Comparative and Superlative Adjectives: Comparison of Adjectives in English Grammar - video

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Three Forms of Comparison of Adjectives in English

Positive: it is an ordinary form of adjectives

Comparative: shows when two persons or objects being compared

Superlative: indicates that the quality or quantity is at its highest or is most intense

• Comparative are used to describe people and things. - My car is fast but John’scar is faster. - Emily is tall but Sophia is taller. - I need a bigger car

• “Than” is used to compare one thing with another. - Henry is older than Tom. - Emily is smarter than Sophia. - The second test was easier than the first one.

• “The” is used with a superlative: - Where Are the Tallest Buildings in the World? - Harry is the tallest student in this class.

• "As...as" is used to compare the attributes of two things that are equal - Emily is as tall as Sophia. - The first test is as easy as the second one.

General Rules in Forming Comparison of Adjectives

There are basic rules in forming the degrees of comparison: 1. For one-syllable adjective, add –er to form comparative and –est for superlative. Examples: • clear / clearer / clearest, • dark / darker / darkest

2. For most two-syllable adjectives, add –er for comparative and – est for superlative. Examples: • simple / simpler / simplest, • gentle / gentler / gentlest

3. For three or more syllables, always use more and most to form the comparative and superlative. Examples: • creative / more creative / most creative

4. Some adjectives end with a consonant letter y, change y to I and add –er or -est. Examples: • busy / busier / busiest, • merry / merrier / merriest

5. Some adjectives end with a single vowel and single final consonant letter. Double the final consonant and add –er/-est. Examples: • thin / thinner / thinnest, • fat / fatter / fattest

6. When the adjectives end in “e”, add –r for the comparative and –st for superlative Examples: • wise / wiser / wisest, • simple / simpler / simplest

7. Irregular comparisons of adjectives are compared irregularly Examples: • good / better / best • ill / worse / worst

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List of Collective Nouns for Things

 A deck of cards  An item/A piece of furniture  A pane of glass  A blade of grass  A bale of hay  A glimmer of hope  A piece of jewellery  A bolt/A flash of Lightning  A stroke of luck  A pile of money  A bit/A piece/An item of news  A drop of rain  A ray of sunshine  A pinch of salt  A bar of soap  A tube of toothpaste  A ball of wool  A bar of soap  A battery of tests  A bolt of lightning  A bunch of books  A bunch of keys  A bunch of keys  A chest of drawers  A clump of reeds  A deck of cards  A fleet of ships  A fleet of vehicles  A flight of stairs  A gallon of gasoline  A group of friends  A group of islands  A grove of trees  A hedge of bushes  A library of books  A pack of cards  A pair of shoes  A piece of furniture  A piece of paper  A quiver of arrows  A ream of paper  A roll of film/cloth  A series of events  A set of books  A set of tools  A sheaf of notes/papers/arrows/corn  A shelf of books  A stack of chairs  A string of beads  A suite of furniture  A suite of rooms  A tube of toothpaste  A wad of notes  An agenda of tasks  An album of stamps/autographs/photographs

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We use question tags at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Are you okay?" or "Do you think so?" They are very common in English.

Rules for Forming Tag Questions

How to Form Question Tags in English? To form the two-word tag questions, you must follow the rules below: 

• The subject in the statement matches the subject in the tag. 

• The auxiliary verb or verb to be in the statement matches the verb used in the tag. 

• If the statement is positive, the tag is usually negative and vice versa.

Examples: • He's read this book, hasn't he? • He read this book, didn't he? • He's reading this book, isn't he? • He reads a lot of books, doesn't he? • He'll read this book, won't he? • He should read this book, shouldn't he? • He can read this book, can't he? • He'd read this book, wouldn't he?

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List of Prepositions of Place with examples.

 In – My parents live in New Zealand now.  On – The town is right on the border.  Under – We slept under the open sky.  Next to – The hotel is situated next to the lively bustling port.  Between – There is a gulf between the two cities.  Among – I enjoy being among my friends.  In front of – They massed in front of the city hall.  Behind – The horse fell behind in the race.  Above – Our friends in the apartment above us are really noisy.  Below – He dived below the surface of the water.  Near – There is a bush near the school playground.  Far from – The children don’t go far from home.  At – I was waiting at the bus stop.

List of Prepositions of Movement in English with examples.

