Learn about comparative and superlative adjectives and do the exercises to practise using them.

Do you know how to use comparative adjectives like older, better and more interesting? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

She began to speak a bit more quickly. Level: beginner Superlative adverbs We can use superlative adverbs to make comparisons: His ankles hurt badly, but his knees hurt worst. It rains most often at the beginning of the year. Level: intermediate We use these words and phrases as intensifiers with superlatives:

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Comparing We can use comparative adjectives to compare different things. Max is taller than Judy. You're more patient than I am. His first book is less interesting than his second. We can use as … as with an adjective to say that two things are the same, or not as … as to say that one thing is less than another. Her hair is as long as mine.

Learn about the word order when you have more than one adjective and do the exercises to practise using it.

The Pope is visiting Russia. The moon is very bright tonight. Who is the president of France? This is why we use the definite article with a superlative adjective: He is the tallest boy in the class. It is the oldest building in the town.

We use possessive adjectives: to show something belongs to somebody: That's our house. My car is very old. for relations and friends: My mother is a doctor. How old is your sister? for …

Learn how to make adjectives stronger using intensifiers and do the exercises to practise using them.

Learn about adjectives ending in -ing and -ed and do the exercises to practise using them.