Comparatives & Superlatives

Comparatives: Short adjectives Short adjectives ... Spelling rules Examples Usually + er slow  slower fast  faster tall  taller large  larger nice  nicer Ending in -e + r Some two-syllable adjectives, especially ending in -y –y  -i + er hungry  hungrier happy  happier funny  funnier Ending in a vowel + a consonant double the consonant + er big  bigger fat  fatter fit  fitter

Superlatives: Short adjectives Short adjectives Spelling rules Examples + est slow  the slowest fast  the fastest tall  the tallest Usually Ending in -e + st large  the largest nice  the nicest –y  -i + est Ending in a consonant + y hungry  the hungriest happy  the happiest funny  the funniest Ending in a vowel + a consonant double the consonant + est big  the biggest fat  the fattest fit  the fittest

Comparatives & Superlatives e.g. big  bigger  the biggest fat  fatter  the fattest 1 hot  2 cold  3 wet  4 heavy  5 warm  6 hungry  hotter  the hottest colder  the coldest wetter  the wettest heavier  the heaviest warmer  the warmest hungrier  the hungriest

Comparatives: Long adjectives  Use the word more to make the comparative form. Long adjectives Examples Mary is more polite than Cindy. Tom is more helpful than Peter. Most two-syllable adjectives which do not end in -y Candy is more hard-working than Maggie. Joe is more good-looking than Tom. All adjectives of three syllables or more

Superlatives: Long adjectives  Use the + most before long adjectives to make the superlative form.  The melon is the most expensive fruit. $ 5 $ 10 $ 30 expensive mango melon coconut

Comparatives & Superlatives  Some adjectives have special forms. Adjective Comparative Superlative good better the best bad worse the worst e.g. Pauline is a good student. Mary is a better student than her. Cherry is the best student in her class. Cherry

Now you try. 7 bad  8 good  9 polite  10 hard-working  11 helpful  12 beautiful  worse  the worst better  the best more polite  the most polite more hard-working  the most hard-working more helpful  the most helpful  the most beautiful more beautiful