Shorter adjectives: the form of regular comparison:
Shorter adjectives are usually one-syllable words, sometimes two-syllable words.
The comparative form is created by adding the suffix -er to the adjective in its original, basic form. Depending on the adjective some spelling changes occur.
The superlative form is created by adding the suffix – est to the adjective in its original, basic form. Depending on the adjective some spelling changes occur. Don't forget to put article the before the superlative form of an adjective
+ er + the/+ est
adjective comparative superlative
big bigger the biggest
nice nicer the nicest
small smaller the smallest
busy busier the busiest
clever cleverer the cleverest
Shorter adjectives: spelling of comparative and superlative forms:
When one-syllable adjectives end with a single consonant after a single vowel, the consonant doubles in the comparative and superlative forms:
sad > sadder > the saddest
fat > fatter > the fattest
thin > thinner > the thinnest
wet > wetter > the wettest
When a one-syllable adjective ends in – e, we have to add – r to the basic form of an adjective in the comparative and – st to form the superlative:
fine > finer > the finest
large > larger > the largest
late > later > the latest
safe > safer > the safest
strange > stranger > the strangest
Some adjectives, usually two-syllable ones, which end in -y with a consonant letter before it, in the comparative and superlative replace y for i :
tidy > tidier > the tidiest
busy > busier > the busiest
dirty > dirtier > the dirtiest
dry > drier > the driest
early > earlier > the earliest
easy > easier > the easiest
empty > emptier > the emptiest
funny > funnier > the funniest
heavy > heavier > the heaviest
ready > readier > the readiest
sleepy > sleepier > the sleepiest
Longer adjectives: a form of regular comparison
Longer adjectives have two or more syllables. in the comparative form, we put more/less before the adjective in its basic form. To form the superlative form we put most/least before the basic form of the adjective:
adjective comparative superlative
expensive more expensive (the) most expensive
less expensive (the) least expensive
beautiful more beautiful (the) most beautiful
less beautiful (the) least beautiful
amazed/ more amazed/ (the) most amazed/
amazing more amazing (the) most amazing
less amazed/ (the) least amazed/
less amazing (the) least amazing
Some irregular comparative and superlative forms:
adjective comparative superlative
good better (the) best
bad worse (the) worst
far further (the) furthest
farther (the) farthest
old older (the) oldest
elder (the) eldest
quantifier comparative superlative
much more (the) most
many
little less (the) least