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1. Сравнительная и превосходная степени прилагательных

Сравнительная и превосходная степени прилагательных образуются по двум типам.

(1) Односложные слова или двусложные слова с окончаниями -y и -ow образуют сравнительную и превосходную степени прибавлением окончаний -er и -est соответственно.

tall	taller	the tallest
pretty	prettier	the prettiest

(2) Слова из двух и более слогов образуют сравнительную и превосходную степени при помощи наречий more и most соответственно.

intelligent	more intelligent	the most intelligent
important	more important	the most important

Превосходная степень прилагательных употребляется обязательно с артиклем the.

2. Образование сравнительной и превосходной степеней по типу (1)

	short long	shorter longer	the shortest the longest
окончание -e	wise wide	wiser wider	the wisest the widest
окончание -y	funny pretty	funnier prettier	the funniest the prettiest
одна гласная + одна согласная	fat thin	fatter thinner	the fattest the thinnest

3. Исключения

bad	worse	the worst
good	better	the best
little	less	the least
much many	more	the most

4. Примеры употребления сравнительной степени

John is		taller	than	Tom
John has	a	bigger car	than	Tom
John has		larger rooms	than	Tom
Ann is		more beautiful	than	Alice
Ann has	a	more interesting book	than	Alice
Ann has		more intelligent friends	than	Alice

My brother is much more intelligent than yours.

This man has much more money than his friend.

There are much more people in that restaurant than in this one.

5. Примеры употребления превосходной степени

Ann is	the prettiest	of	the three girls.
Ann is	the prettiest girl	of	all.
		in	the University.
Ann is	the most intelligent	of	the three girls.
Ann is	the most intelligent girl	of	all.
		of	in the University.

The most intelligent person in our office is George.

That box is the heaviest one in my luggage.

This book is the most interesting one in his library.

This is the most difficult of all the lessons.