 Down – It’s easier to run down the hill than go up.  Up – She doesn’t like riding her bike up these hills.  Out of – He jumped out of the window.  Into – Don’t put new wine into old bottles.  Toward – She was carrying a suitcase and walking towards.  Away – Dinah was crying as she drove slowly away.  Past – You drive past the stadium on your way to work, don’t you?  Over – The hotel is over the bridge.  Onto – I slipped as I stepped onto the platform.  Off – I must be off now.  Around – Her hair whipped around her face in the wind.  Under – The pen fell under the desk.  Along – We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.  Across – The boys swam across the lake.  Through – The Charles River flows through Boston.

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List of Collective Nouns for Birds

 A cloud of seafowls  A colony/A flock/A raft of auks  A colony of avocets  A colony of gulls  A colony of ibises  A colony/A parcel/A rookery of penguins  A covey/A brace/A brood/A flight/A pack of grouse  A covey/A bevy/A clutch/A warren of partridges  A covey of ptarmigans  A crowd of redwings  A descent of woodpeckers  A desert/A deceit of lapwings  A fall/A covey/A flight/A plump of woodcocks  A flight of birds  A flight/A gulp of cormorants  A flight of goshawks  A flight/A flock/A kit/A passel of pigeons  A flight/A gulp of swallows  A fling of dunlins  A fling of sandpipers  A flock of birds  A flock of bustards  A flock of swifts  A flock of turkeys  A flush of ducks  A head/A herd of curlews  A herd/A flock of wrens  A hill of ruffs  A host/A quarrel/A tribe/A ubiquity of sparrows  A murder/A hover/A muster/A parcel of crows  A chattering/A cloud/A congregation/A clutter of starlings  A muse of capons  A muster/An ostentation/A pride of peacocks  A mustering/A flight/A phalanx of storks  A mutation of thrushes  A bouquet/A head/A warren of pheasants  A parcel of linnets  A parliament/A stare of owls  A pitying of turtledoves  A plump of moorhens  A plump/A bunch/A knob/A raft of waterfowls  A pod/A scoop of pelicans  A prattle of parrots  A pride/A flock of ostriches  A rafter of turkeys  A run of poultry  A sedge/A siege of bitterns  A sedge/A herd/A sedge/A siege of cranes  A sedge/A flight/A hedge/A rookery/A siege of herons  A flush/A puddling of mallards  A spring/A bunch/A coil/A knob/A raft of teals  A squabble of seagulls  A stand of flamingos  A trip of dotterels  A trip/A bunch/A knob/A lute/A skein of wildfowls  A wake of buzzards  A walk/A wisp of snipes  …

List of Collective Nouns for Mammals

 A glaring/A cluster/A clutter of cats  A cluster/A herd/A tribe of antelopes  A coalition of cheetahs  A cohort/A herd/A zeal of zebras  A colony/A family/A lodge of beavers  A colony of chinchillas  A colony/A horde/A mischief/A swarm of rats  A colony of voles  A congress/A flange/A troop of baboons  A coterie/A town of prairie dogs  A couple of impalas  A cowardice of curs  A crash/A herd/A stubbornness of rhinoceroses  A destruction of (wild) cats  A destruction of wildcats  A drift/A trip of (tame) swine  A dray/A colony of squirrels  A drift/A drove/A parcel of hogs  A drove of bullocks  A drove/A drift/A flock/A herd of pigs  A drove/A herd of swine  A fall of lambs  A family/A bevy/A raft/A romp of otters  A farrow/A litter of piglets  A field/A string of racehorses  A gang/A herb/An obstinacy of buffalos  A gang/A herd of elks  A grind of bottle-nosed whales  A group of guinea pigs  A herd/A gang of bisons  A herd/A leash of bucks  A herd of caribous  A herd/A drift/A drove/A mob of cattle  A herd of chamois  A herd/A drove of donkeys  A herd of elands  A herd/A parade of elephants  A herd/An implausibility of gnus  A herd of hartebeests  A herd of harts  A herd of ibexes  A herd of llamas  A herd of moose  A herd of wildebeests  A herd of yaks  A horde of gerbils  A horde of hamsters  A huddle/A herd/An ugly of walruses  A husk of jackrabbits  A journey/A group/A herd/A tower of giraffes  A kindle/A litter of kittens  A kindle of leverets  A labor/A company/A movement of moles  A leap of leopards

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Pets Vocabulary

Learning Pets Vocabulary in English.

