Adjectives with one syllable In general, if the adjective has one syllable, then the letters - er or - est are added : warm warmer warmest quickquicker 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
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