Comparative adjectives in English are used to compare characteristics or qualities between objects, people or animals. can be compared with size, color, height, speed ... Comparative adjective example: "the Red pencil is bigger than the Blue pencil". (El lápiz rojo es más grande que el azul) In this example, a size comparison is made between two pencils. In this case, "bigger" is the comparative used.
Superlative objectives in English express a quality of its highest degree. They are also known as comparatives of excellence. When comparing for example the size, the superlative is used to speak of "the smallest" (El más pequeño) or "the biggest" (El más grande), for example, when speaking of a set of boxes, it can be said: " the smallest box is mine, the other two are for charity ”(la caja más pequeña es mía, las otras dos son para donar).
The structure of sentences with comparatives in English is as follows:sustantivo (como sujeto) +verbo +adjetivo comparativo +than + sustantivo (como objeto) (Brazil is bigger than Spain ) Brasil es más grande que España (Cars move faster than bicycles) Los automóviles son más rápidos que las bicicletas The word than is a conjunction that means ‘que’ in Spanish and serves to unite the two parts of the comparison On the other hand, the structure for making sentences with superlatives in English is:sustantivo (como sujeto) +verbo + the + adjetivo comparativo + sustantivo (como objeto) (The blue tower is the largest building in the city) El edificio azul es el más grande de la ciudad (Everest is the highest mountain in the planet) El Everest es la montaña más alta del planeta
