Comparative and Superlative Adjectives in Songs

Comparative adjectives

One way of describing a person or thing is by saying that they have more of a particular quality than someone or something else. To do this, we use comparative adjectives, which are formed either by adding ‘-er’ at the end of the adjective, or placing ‘more’ before the adjective, e.g:

“She is more intelligent than her sister”

“London is bigger than Oxford”.

Superlative adjectives

It is also possible to describe someone or something by saying that they have more of a particular quality than any other of their kind. We do this by using superlative adjectives, which are formed by adding ‘-est’ at the end of the adjective and placing ‘the’ before it, or placing ‘the most’ before the adjective, e.g.:

” Shanghai is world’s the biggest city”.

Irregular adjectives/ Exceptions:

good- better than , the best

bad- worse than – the worst

far- further than – the furthest

little- less than – the least

many/much- more than – the most

Music videos containing examples of comparatives and superlatives:

Justin Biber ” Never Say Never”

Kelly Clarkson ” Stronger”

Lenka ” Everything at Once”

Teaching adjectives to students have never been so easy as nowadays, with the access to new technologies which makes the whole learning process an enjoyable as well a valuable experience. Let’s Learn English team of teachers have prepared lots of various suplementary materials for teaching comparatives and superlatives at all levels of competency from A1-B2, for instance: engaging videos and interactive exercises like gap filling, matching pairs, etc.