GRAMMAR
ADJECTIVES
COMPARATIVE FORM
To compare two people or things.
Ex: Brad Pitt is taller than Tom Cruise.
Comedies are more popular than dramas.
Dramas are less popular than comedies.
SPELLING RULES ADJECTIVE COMP.
Adjective finishing in e: add r...
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GRAMMAR
ADJECTIVES
COMPARATIVE FORM
To compare two people or things.
Ex: Brad Pitt is taller than Tom Cruise.
Comedies are more popular than dramas.
Dramas are less popular than comedies.
SPELLING RULES ADJECTIVE COMP.
Adjective finishing in e: add r wide wider
One syllable adj.
finishing in 1 vowel
+ 1 consonant: doubled the cons.
hot
thin
hotter
thinner
Two syllable adj.
finishing in cons.
+
y: write i instead of y
pretty
scary
prettier
scarier
Adjective finishing in l: doubled the l cruel crueller
SUPERLATIVE FORM
To compare three or more items.
Ex: Tom is the funniest boy in the class.
Paris is the most exciting place on Earth.
He is the youngest of my brothers.
as you can see sometimes the superlative is followed by a preposition such
as in, on and of.
This comedy was the least successful last year in the film world.
NOTE: There are some adjectives that are irregular and they do not follow
any rule.
That is why these adjectives have to be learnt by heart.
ADJECTIV
Less
