TOEIC Grammar – Comparatives & Superlatives

 Comparatives and Superlatives

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
one-syllable hard	-er harder	-est hardest
two-syllable ending in –y early	-er earlier	-est earliest
other two-syllable and long tiring intelligent	more more tiring more intelligent	most most tiring most intelligent
some two-syllable quiet clever simple	more or –er more quiet cleverer simpler	most or –est quietest most clever most simple

Some adjectives have irregular comparatives and superlatives as shown in the following table:

Example: The situation should get better soon. How much further is it?

The new model uses less gas.

+) A lot, much … with comparatives

Before the comparatives of adjectives you can use:
much, a lot, a little, a bit, far, any, no, rather, slightly, and significantly

• If we leave any later than 5.00, we’ll get caught in rush hour.
• This task is much more complicated than that one.

 As … as

We use as … as … to say that people or things are equal in some way. Note:

• as much … as …, as many … as …
  I didn’t get as much money as I hoped.
• twice/ three times … as … as …
  A US worker is 10 times as expensive as a worker in Mexico.
• the same … as …
  My hair is the same colour as yours.

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
good	better	best
bad	worse	worst
far	farther/further	farthest/furthest
little	less	least
much	more	most

TOEIC QUESTION

1. A customer requesting a refund must be prepared to wait __________ 4-6 weeks for the request to be processed.

a. rough

b. rougly

c. rougher

d. roughest

 

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