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COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

FORMING THE COMPARATIVE AND
SUPERLATIVE

Number of syllables Comparative Superlative
one syllable + -er + -est
tall taller tallest
one syllable with the spelling consonant + single vowel
+ consonant: double the final consonant:
fat fatter fattest
big bigger biggest

sad

sadder

saddest

 

 


Number of syllables


Comparative


Superlative


two syllables


+ -er OR more + adj


+ -est OR most + adj
ending in: -y, -ly, -ow ending in: -le, -er or -urethese common adjectives – handsome, polite, pleasant, common,
quiet 
happy happier/ more happy happiest/ most happy

yellow

yellower/ more yellow yellowest/ most yellow
simple simpler/ more simple simplest/ most simple
tender tenderer/ more tender tenderest/ most tender
If you are not sure, use MORE + OR MOST + Note: Adjectives ending in ‘-y’ like happy,
pretty, busy, sunny, lucky etc:. replace the -y with -ier
or -iest in the comparative and superlative form
busy busier busiest


Number of syllables


Comparative


Superlative


three syllables or more


more + adj


most + adj

important

more important

most important

expensive

more expensive

most expensive

Examples:

a. A cat is fast,
a tiger is faster
but a cheetah is the fastestb. A car is heavy,
a truck is heavier,
but a train is the heaviestc. A park bench is comfortable,
a restaurant chair is more
comfortable, but a sofa is the
most comfortable

 

 

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

These adjectives have completely irregular comparative and superlative forms:

Adjective Comparative Superlative
good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
much more most
far further / farther furthest / farthest

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

THE + SUPERLATIVE

‘the’ is placed before the superlative:

For example:

  • He is the richest
    man in the world.
  • That is the biggest
    crocodile I have ever seen.
  • She is the tallest
    girl in her class.

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

COMPARATIVE + THAN

To compare the difference between two people, things or events.

Examples:

  • Mt. Everest is higher
    than     Mt. Blanc.
  • Thailand is sunnier
    than     Norway.
  • A car is more
    expensive than     a bicycle.
  • Albert is more
    intelligent than     Arthur.

 

 

 

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