Spanish Comparatives and Superlatives Quiz

Spanish Comparatives

• Comparatives express a relationship between two nouns, adjectives, adverbs, or verbs.
• The structure for forming comparatives with nouns is más [noun] que for "more than" and menos [noun] que for "less than."
• When using adjectives, the structure remains más [adjective] que for "more than" and menos [adjective] que for "less than."
• Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the subject being described.

Adverbs and Comparatives

• For adverbs, use más [adverb] que for "more than" and menos [adverb] que for "less than."
• Adverbs modify verbs and do not change according to gender, remaining in the masculine singular form.

Verbs in Comparatives

• Use [verb] más que for "more than" and [verb] menos que for "less than" when comparing actions.

Numerical Comparatives

• For numbers, express "more than" as más de [number] and "less than" as menos de [number].

Equality Structures

• For equality with nouns, use tanto/tanta/tantos/tantas [noun] como to denote "as many/much [noun] as."
• For adjectives, use tan [adjective] como, and for adverbs, use tan [adverb] como.
• The structure for verbs is [verb] tanto como.

Key Agreement Notes

• "Tanto" functions as an adjective, requiring agreement with the noun it modifies.
• The formula when not mentioning a proper noun is el/la/los/las + noun + más/menos + adjective + de.
• If referring to a proper noun, the structure is Proper noun + es + el/la/los/las + más/menos + adjective.

Irregular Comparatives

• Key comparative adjectives:
  • better: mejor
  • worse: peor
  • bigger: mayor
  • smaller: menor
  • younger: menor (same as smaller)
  • older: mayor (same as bigger)
• Superlatives for these adjectives:
  • best: el/la mejor
  • worst: el/la peor
  • biggest: el/la mayor
  • smallest: el/la menor
  • youngest: el/la menor
  • oldest: el/la mayor