📘 Comparative Adjectives
On utilise les adjectifs comparatifs pour comparer deux personnes/objets. → White cars are safer than yellow cars.
Comparatif d'égalité
| Jane's work | is | as | easy | as | Mike's. |
| 1er terme | verbe | adjectif | 2ème terme |
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Comparatif d'infériorité
| This dress | is not / is | so / less | up-to-date | as / than | that. |
| 1er terme | verbe | adjectif | 2ème terme |
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Comparatif de supériorité
| My room | is | cleaner | than | yours. | |
| 1er terme | verbe | adjectif | 2ème terme |
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Pour « créer » l'adjectif de supériorité, on ajoute « -er » ou « more » selon la longueur de l'adjectif.
| old → older, cheap → cheaper | One-syllable adjectives → + -er |
| big → bigger, hot → hotter | One-syllable, "vowel + consonant" → double consonant + -er |
| healthy → healthier, happy → happier | One/two-syllable, "consonant + y" → -y + -ier |
| famous → more famous, expensive → more expensive | Two+ syllable adjectives → more + adjective |
| good → better, bad → worse | Irregular |
📘 Superlative Adjectives
On utilise "the + superlative adjective" pour dire lequel est le (plus grand…) dans un groupe. → It's the hottest country in the world.
| old → the oldest, cheap → the cheapest | One-syllable → + -est |
| big → the biggest, hot → the hottest | One-syllable, "vowel + consonant" → double consonant + -est |
| healthy → the healthiest, happy → the happiest | One/two-syllable, "consonant + y" → -y + -iest |
| famous → the most famous, expensive → the most expensive | Two+ syllable → the most + adjective |
| good → the best, bad → the worst | Irregular |
Adjectifs irréguliers
| Adjectifs | Comparatifs | Superlatifs |
|---|---|---|
| good | better | the best |
| bad | worse | the worst |
| little | less | the least |
| much, many | more | the most |
| far | further | the furthest |
📝 Exercices sur ce point : Unit 11 · Comparative & Superlative