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Hello lovely students and welcome back to a new Boots to Peel.

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Today we are talking about comparatives and superlatives.

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Comparative adjectives are used to compare two nouns.

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For example, that elephant is bigger than this mouse.

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Notice the use of the word than, T-H-A-N, N, after that comparative.

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Superlative adjectives, on the other hand, are used to describe the highest or lowest degree of equality among three or more elements.

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An example, this is the best school in town.

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Notice also the use of the article the before the superlative.

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And now, let's look at a few rules.

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For one-syllable adjectives, we add er to comparatives and est to superlatives.

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Short, shorter, shortest. Long, longer, longest. A couple of examples. I am shorter than you.

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Comparative. Let's see a superlative example. The Nile is the longest river in the world.

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For one-syllable adjectives that follow the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern, we double the final consonant.

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It's easy, pay attention.

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FAT, F-A-T, consonant-vowel-consonant, we'll double the final T.

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FAT, FATA, FATEST.

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Sad, sadder, saddest. A couple of examples here too. Your dog is much fatter than

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before. That's a comparative. Now a superlative. It was the saddest day of my

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life. Is it clear? Now let's talk about two syllable adjectives. Most two syllable

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comparatives add more and the superlatives add most. Pleasant, more

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pleasant, most pleasant. Famous, more famous, most famous. Let's see a couple of

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sentences here. There's nothing more pleasant than walking in the forest.

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comparative form. My neighbor is the most famous person in the country. A superlative.

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But there are other two syllable adjectives. What about those that finish

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in Y? All right? If a two syllable adjective ends in Y, we remove the Y, we

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change it to I and then we add ER or EST. Ready? Happy, two syllables. Why? So, happy,

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happier, happiest. Hungry, hungrier, hungriest. Let's see them in some

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sentences. Nobody is happier than Tom after winning a race. That is a

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comparative. Let's see a superlative. That's the hungriest lion I've ever seen.

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Superlative. And then, finally, there are some irregular adjectives that don't

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follow any rule for example good better best bad worse worst little less least

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far farther farthest with a or with you both are correct an example my

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experience at that restaurant was the worst of my life. That is a superlative, a

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comparison. The chocolate cake is better than the strawberry ice cream. You see

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the difference? Good. And well, right, that's it for me today. Thanks for

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watching. I'll see you soon for another lesson. Have a great day. Bye bye, guys.