligent more intelligent most intelligent

1. COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY AS .... AS (for positive comparisons), (NOT) SO .... AS (for negative comparisons). Her pronunciation is AS good AS yours. His pronunciation is NOT SO good AS yours. Note: We may say NOT AS .... AS, especially after a contracted form: Her pronunciation isn't AS good AS yours.

2. COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY LESS ..... THAN + the adjective. It is LESS cold today THAN it was yesterday. Kelly is LESS old THAN Sandra.

3. SUPERLATIVE OF INFERIORITY THE LEAST ...... OF (or IN) + the adjective. Sunday was THE LEAST cold day of the week. Christina is THE LEAST old girl in that class.

4. COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY a) Monosyllabic adjectives form their COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE by adding - ER and - EST to the POSITIVE degree. tall tallER THAN THE tallEST warm warmER THAN THE warmEST Exceptions: just MORE just THAN THE MOST just

Разработчик Миляр Ж.Н. right MORE right THAN THE MOST right real MORE real THAN THE MOST real wrong MORE wrong THAN THE MOST wrong b) Adjectives with more than two syllables form their COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE by putting MORE and THE MOST in front of the adjective. difficult MORE difficult THAN THE MOST difficult important MORE important THAN THE MOST important c) Disyllabic (two syllables) adjectives form their COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE in two different ways: 1. Adjectives ending in ED, ING, RE, FUL, OUS and those with the stress on the first syllable usually take MORE and THE MOST: charming MORE charming THAN THE MOST charming famous MORE famous THAN THE MOST famous hopeful MORE hopeful THAN THE MOST hopeful learned MORE learned THAN THE MOST learned obscure MORE obscure THAN THE MOST obscure

2. Adjectives ending in ER, Y, LE, OW and those with the stress on the second syllable add ER and EST to the POSITIVE degree. clever cleverER THAN THE cleverEST narrow narrowER THAN THE narrowEST pretty prettiER THAN THE prettiEST polite politER THAN THE politEST simple simplER THAN THE simplEST Note: Adjectives ending in SOME and the words cheerful, common, cruel, pleasant, quiet, civil may be compared by adding ER and EST or by MORE and MOST. pleasant pleasantER THAN THE pleasantEST or pleasant MORE pleasant THAN THE MOST pleasant

5. ORTHOGRAPHIC NOTES a) Add R and ST to adjectives ending in E. large largeR THAN THE largeST ripe ripeR THAN THE ripeST b) VOWEL SANDWICH (VOWEL + CONSONANT + VOWEL) (THE LAST VOWEL IS DOUBLED) big bigGER THAN THE bigGEST fat fatTER THAN THE fatTEST NO SANDWICH (JUST THE SUFFIX) small smallER THAN THE smallEST sweet sweetER THAN THE sweetEST c) Adjectives ending in - y preceded by a consonant, change Y into I before ER and EST. happY happIER THAN THE happIEST Exceptions: shY shYER THAN THE shYEST gaY gaYER THAN THE gaYEST greY greYER THAN THE greYEST

6. IRREGULAR COMPARISONS good better than the best bad worse than the worst little less than the least much more than the most many more than the most far farther than the farthest far further than the furthest old older than the oldest old elder than the eldest NOTES: 1. FARTHER and FARTHEST generally refer to distance; FURTHER and FURTHEST also refer to distance but they may have the meaning of "additional". I live farther from here than you do. Give me further details. 2. OLDER and OLDEST refer to persons or things; ELDER and ELDEST can only be used for members of the same family: My elder sister is afraid of mice. My older friend is afraid of wasps. but ELDER cannot be placed before THAN so OLDER is used: My sister is two years older than I am.

7. CONSTRUCTIONS WITH COMPARATIVES a) Gradual increase: Those exercises are getting EASIER AND EASIER. OR Those exercises are getting MORE AND MORE EASY. The weather is getting NICER AND NICER. OR The weather is getting MORE AND MORE NICE. The rent of our flat is getting MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE.

B) Parallel increase: (THE + comparative ...... THE + comparative). THE MORE I see you THE MORE I want you. Разработчик Миляр Ж.Н. THE HOTTER, THE BETTER. THE MORE he studies, THE BETTER he becomes.

COMPARISON OF ADVERBS 1. COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE of SUPERIORITY. a) Monosyllabic adverbs from their comparative and superlative of superiority in the same way as monosyllabic adjectives. high highER THAN THE highEST soon soonER THAN THE soonEST fast fastER THAN THE fastEST b) Adverbs of more than one syllable take MORE and MOST. quickly MORE quickly THAN THE MOST quickly slowly MORE slowly THAN THE MOST slowly seldom MORE seldom THAN THE MOST seldom Exception: early earliER THAN THE earliEST

2. IRREGULAR COMPARISONS well better than the best badly worse than the worst little less than the least much more than the most late later than

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