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Comparativos: -er/more + than. Superlativos: the -est/the most. Igualdad: as + adj + as.

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Esta página presenta la gramática de los adjetivos comparativos y superlativos en inglés.

Definiciones

Comparative adjectives (comparativos): expresan que dos objetos o personas tienen más o menos de una cualidad. Ejemplo: bigger than.
Superlative adjectives (superlativos): expresan que una persona u objeto tiene más de una cualidad que cualquier otro elemento del grupo. Ejemplo: the biggest.

Reglas de formación

Regla	Adjetivo	Comparativo	Superlativo
Una sílaba	fast	faster than	the fastest
Una sílaba, termina en -e	wise	wiser than	the wisest
Una sílaba: consonante + vocal corta + consonante	big	bigger than	the biggest
Dos sílabas, termina en -y	pretty	prettier than	the prettiest
Dos o más sílabas	expensive	more expensive than	the most expensive
Excepciones comunes	good / bad	better than / worse than	the best / the worst

Estructura con (not) as ... as

subject	verb	(not) + as + adjective + as	noun or phrase
The digital scale	is	as precise as	an analog scale

Ejemplos de la página

Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. (superlativo)
The Sun's diameter is bigger than the Moon's. (comparativo)
The digital scale is as precise as an analog scale to measure your weight. (comparativo con as... as)

Ejercicios de práctica sugeridos

Completa: Mercury is ______ (small) than Earth. → smaller than
Completa: The blue whale is ______ (large) animal on Earth. → the largest
Reescribe con as... as: A is 5 kg. B is 5 kg. → A is as heavy as B.
Corrige: She is more tall than her sister. → She is taller than her sister.

Respuesta: Los comparativos usan -er / more + than; los superlativos usan the -est / the most; la estructura as... as expresa igualdad.

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Grammar

Comparative adjectives are used to express how two objects or people have more or less of a particular quality or characteristic.

Superlative adjectives are used to express how a person or object has more of a particular quality than any other element in a group.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Rules	Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
One-syllable	fast	faster than	the fastest
One-syllable, ends in -e	wise	wiser than	the wisest
One-syllable: consonant + short vowel + consonant	big	bigger than	the biggest
Two syllables, ends in -y	pretty	prettier than	the prettiest
Two or more syllables	expensive	more expensive than	the most expensive
Common exceptions	good / bad	better than / worse than	the best / the worst

Comparatives Using (not) as ... as

subject	verb	(not) + as + adjective + as	noun or phrase
The digital scale	is	as precise as	an analog scale

Look at the examples

Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. (superlative)
The Sun's diameter is bigger than the Moon's. (comparative)
The digital scale is as precise as an analog scale to measure your weight. (comparative using as... as)

Ejemplos resueltos

Jupiter is the ______ planet in our Solar System.

El adjetivo large es de una sílaba y termina en -e, por lo que el superlativo es the largest.

The Sun's diameter is ______ than the Moon's.

Big es de una sílaba con patrón consonante-vocal-consonante, se duplica la consonante final: bigger than.

The digital scale is ______ an analog scale to measure your weight.

Se usa la estructura de igualdad: as precise as.

Tablas (2)

Rules	Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
One-syllable	fast	faster than	the fastest
One-syllable, ends in -e	wise	wiser than	the wisest
One-syllable: consonant + short vowel + consonant	big	bigger than	the biggest
Two syllables, ends in -y	pretty	prettier than	the prettiest
Two or more syllables	expensive	more expensive than	the most expensive
Common exceptions	good / bad	better than / worse than	the best / the worst

subject	verb	(not) + as + adjective + as	noun or phrase
The digital scale	is	as precise as	an analog scale

Diagrama

graph TD
  A[Adjectives] --> B[Comparative]
  A --> C[Superlative]
  B --> D[Short: -er than]
  B --> E[Long: more ... than]
  B --> F[Equality: as ... as]
  C --> G[Short: the -est]
  C --> H[Long: the most ...]
  B --> I[Irregular: better/worse]
  C --> J[Irregular: best/worst]

Fórmulas y ecuaciones

adjective + -er + than

the + adjective + -est

more + adjective + than

the most + adjective

(not) + as + adjective + as

Glosario (4)

comparative adjective: Adjetivo que compara dos elementos expresando más o menos de una cualidad.
superlative adjective: Adjetivo que expresa el grado máximo de una cualidad dentro de un grupo.
syllable: Unidad fonética de una palabra; determina la regla de formación del comparativo.
as... as: Estructura que expresa igualdad entre dos elementos.

Preguntas para practicar

¿Cuándo se usa un comparativo y cuándo un superlativo?

El comparativo se usa para contrastar dos elementos (más/menos que), mientras que el superlativo señala el grado máximo dentro de un grupo de tres o más elementos.

¿Por qué 'good' y 'bad' son excepciones?

Porque no siguen las reglas regulares de formación; sus formas comparativas y superlativas son irregulares: better/best y worse/worst.

Temas y conceptos clave

Comparative adjectivesSuperlative adjectivesAs... as structureComparative adjectives express more or less of a quality between two elementsSuperlative adjectives express the highest degree in a groupOne-syllable adjectives add -er / -estLong adjectives use more / the mostIrregular forms: good-better-best, bad-worse-worst

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📌 Antes de leer esto

• Reconocer adjetivos en inglés
• Identificar sílabas en palabras
• Uso básico del verbo to be

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Irregular comparatives and superlatives in context

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Comparative adjectives are used to express how two objects or people have more or less of a particular quality or characteristic.

Superlative adjectives are used to express how a person or object has more of a particular quality than any other element in a group.

Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. (superlative) The Sun's diameter is bigger than the Moon's. (comparative) The digital scale is as precise as an analog scale to measure your weight. (comparative using as.. as).

Grammar

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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Rules	Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
One-syllble	fast	fasten than	the fastest
• One-syllable • Ends in -e	wise	wiser than	the wisest
• One-syllble •consonant + short vowel + consonant	big	bigger than	the biggest
· Two syllables • Ends in -y	pretty	prettier than	the prettiest
Two or more syllables	expensive	more expensive than	the most expensive
Common exceptions	good bad	better than worse than	the best the worst