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In this presentation, you will learn the following structures related to comparatives and superlatives.

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Emphasizing Comparatives and Superlatives

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Double Comparatives, er and er

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The Plus Comparative, the Plus Comparative

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Shall we start?

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Let's start emphasizing comparative forms.

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Did you know that you can intensify comparatives by adding some expressions?

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Look at the examples.

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This tofu tastes far better than I expected.

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Dark chocolate is way bitter than white one.

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Our dog eats much quickier than yours.

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By adding intensifiers such as much, way, informal, far, a lot, before a comparative, you can make it stronger.

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You can also use slightly, a bit, not much, almost, to intensify small differences in adjectives or adverbs.

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Look at the examples.

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Flaxseed is much more difficult to find than mushrooms.

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Her cooking style is almost as engaging as Gordon Ramsay's.

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Tom doesn't study much productively when he's tired.

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Some people say that our brain consumes sugar slightly faster than salt.

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Similarly to the way we emphasize comparative adjectives and adverbs,

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we can use the following intensifiers in superlative structures.

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By far, easily, etc.

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Cod is by far the most delicious fish in this restaurant.

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Almond yogurt is easily the healthiest option, if you ask me.

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Sarah cooks easily the most effortlessly in the cooking academy.

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When you use two comparatives, the same ones, linked with and to express an increasing or gradual quality or action, you are using double comparatives.

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Let's see the examples.

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Seafood is becoming more and more expensive these days.

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Avocados are being produced faster and faster in the south of Spain.

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Teenagers are eating healthier and healthier in the last few years.

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Finally, sometimes we need to compare two things or actions showing a change or a cause

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and affect relationship between them.

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Compare.

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The redder a food is, the higher its amount of vitamin A.

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The riper a fig is, the sweetest it tastes.

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The healthier you eat, the better you'll perform in exams.

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We do that by writing the followed by a comparative form

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and then by repeating the same structure again,

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although you can use a different adjective or adverb.

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Now you are ready to put all this content into practice.

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And remember, the more you practice, the better you become.