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Wrote on: 20 Feb 2012
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Grammar - Comparative & Superlative Adjectives - Exceptions

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Hi! My name is Valen and this is a lesson on Comparative & Superlative Adjectives.

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On engvid.com we have the lesson that explained all the regular rule for Comparative & Superlative Adjectives.

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And this lesson will covered all the exceptions to the rule.

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So, we gonna start with GOOD and BAD unlike the regular rules,

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we don't say goode - goodest and badder - baddest.

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We say GOOD and then the Comparative Adjective is BETTER.

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And the Superlative Adjective is BEST.

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And just to review, so a Comparative Adjective = when you comparing two things.

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And the Superlative Adjective is = when you're comparing 3 or more people or things.

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So, let's do one example before we going to BAD.

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So,

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My test score was good.

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Mary's test score was better than mine. And,

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John's test score was the best in our class.

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So, BETTER is the Comparative Adjective,

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because you're comparing your test score with Mary's test score.

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And you're comparing John's with the rest of the class.

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So that's 3 or more people's test scores.

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So John's test score was the best.

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So this is the Superlative Adjective (the best).

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So, we don't say, gooder - goodest

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we say BETTER AND ---> BEST

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OK

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So,

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BAD.


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So, maybe your test score wasn't so good.

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See, you say,

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My test score was bad.

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And if Mary's test score was worse than yours.

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You say, "Mary test score was worse than mine."

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And John got the lowest test score in the class

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You say, "John got the worst mark in our class."

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So BAD --> WORSE --> and WORST

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OK. Let's do MANY. OK.

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Instead of, say many - manier - maniest

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We say MANY --> MORE --> and MOST

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Here's an example:

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Alright,

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I studied for many hours.

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Mary studied more than I did. And

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John studied the most.

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So the Comparative Adjective is MORE.

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And the Superlative Adjective is MOST.

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Alright. There're 2 more Adjectives that irregular.

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One of them is NEW.

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Now, when we have a 3 syllables err... a one syllable, 3 letter Adjective.

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Usually, we ends it, consonant - vowel - consonant.

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Usually, we double the last consonant.

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And then for the Comparative we added "+ER"

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And for the Superlative we add "+EST"

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But in the case of NEW.

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We do pronounce it NEWER and NEWEST.

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But we don't double the last consonant.

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So, it's NEWER and NEWEST

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And just to show you the different between

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the Regular Adjective and Irregular Adjective.

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We use the Adjective BIG.

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So, BIG is a one syllable Adjective.

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With 3 letters and it ends in consonant - vowel - consonant.

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And so for the Comparative,

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we will double the last consonant. It's BIGGER.

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And same as Superlative, we will double the last consonant, and then add +EST.

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The reason NEW is an exception, is we don't double the double u (=W).

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So, it's pronounce the same way, but it spelling when you writing it. It's an exception.

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The last Adjective, we gonna talk about the Adjective FAR.

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So, FAR is not a regular Adjective.

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It's an exception to the rule.

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So, we don't say FARER and FAREST.

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We say FARTHER and FARTHEST.

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So,

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FAR --> FARTHER --> and FARTHEST.


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Let's see some example.

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I live far from work.

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Mary lives farther (from work). And

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John lives the farthest (from work).

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(Mary lives farther.) << So, this is the Comparative Adjective comparing 2 or more things.

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And comparing 3 or more people or things, as Superlative Adjective FARTHEST.

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So, today we come with the 5 exceptions to the Superlative and Comparative Adjective, Regular rules.

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And they are GOOD, BAD, FAR, NEW and MANY.

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You can take a quiz to test your knowledge on Comparative and Superlative Adjectives on www.engvid.com

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And you can also check on for more lesson and also more lessons on Comparative and Superlative Adjectives.

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http://www.engvid.com/comparative-superlative-adjectives-exceptions/



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From : lovelypriest 
Wrote on: 20 Feb 2012
Subtitle added: 15 Nov 2012

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