Use comparative and superlative adjectives to compare and contrast best places in the world.
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Comparative And Superlative Rules
- With regular one syllable adjectives, to make the comparative form we simply add -er, and to make the superlative form we add -est. For example, fast – faster – fastest.
- With one and two syllable adjectives that end in -y, it is slightly different. To make the comparative form the y is dropped and -ier is added. To make the superlative form, the y is dropped and -iest is added. For example, happy – happier – happiest.
- With adjectives that end with a single vowel followed by a single consonant, then the consonant is doubled and -er / -est is added. For example, big – bigger – biggest.
- With 2 syllable adjectives that don’t end in -y, and all 3 or more syllable adjectives, we add more to make the comparative form, and most to make the superlative form. For example, beautiful – more beautiful – the most beautiful.
NOTE: there are irregular adjectives that do not follow these rules and so students need to memorize the comparative and superlative forms of irregular adjectives.
Practice: COMPLETE THE LIST BELOW. Download this list below.
| ADJECTIVES | COMPARATIVE | SUPERLATIVE |
| angry | angrier | angriest |
| big | bigger | biggest |
| black | blacker | blackest |
| bland | ||
| blue | ||
| bold | ||
| bossy | ||
| brave | ||
| brief | ||
| bright | ||
| broad | ||
| busy | ||
| calm | ||
| cheap | ||
| chewy | ||
| chubby | ||
| classy | ||
| clean | ||
| clever | ||
| close | ||
| cloudy | ||
| clumsy | ||
| coarse | ||
| cold | ||
| cool | ||
| crazy | ||
| creamy | ||
| creepy | ||
| crispy | ||
| crunchy | ||
| curly | ||
| curvy | ||
| cute | ||
| damp | ||
| dark | ||
| deadly | ||
| deep | ||
| dense | ||
| dirty | ||
| dry | ||
| dull | ||
| dumb | ||
| dusty | ||
| early | ||
| easy | ||
| evil | ||
| faint | ||
| fair | ||
| fancy | ||
| far | ||
| fast | ||
| fat | ||
| few | ||
| fierce | ||
| filthy | ||
| fine | ||
| firm | ||
| fit | ||
| flaky | ||
| flat | ||
| fresh | ||
| friendly | ||
| full | ||
| funny | ||
| gentle | ||
| gloomy | ||
| greasy | ||
| great | ||
| greedy | ||
| gross | ||
| hairy | ||
| handy | ||
| happy | ||
| hard | ||
| harsh | ||
| healthy | ||
| high | ||
| hip | ||
| hot | ||
| humble | ||
| hungry | ||
| icy | ||
| itchy | ||
| kind | ||
| large | ||
| late | ||
| lazy | ||
| light | ||
| likely | ||
| little | ||
| lively | ||
| long | ||
| loud | ||
| lovely | ||
| low | ||
| mad | ||
| mean | ||
| messy | ||
| mild | ||
| moist | ||
| narrow | ||
| nasty | ||
| naughty | ||
| near | ||
| neat | ||
| needy | ||
| nervous | ||
| new | ||
| nice | ||
| noisy | ||
| odd | ||
| oily | ||
| old | ||
| plain | ||
| polite | ||
| poor | ||
| pretty | ||
| proud | ||
| pure | ||
| quick | ||
| quiet | ||
| rare | ||
| raw | ||
| rich | ||
| ripe | ||
| risky | ||
| roomy | ||
| rough | ||
| rude | ||
| rusty | ||
| sad | ||
| safe | ||
| salty | ||
| sane | ||
| scary | ||
| shallow | ||
| sharp | ||
| shiny | ||
| short | ||
| shy | ||
| silly | ||
| simple | ||
| sincere | ||
| skinny | ||
| sleepy | ||
| slim | ||
| slimy | ||
| slow | ||
| small | ||
| smelly | ||
| smoky | ||
| smooth | ||
| soft | ||
| soon | ||
| sore | ||
| sorry | ||
| sour | ||
| spicy | ||
| steep | ||
| stingy | ||
| strange | ||
| strict | ||
| strong | ||
| sunny | ||
| sweaty | ||
| sweet | ||
| tall | ||
| tan | ||
| tasty | ||
| thick | ||
| thin | ||
| thirsty | ||
| tiny | ||
| tough | ||
| true | ||
| ugly | ||
| warm | ||
| weak | ||
| wealthy | ||
| weird | ||
| wet | ||
| wide | ||
| wild | ||
| windy | ||
| wise | ||
| worldly | ||
| worthy | ||
| young | ||
| bad | ||
| good | ||
| far | ||
| little | ||
| many | ||
| well | ||
| important | ||
| tilted | ||
| tangled | ||
| nervous | ||
| perfect |
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