DEGREES OF COMPARISON ADJECTIVES

SUPERIORITY SHORT ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVE + -ER + THAN BIG – BIGGER THAN BUSY – BUSIER THAN LONG ADJECTIVES MORE + ADJECTIVE + THAN MORE INTERESTING THAN MORE VALUABLE THAN THE COMPARATIVE

INFERIORITY SHORT ADJECTIVES LESS + ADJECTIVE + THAN LESS BUSY THAN LONG ADJECTIVES LESS + ADJECTIVE + THAN LESS INTERESTING THAN THE COMPARATIVE

COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY AS ADJECTIVE AS AS BIG AS AS INTERESTING AS ! IDIOMS IN ENGLISH FOLLOWING THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY AS FRESH AS A DAISY AS DRUNK AS A LANDLORD AS POOR AS A CHURCHMOUSE AS DEAF AS A DOORKNOB AS UGLY AS SIN AS BLIND AS A BAT AS RIGHT AS RAIN AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER AS PRETTY AS A PICTURE

SHORT ADJECTIVES LONG ADJECTIVES THE ADJECTIVE + -EST BIG – THE BIGGEST BUSY – THE BUSIEST THE LEAST + ADJECTIVE THE LEAST BUSY THE MOST + ADJECTIVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THE MOST EXCITING THE LEAST + ADJECTIVE THE LEAST BEAUTIFUL THE SUPERLATIVE

RULES TO REMEMBER 1. SPELLING RULES a. ONE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES ENDING IN E TAKE -R IN THE COMPARATIVE AND –ST IN THE SUPERLATIVE NICE-NICER – THE NICEST b. TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES ENDING IN Y TURN THE Y INTO -I AND ADD THE ENDING -ER OR -EST PRETTY - PRETTIER – THE PRETTIEST c. ADJECTIVES ENDING IN A STRESSED VOWEL BETWEEN 2 CONSONANTS DOUBLE THE FINAL CONSONANT BEFORE THE ENDING BIG - BIGGER FAT – THE FATTEST

RULES TO REMEMBER 2. OTHER RULES a. NO DOUBLE COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE MARKERS MORE BIGGER → BIGGER THE MOST BUSIEST → THE BUSIEST b. IRREGUALR ADJECTIVES GOOD-BETTER-THE BEST BAD-WORSE-THE WORST MUCH-MORE-THE MOST FAR-FURTHER-THE FURTHEST LITTLE-LESS-THE LEAST