Dog Puppy Turtle Rabbit Parrot Cat Kitten Goldfish Mouse Tropical fish Hamster

Farm Animal Vocabulary

List of Farm and Domestic Animal Names in English

Cow Rabbit Ducks Shrimp Pig Goat Crab Deer Bee Sheep Fish Turkey Dove Chicken Horse

Birds

Birds are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

Bird Vocabulary

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Crow

Peacock

Dove

Goose

Sparrow

Turkey

Stork Pigeon

Bald eagle

Hawk Raven Parrot

Ostrich

Flamingo Seagull Swallow

Swan

Black bird Penguin Robin Owl

Mammals

Mammals are any vertebrates within the class Mammalia, a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones and mammary glands. Females of all mammal species nurse their young with milk, secreted from the mammary glands.

Mammals Vocabulary

Squirrel

Dog

Chimpanzee

Ox Lion Panda

Mouse

Walrus Otter

Monkey

Kangaroo Goat Horse

Elephant

Cow Koala Mole Leopard

Fox

Hippopotamus Giraffe Coyote

Wild Animal Names

Hedgehong Sheep Deer

Giraffe Woodpecker

Alligator

Camel Starfish Koala Owl

Coyote

Tiger Bear Blue whale

Arctic wolf

Chimpanzee Raccoon Lion

Squirrel

Crocodile Dolphin Elephant Snake

Gorilla

Kangaroo Hippopotamus Elk Fox Bat Hare

Hedgehog

Toad Frog Deer Rat Badger Lizard Mole Otter

Reindeer

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Synonyms for BAD

• Awful • Atrocious • Disagreeable • Grievous • Infamous • Odious • Sordid • Rotten • Awful • Disheartening • Hateful • Infernal • Offensive • Naughty • Barbaric • Disgusting • Harmful • Iniquitous • Pejorative • Terrible • Mean • Base • Dismaying • Heinous • Injurious • Repellent • Treacherous • Dreadful • Beastly • Displeasing • Hellish • Loathsome • Reprehensible • Nasty • Distasteful • Hideous • Reprobate • Unpleasant • Wicked • Disturbing • Horrendous • Malevolent • Repugnant • Unworthy • Contemptible • Dreadful • Horrible • Mischievous • Repulsive • Terrible • Cursed • Horrid • Monstrous • Revolting • Vicious • Unpleasant • Degenerate • Evil • Horrific • Rotten • Vile • Despicable • Fiendish • Icky • Scandalous • Wicked • Ignoble • Annoying • Diabolical • Galling • Immoral • Nefarious • Sinful • Appalling • Dire • Ghastly • Inclement • Obscene • Sinister • Sickening • Worthless

INTERESTING Synonyms with Examples

Fascinating For example: That's a fascinating question.
Striking For example: She was tall and very striking.
Intriguing For example: I found the story rather intriguing.
Amusing For example: She writes very amusing letters.
Entertaining For example: I found the talk very entertaining.
Gripping For example: His books are always so gripping.
Compelling For example: His life makes a compelling story.
Engaging For example: Dury is convivial and engaging.
Absorbing For example: "Two Sisters" is an absorbing read.
Diverting For example: It was a diverting programme.
Newsworthy For example: Nothing very newsworthy happened last week.
Engrossing For example: He told us an engrossing story.
Enthralling For example: His thrillers make enthralling reading.
Riveting For example: It was a riveting story.
Captivating For example: He found her captivating.

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Estonia

Nationality: Estonian

Language: Estonian

Britain

Nationality: British / English

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Denmark

Nationality: Danish

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Iceland

Nationality: Icelandic

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Ireland

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Latvia 

Nationality: Latvian

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Lithuania

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Norway

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Finland

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Sweden

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Moldova 

Nationality: Moldovan

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Belarus

Nationality: Belarusian

Language: Belarusian / Russian

Poland

Nationality: Polish

Language: Polish

Bulgaria 

Nationality: Bulgarian

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Czech Republic

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Language: Czech

Hungary 

Nationality: Hungarian

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Russia

Nationality: Russian

Language: Russian

Romania 

Nationality: Romanian

Language: Romanian

Slovakia

Nationality: Slovak / Slovakian

Language: Slovak

Ukraine

Nationality: Ukrainian

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Greece

Nationality: Greek

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Albania

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Andorra

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Portugal

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nationality: Bosniak/ Bosnian Croat/ Bosnian Serb

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Croatia 

Nationality: Croatian

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Macedonia

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Malta

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Montenegro

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San Marino 

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Germany

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Netherlands

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Liechtenstein 

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Monaco

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France

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