English language

 

The comparative form of an adjective is used for comparing two people or things.

When we add "er" at the end of the adjective to affirm one of the two things or people in question has more attribute of the adjective that qualifies them both

 

Let's use as example "Me and my brother"

 

My brother is tall............................ I am taller than my brother

 

So we are saying I am more tall than some one or something

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The superlative is used for comparing one person or thing with every other member of their group.

When we add "est" at the end of the adjective to affirm one of the things or people from the group is the most of the adjective that qualifies them all.

 

Let's use as example "Me and my brothers"

 

My brothers are young...............I am the youngest of my brothers

 

So we are saying that from a group of people or things  I am the most young.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of comparative and superlative adjectives

Tall taller than the tallestShort shorter than the shortest

Big bigger than the biggest

Large larger than the largest

Small smaller than the smallest

Easy easier than the easiest

Difficult more difficult than the most difficult

Hard harder than the hardest

Soft softer than the softest

Quick quicker than the quickest

fast faster than the fastest

slow slower than the slowest

cheap cheaper than the cheapest

expensive more expensive than the most expensive

young younger than the youngest

old older than the oldest

new newer than the newest

wide wider than the widest

narrow narrower than the narrowest

deep deeper than the deepest

flat flatter than the flattest

thick thicker than the thickest

thin thinner than the thinnest

fat fatter than the fattest

strong stronger than the strongest

weak weaker than the weakest

slim slimmer than the slimmest

late later than the latest

early earlier than the earliest

soon sooner than the soonest

simple simpler than the simplest

complicated more complicated than the most complicated

far from farther from ... than the farthest .. ·from

near nearer than the nearest

close to closer to ... than the closest. .. to

high higher than the highest

low lower than the lowest

good better than the best

bad worse than the worst

rich richer than the richest

poor poorer than the poorest

clean cleaner than the cleanest

dirty dirtier than the dirtiest

empty emptier than the emptiest

 

 

 

 

Adjectives with one syllable

 

 

 

In general, if the adjective has one syllable, then the letters -er or -est are added:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

warm               warmer              warmest

 

 

 

quick               quicker              quickest

 

 

 

tall                    taller                   tallest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjectives with one syllable ending in e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the adjective has one syllable and ends in e, just add -r or -st:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

late                   later                  latest

 

 

 

nice                  nicer                 nicest

 

 

 

large                larger                largest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjectives with two syllables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjectives with two syllables vary. Some add -er/-est or -r/-st:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

feeble                feebler               feeblest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some use the words ‘more’ for the comparative and ‘most’ for the superlative:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

famous           more famous            most famous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many can do either, like clever:

 

clever                cleverer/more clever       cleverest/most clever

 

 

Adjectives with three syllables or more

 

If the adjective has three syllables or more, then the words ‘more’ and ‘most’ are used:

 

interesting         more interesting             most interesting

attractive           more attractive               most attractive

 

 

Adjectives that change their spelling

 

Some adjectives change their spelling when forming the comparative and superlative:

 

• Some one-syllable adjectives that end with a single consonant (e.g. big, wet, sad, fat) double this consonant before adding -er or -est:

 

big                   bigger               biggest

wet                  wetter              wettest

sad                   sadder             saddest

 

• If the adjective ends in y (e.g. happy, greedy, or tidy), change the y to an i and add -er or -est:

 

happy               happier             happiest

greedy              greedier           greediest

tidy                    tidier                 tidiest

 

• Some common adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms that you just have to learn:

 

bad                                        worse              worst

good                                      better               best

little (of a quantity)        less                    least 

much                                     more                most