POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
One
syllable
long longer (than) (the) longest
(of/in)
hot hotter (than) (the) hottest
(of/in)
nice nicer (than) (the) nicest
(of/in)
Two
syllables
ending in
consonant
+ y
happy happier (than)
(the) happiest
(of/in)
Two or...
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POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
One
syllable
long longer (than) (the) longest
(of/in)
hot hotter (than) (the) hottest
(of/in)
nice nicer (than) (the) nicest
(of/in)
Two
syllables
ending in
consonant
+ y
happy happier (than)
(the) happiest
(of/in)
Two or
More
Syllables
beautiful more
beautiful (than)
(the) most
beautiful
(of/in)
Irregular
Adjectives
good better (than) (the) best
(of/in)
bad worse (than) (the) worst
(of/in)
a lot of /
much / many
more (than) (the) most
(of/in)
little less (than) (the) least
(of/in)
far farther
/ further
(than)
(the)
farthest /
furthest
(of/in)
* One syllable adjectives
ending in vowel + consonant,
double the consonant (big bigger- the biggest), except
when the consonant is w ,
y or ‘x’ (new - newer - the
newest).
* We use the Comparative
to compare two things or
people to each other.
* We use the Superlative to
compare one member of a
group to the whole group.
Use the comparative form of the adjectives in
brackets, to compare Velma and Daphne
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