Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

1. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

2. There are 5 basic rules toform the comparatives and superlatives.

3. one syllable adjectives “–erthan” and “ the –est. “ fast fasterthan the fastest

4. fast faster fastest cheap cheaper cheapest young younger youngest small smaller smallest short shorter shortest tall taller tallest thick thicker thickest slow slower slowest few fewer fewest new newer newest quiet quieter quietest warm warmer warmest high higher highest

5. Nice nicer nicest • Safe safer safest • Large larger largest • Wide wider widest • Hard harder hardest • Smart smarter smartest • Long longer longest • Soft softer softest • Soon sooner soonest • Light lighter lightest • Cold colder coldest

6. If the adjectives ends in a single consonant after a single vowel the consonant is doubled before adding –er and –est. • Fat fatter than the fattest

7. slim slimmer slimmest • thin thinner thinnest • hot hotter hottest • wet wetter wettest • sad sadder saddest • big bigger biggest • fat fatter fattest

8. Adjectives of two syllables which end in –y add -er and –est. Most other two-syllable adjectives take more and most. • Happy happier than the happiest • She is the happiest girl under the sun.

9. Ugly uglier ugliest • Funny funnier funniest • Friendly friendlier frendliest • Heavy heavier heaviest • Busy busier busiest • Healthy healthier healthiest • Dirty dirtier dirtiest • Angry angrier angriest

10. Easy easier easiest • Crazy crazier craziest • Lazy lazier laziest • Lucky luckier luckiest • Noisy noisier noisiest • Heavy heavier heaviest • Pretty prettier prettiest • Messy messier messiest • Tidy tidier tidiest

11. Adjectives of more than two syllables take more and most. • Beautiful more beautiful thanthe most beautiful • Famous more famous thanthe most famous • She is the most beautiful girl in the competition. • I think Madonna is the most famous singer in the world.

12. delicious more delicious most deliicious • boring more boring most boring • dangerous more dangerous most dangerous • enjoyable more enjoyable most enjoyable • serious more serious most serious • handsome more handsome most handsome • comfortable more comfortable most comfortable • hard-working more hard-working most hard-working • popular more popular most popular • powerful more powerful most powerful • casual more casual most casual

13. expensive more expensive most expensive • difficult more difficult most difficult • attractive more attractive most attractive • crowded more crowded most crowded • careful more careful most careful • intelligent more intelligent most intelligent • important more important most important • old-fashioned more old-fashioned most old-fashioned • modern more modern most modern • interesting more interesting most interesting • useful more useful most useful

14. 5. Irregular forms • Good better than the best • Bad worse than the worst • Late later/latter than the latest/the last • Little less than the least • Much/many more than the most • Old older/elder than the oldest/the eldest • Far farther/further the farthest/furthest