NI1 - Lesson 5: Comparative and Superlative Forms

In this lesson we are working with comparative and superlative adjectival forms. Here you are some links that may be useful for you:

• grammar rules and explanations like this one or this. If you want further explanations with modifiers, click here
• exercises

We saw the difference between AS and LIKE:

• AS goes with a sentence and it means that is really that
• LIKE goes with no sentences and it menas similar to

Here you are a list of exercises to practise: click here

Connected to comparison there are 2 similar contructions which are difficult to understand:

• What is your father like? ----- a description, something in general: He is tall, with brow hair and brown eyes, very talkative...
• How is your father? ---- the answer only needs a comment as it is something puntual, something that is happening now: He is fine, thanks.

To finish with, remember the rules for spelling:

• ending in -y -----   -ier : happy - happier dry - drier (dryer means secadora); but shy - shyer
• ending in Consonat+Stressed Vowel+ Consonant ---- you doubble the last consonant: thin - thinner, hot - hotter but open - opener (although it means abridor, pay attention how you avoid double the consonant; the same happens with other suffixes like -ED or -ING)

About the comparatives/superlatives like clever or simple  the rule says you should say cleverer or simpler but most of the native speakers say more clever and more simple.

If you need any further explanation, let me know it to have a post about that.

See you in class!