Step 5 · الخطوة 5
Comparatives and Superlatives
صيغة المقارنة والتفضيل
Learning objective · هدف الدرس
I can compare two things and say which is the most/-est in a group.
أستطيع المقارنة بين شيئين، وتحديد الأفضل أو الأكثر في مجموعة.
WHAT? · What is the grammar point?
ما هي القاعدة؟Use comparatives to compare TWO things: short adjectives add -er + than (higher than); long adjectives use more + than (more interesting than). Use superlatives for THREE or more: the + -est (the highest) or the most (the most beautiful). Irregular: good → better → the best, bad → worse → the worst.
RULE
القاعدة- Short: tall → taller than → the tallest
- Ending in -y: easy → easier → the easiest
- Long: interesting → more interesting than → the most interesting
- Irregular: good → better → best · bad → worse → worst · far → further → furthest
EXAMPLES · How do we use it?
أمثلةCommon mistake
خطأ شائع✗ Salalah is more cool than Muscat.
✓ Salalah is cooler than Muscat.
cool صفة قصيرة، نضيف er.
✗ She is the most tallest.
✓ She is the tallest.
لا نجمع most مع est.
PRACTICE · Guided practice
تدريب موجّهFill in the blank · أكمل الفراغ
1. A camel is ___ than a goat.
Fill in the blank · أكمل الفراغ
2. This is the ___ day of my life!
Fill in the blank · أكمل الفراغ
3. English is ___ than maths for me.
Independent practice
تدريب مستقلShort answer · إجابة قصيرة
1. Complete: 'The Wahiba Sands are ___ (beautiful) place I have visited.'
CHECK · Self-check test
اختبر نفسك1. Which is correct?
Matching · مطابقة
2. bad → comparative
Practice freely — nothing is saved.تدرّب بحرية، لا يتم حفظ أي إجابة أو نتيجة.
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