Arbeitsblatt: Spelling comparison

Spelling comparison tall high famous good comparative superlative Tim is taller than Tom. The Everest is higher than the Matterhorn. The Eiffel Tower is more famous than the Trump Tower. Chocolate cake is better than lemon cake. Tim is the tallest. It is the highest mountain in the world. Its the most famous tower in the world. Chocolate cake is the best cake. for short words (one syllable) add –er/r -est/st short large fast tall cheap shorter the shortest larger the largest faster the fastest taller the tallest cheaper the cheapest adjectives ending in single vowel single consonant for two-syllable words ending in –y double the consonant add –er: -ier -iest! thin big sad wet mad happy heavy early pretty ugly thinner bigger sadder wetter madder longer words (two syllables and more) more exciting more comfortable more beautiful more expensive more difficult happier the happiest heavier the heaviest earlier the earliest prettier the prettiest uglier the ugliest Irregular forms use more / most exciting comfortable beautiful expensive difficult the thinnest the biggest the saddest the wettest the maddest the the the the the most most most most most exciting comfortable beautiful expensive difficult good/well better bad/ill worse far farther or further the best the worst the farthest the furthest