What is more interesting? Who is more interested in finding it out? Are you more tired now? Hope not!

Hi class!

As you can see in the title name -ed and -ing adjectives form their comparative -and also superlative form by adding "more and most" regardless the number of pronounced syllables.

Can you help me decide if these sentences on the use of comparative structures is true or false? See the examples below to help you decide.

One- syllable adjectives add -er and -est to form the compartative and the superlative.

The number of syllables depends on the spelling, not the pronunciation.

Some common adjectives of quality and quantifiers have irregular comparative and superlative forms.

When two adjectives are compared more is used.

When the first part of a compound adjective is another adjective or an adverb, this first element is used to form the comparative and the superlative.

The comparatives and superlatives of compound adjectives are usually formed by putting more, most in front of the adjective.

Past participle adjectives require more and most.

Two or more syllable adjectives form their comparative and superlative forms by...


And now...

Adjective Comparative Superlative

1 NICE Nicer than. The nicest

2 INTELLIGENT More intelligent The Most intelligent

3 TIRED More tired. The Most tired

4 CLEVER/NARROW/SIMPLE. Cleverer- more clever. Cleverest/most clever
Simpler-more simple Simplest/most simple
Narrower-more narrow. Narrowest/most narrow

5. I was more angry than frightened.

6. good/ bad/much-many/little/old. Better. Best . Worse. Worst. More. most
Less. least. Elder -relatives only- Eldest.


7 Unhappy. Unhappier-more unhappy. Unhappiest-Most unhappy.


8.Nerve-racking. More nerve-racking. Most nerve-racking.


9.Good-looking. Well-paid. Better-looking/better-paid. Best-looking/best-paid.

CORRECT ANSWERS IN BOLD! Bored? Boring? Challenging enough? Describing...

Remember the difference between bored and boring?
1.Look at these sentences from the podcast Viva España:

Well, I am afraid I’m very boring…
And we had a day in Seville which was quite interesting, wasn’t it?
I was surprised about the fact that you are able to smoke in Spain.
I was disappointed with the graffiti.
It was very disappointing to see so much graffiti everywhere.
My first view of the Alhambra in Granada was absolutely amazing.

Remember: the thing you are talking about is -ing. The book is boring.
How you feel about things is –ed. I’m bored because the book is boring!

2.Now decide if the correct adjective is –ing or –ed.

There was a lot of building work everywhere which was annoying / annoyed.

But it was pleasing / pleased to see so many flowers, everywhere looked
very colourful.

I was astonishing / astonished by the number of olive trees in Andalucía.

It amazing / amazed us how expensive the beers were, Madrid is much more
expensive now.

Everyday was different so we were never boring / bored.

The weather wasn’t always good, it was a bit depressing / depressed when
it rained.

Jackie was fascinating / fascinated by the decorative tiles, especially in the
Alhambra.

We were shocking / shocked when we realized we had taken over 1,000
photographs during the holiday!

It was amusing / amused to see the little girls dressed up in their flamenco
outfits.

It was so relaxing / relaxed to spend the day on the beach