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Even though comparisons are obvious, we need to know how to make them.

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In our everyday life, we are making decisions all the time.

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When we go shopping, we need to compare items.

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When we choose our friends, we need to compare people.

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When we choose our employees, we need to compare candidates.

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We always need to decide which path to follow,

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analyze the situations, and compare the different options, if there are any.

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If you are comparing two items, you will use a comparative form.

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If you are describing one out of many, you will use a superlative form.

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By the end of this lesson, you should be able to

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identify the comparative and the superlative form of adjectives,

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distinguish between both forms,

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and use them to make comparisons.

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Now watch the images and listen to their story.

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To his surprise, she said yes.

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Although she didn't tell him, Sarah thought Mike wasn't as attractive as Amy's boyfriend,

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but he was still more handsome than the rest, and he was definitely the funniest guy in class.

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They went out together for almost a year, and everybody thought they made the perfect couple.

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One of the prettiest girls with one of the most interesting guys.

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However, Mike had the feeling something was wrong.

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Sarah was always comparing herself to others.

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The day he told her she looked beautiful in her new dress, she said,

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Really? Don't you think Amy's dress is more elegant than mine?

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When she opened the birthday present that Mike bought for her, she said,

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Oh, it's a beautiful bracelet, Mike, but the one Sammy bought for Amy was even prettier.

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By the time Mike couldn't take it anymore was the day he took her to one of the most popular restaurants in town.

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He had been saving up for months to impress her, and when they had to order the food, she said,

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I don't want to eat anything because Amy is thinner than me, and I don't want to get as fat as my mom.

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She also added,

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Mike, you should be more careful with what you eat, too, because Sammy is fitter than you.

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He eats much healthier food.

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That was it. Mike broke up with Sarah that same evening.

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Sarah was more confused than ever.

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Mike told her that, although she had everything, she wasn't as happy as her friends because

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she always wanted what other people had.

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Maybe if she had less than the others, she would realize

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that she was one of the luckiest girls he had ever met, and she would start being happy.

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You should have valued what you had, because now it's gone.

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Now let's see if he understood.

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Here are two examples you can use.

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When you find multiple syllables, you have to add more before the adjective.

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When the ending is a consonant plus Y, change the Y to an I and add ER.

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Heavier and more modern are two adjectives you can use.

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Both have two syllables, but they form in a different way.

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You can use these rules.

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Form the superlative form, too, with the only difference, you have to use EST instead of ER.

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You can use these rules to form the superlative form, too.

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The only difference, you have to use MOST instead of MORE.

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Another part of this song goes for the irregular forms.

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There's no rule to learn them, you can just learn them by heart.

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The comparative form of good is better.

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The comparative form of far is further.

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Remember, it's easy.

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You only have to do what I say.

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When you want to use a comparative form.

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When you want to use a superlative form.

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Remember, it's easy.

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You only have to do what I say.