COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVE

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVE

RULE 1: For adjective which contains one syllable; we add “ER” at the end of the adjective to make comparative form and we add “EST” to make superlative form.

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
black small tall	blacker smaller taller	blackest smallest tallest

RULE 2: For adjective which contains one syllable, but ending in “E” we only add “R” to make comparative form and “ST” to make superlative form.

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
brave white large	braver whiter larger	bravest whitest largest

RULE 3: For adjective which contains one syllable, but there is a vowel between consonants we use double letters for the last consonant before adding “ER” or “EST” to make comparative and superlative form.

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
red big thin	redder bigger thinner	reddest biggest thinnest

RULE 4: For adjective which contains two or more syllables, but ending in “Y” we change “Y” to “IER” or “IEST” to make comparative or superlative form.

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
happy merry dirty	happier merrier dirtier	happiest merriest dirtiest

NOTE 1: If the adjective ending in “Y”, but before “Y” there is a vowel we don’t change “Y” to “IER” or “IEST” we only add “ER” or “EST” to make comparative or superlative form.

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
gray gay	grayer gayer	grayest gayest

NOTE 2: If the adjective ending in “Y”, but contains only one syllable; we don’t change “Y” to “IER” or “IEST”: we only add “ER” or “EST” to make comparative or superlative form.

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
shy sly	shyer slyer	shyest slyest

RULE 5: For adjective that comprises two or more syllables; when we want to make comparative or superlative form we use “MORE” or “MOST”.

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
beautiful expensive handsome	more beautiful more expensive more handsome	most beautiful most expensive most handsome

NOTE: For some adjectives can take both forms “ER” and “EST” or “MORE” and “MOST”.

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
polite common pleasant stupid clever	politer/more polite commoner/more common pleasanter/more pleasant stupider/more stupid cleverer/more clever	politest/most polite commonest/most common pleasantest/most pleasant stupidest/most stupid cleverest/most clever

RULE 6: For some adjectives can change their forms from positive to comparative or superlative without adding “ER” or “EST” and “MORE” or MOST”.

This kind of adjective is called “Irregular Adjective”.

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
bad good little many/much far fore in out near	worse better less more farther/further former inner outer nearer	worst best least most farthest/furthest first innermost outermost nearest/next

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