⍯ Comparatives and Superlatives

Transform It!

100

_{After a long workout, I am hungry.} 

^{⇢ superlative}

 ^{After a long workout, I am the hungriest.  🍽}

200

_{His speech was interesting.} 

^{The questions after his speech weren't interesting.} 

^{⇢ compare}

^{The questions weren't as interesting as his speech.} 

^{The questions were less interesting than his speech.}

^{His speech was more interesting than the questions. 💬}

300

^{Sam is 22 years old. Rick is 56 years old.} 

^{⇢ compare}

_{Sam is younger than Rick.}

_{Rick is older than Sam. ⏳}

400

^{Ben and Ron both live close to their jobs.} 

^{It takes Ben 5 minutes to get there, while Ron takes 10 minutes.} 

^{_{⇢ compare}}

^{Ben lives closer to work than Ron.}

^{Ron lives farther from work than Ben.}

^{Ben's commute is shorter than Ron's.}

^{Ron's home is farther away from work than Ben's. 🚏}

500

^{Three flights depart at the same time.} 

^{Flight A arrives at 9 am, flight B - at 11 am, flight C - at 2 pm.} 

^{_{⇢ superlative}}

^{flight A is the fastest / the shortest}

^{flight C is the slowest / the longest}

^{flight A arrives the earliest of all}

^{flight C arrives the latest of all  ⏱️}

600

^{It's 10°C today.} 

^{Yesterday, it was 15°C.} 

^{_{⇢ compare}}

^{It’s colder today than yesterday.} 

^{It was warmer yesterday than it is today.} 

^{Today's temperature is higher than yesterday.  🌡️}

Name the Word

100

^{greater in quality or degree}

^{better  👍}

200

^{the highest degree of something}

^{the most  🥇}

300

^{not as good as another}

^{worse  👎}

400

^{the highest quality among three or more}

^{the best  🔝}

500

^{the lowest quality among three or more}

^{the worst  ❌}

600

^{the lowest degree of something}

^{the least  ⬇️}

Pick 3!

100

^{The tall man is taller than the shorter men and is the tallest in the room.}

^{taller, shorter, the tallest  📏}

200

^{Sue is smarter than her brother, but he is a faster learner. Their dad is the most intelligent in the family.}

^{smarter, faster, the most intelligent  🎓}

300

^{This movie is more fun, less boring, and better than the one we saw last week.}

^{more fun, less boring, better  🎬}

400

^{They are the most talented people. Paula is the most creative artist, but her brother is more skilled in painting.} 

 

^{the most talented, the most creative, more skilled  🎨}

500

^{My new car is the fastest, most reliable, and safest car I've ever owned.}

_{the fastest, most reliable, safest  🏎️}

^{✱ multiple adjectives with the same noun ⇢ 'the' only before the first adjective}

600

^{The biggest cat is still smaller than the smallest dog.}

^{the biggest, smaller, the smallest  🐱 🐶}

Correct It

100

^{This road is less safer than the other.}

^{This road is less safe than the other.  🚧}

200

^{She was the most happy when she got her dream job.}

^{She was the happiest when she got her dream job.  💼}

300

^{The elephant is the largest land animal in the world, but the whale is biger than the elephant.}

^{biger ⇢ bigger  🐘 🐋}

400

^{This is the least best option.}

 ^{the least best ⇢ the worst  🙅}

500

^{This is the more easier task.}

^{more easier ⇢ easier  👨‍💻}

600

^{This company has a large market share and largest customer base in the industry.}

^{largest customer base ⇢ the largest customer base  📊}

Opposites

100

^{the tiniest}

^{the biggest, the hugest, the largest  🐘}

200

^{the coldest}

 

^{the hottest  ♨️}

300

^farther

^{closer, nearer  📍}

400

^{the cheapest}

 

^{the most expensive, the costliest  💰}

500

^{the least expected}

^{the most expected  📈}

600

^wealthier

^{poorer  🧮}

Adverbs Fun

100

^{less often:}
_{🅰 more frequently}

_{🅱 more infrequently}

_{🅲 more regularly}

^{🅱 more infrequently = less frequently = less often}

200

^{A cheetah runs quickly, at 113 km/h.} 

^{A leopard also runs quickly, but at 60 km/h.} 

^{⇢ compare}

^{A cheetah runs more quickly than a leopard.  🚀}

300

^{the antonym for 'most carefully'}

^{least carefully  🆘}

400

_{He performs (impressive).} 

^{⇢ superlative adverb}

^{He performs the most impressively. 🎸}

500

^{She speaks loudly.}

^{He speaks (loudly _{⇢ compare}) than she does.}

^{He speaks more loudly than she does. 🗣️}

600

^{Anna, Jim and Pam speak English well,} 

^{but Jim speaks English (⇢ superlative) of all.}

^{Jim speaks English the best of all.  💯}