er, -est жұрнақтарымен және more, (the) most

Сын есім – заттың, құбылыстың сынын, сапасын, сипатын, түрін, түсін, т.б. қасиеттерін білдіретін сөз табы.

The degree of comparison Сын есімнің шырайлары

Absolute Жай шырай	Comparative Салыстырмалы шырай	Superlative Күшейтпелі шырай
nice hot long	nicer hotter longer	nicest hottest longest
easy simple	easier simpler	the easiest the simplest
interesting beautiful comfortable serious	more interesting more beautiful more comfortable more serious	the most interesting the most beautiful the most comfortable the most serious
Кейбір сын есімдердің салыстырмалы және күшейтпелі шырайлары ережеге бағынбайды.
good bad little many far	better worse less much-more farther -further	the best the worst the lest the most the farthest the furthest

Кейбір сын есімдердің салыстырмалы және күшейтпелі шырайлары –er, -est жұрнақтарымен және more, (the) most сөзі арқылы жасала береді: clever, common, cruel, gentle, pleasant, polite, quite, simple, stupid, tired.

Сын есімдердің шырайларының жасалу жолдары

She is wearing elegant black high-heeled shoes.

EXERCISES

1. Fill in the blanks with the comparative or the superlative degrees of the adjectives given in brackets:

1. Your brother is much teller than mine. 2. This island used to be much greener before the forest fires. 3. Slow down! You‟re fitter than me and I can‟t keep up! 4. Veronica seems happier since she moved schools. 5. It‟s actually trendier to wear your hair up this year. 6. As the time for the performance got nearer, I got more nervous. 7. Old people are often wiser than young people. 8. Why don‟t you try and find a cheaper computer game and save some money? 9. Matt seems to have got even lazier that he used to be and almost never studies. 10. If the problem gets any more serious, we may need to inform the manager about it. 11. If you work quicker, you‟ll finish sooner and then you can go home earlier. 12. Ben says he‟s feeling much better after his illness. 13. I have even little free time this year than I did last year. 14. The news was much worse than anyone had feared. 15. You‟ll need to be able to run farther than this if you‟re going to do the marathon.

2. Fill in the blanks with the comparative or the superlative degrees of the adjectives given in brackets:

1. I met my best friend yesterday. 2. Dorothy is youngest in her family. 3. Henry is not so strong as than his elder brother Bob. 4. – It isn‟t very warm today, is it? – No, it was warmer yesterday. 5. Your friend looked upset yesterday. I‟m glad he looks happier today. 6. Where is the nearest post-office, please? 7. February is the shortest month of the year. 8. The Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world. 9. There are fewer days in February than in March.

10. Robert is tallest student in our group. 11. In winter the days are the shortest than in autumn. 12. The text is more difficult than the one you read last week. 13. I‟m getting fattar and fatter. 14. The problem was seriouser we expected. 15. Let‟s go by train. It‟s much cheaper.

1. The double bass is the biggest of the violin family.

2. The cello is smaller than the double bass.

3. The cello is bigger than the viola.

4. The viola is not as small as the cello.

5. The violin is not as big as the viola.