Unas pocas palabras cortas dicen cómo haces algo y tienen la misma forma que la palabra que describe: fast, hard, late, early. Con estas, añade -er para comparar dos, y -est para el primero de todos.
Palabras de acción cortas: -er / -est
Hiroshi runs faster than Lars.
Of everyone here, Amina works the hardest.
Lars arrived later than Mei.
Watch out for early: it ends in -y, so the y becomes ier: earlier, the earliest.
Careful: lately is a different word — it means recently, not late. He arrived late and He has been busy lately say different things.
Pruébalo: Hiroshi runs ___ Lars. (faster than / more fast than / faster that) Respuesta: faster than — Fast es una palabra corta, así que añade -er: faster (no "more fast"). Y para comparar a dos personas, la palabra es than, no "that": faster than Lars.
Palabras terminadas en -ly: more / most
Muchas palabras que dicen cómo terminan en -ly: quickly, slowly, carefully, clearly. Estas no añaden -er. Usa more para comparar dos, y most para el primero.
Sofia speaks more clearly than her brother.
Please drive more slowly here.
Of all the guides, Mei explains the most carefully.
Pruébalo: Sofia speaks ___ her brother. (more clearly than / clearlier than / more clear than) Respuesta: more clearly than — Clearly termina en -ly, así que usa more delante, no una terminación -er (no "clearlier"). Y mantén la propia palabra en -ly para cómo habla: more clearly than (no "more clear").
well, badly, far
Unas pocas tienen su propia forma. Para hacer algo well, usa better y the best. Para hacerlo badly, usa worse y the worst. Para la distancia, far → farther → the farthest (o further → the furthest).
Mei sings better than me.
I slept worse than usual last night.
Lars threw the ball the farthest (or the furthest) of all.
Pruébalo: Mei sings ___ me. (better than / more well than / gooder than) Respuesta: better than — Cuando haces algo well, la forma comparativa es better, no "more well". Y "gooder" lo confunde con good. Así que: she sings better than me.
Pruébalo: Of the whole team, Amina trained ___ and prepared ___ for the race. (the hardest … the most carefully / the most hard … the carefullest / the hardest … the carefullest) Respuesta: the hardest … the most carefully — Para el primero de un grupo, hard es corta → the hardest. Carefully termina en -ly → the most carefully. Una palabra corta lleva -est; una palabra en -ly lleva the most.