GRAMMAR DEGREE OF ADJECTIVES

A comparative adjective is used to compare two things. A superlative adjective is used

when you compare three or more things. For example, looking at apples you can compare their
size, determining which is big, which is bigger, and which is biggest.
The comparative ending (suffix) for short, common adjectives is generally "-er"; the
superlative suffix is generally "-est." For most longer adjectives, the comparative is made by
adding the word "more" (for example, more comfortable) and the superlative is made by adding
the word "most" (for example, most comfortable).
Case Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form
1-syllable adjectives
ending in "e"
close closer closest
huge huger hugest
large larger largest
strange stranger strangest
wise wiser wisest
1-syllable adjectives
ending in a consonant with a single vowel
(a, e, i, o, u) before it
big bigger biggest
fat fatter fattest
red redder reddest
sad sadder saddest
thin thinner thinnest
1-syllable adjectives
ending in "y"
dry drier driest
spry sprier/spryer spriest/spryest
wry wrier/wryer wriest/wryest
1-syllable adjectives,
other cases
fast faster fastest
great greater greatest
quick quicker quickest
short shorter shortest
tall taller tallest
2-syllable adjectives
ending in "e"
fickle fickler ficklest
handsome handsomer handsomest
polite politer politest

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Case Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form
2-syllable adjectives
ending in "y"
bumpy bumpier bumpiest
heavy heavier heaviest
icy icier iciest
shiny shinier shiniest
tiny tinier tiniest
2-syllable adjectives
ending in "le", or "ow"
able abler ablest
gentle gentler gentlest
hollow hollower hollowest
narrow narrower narrowest
shallow shallower shallowest
simple simpler simplest
2 or more syllable adjectives,
other cases
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
colorful more colorful most colorful
complete more complete most complete
delicious more delicious most delicious
generous more generous most generous
important more important most important
Irregular and confusing adjectives
bad worse worst
far (place) farther farthest
far (place or time) further furthest
good better best
late (time) later latest
late (order) latter last
little (size) littler littlest
little (amount) less least
many/much/some more most
old (people or things) older oldest
old (people) elder eldest


COMPARATIVES #1
A) Each adjective has a comparative and a superlative form. In each row, write the two missing words.



young younger youngest



slow



smaller


longest




big bigger biggest



tall


fastest



lighter

B) Choose three of the pictures above and write a sentence for each picture.
E.g 1. The tiger is big.
2. The buffalo is bigger than the tiger.
3. The elephant is the biggest of all the three animals.

1) _________________________________________________________________________________________
2) _________________________________________________________________________________________
3) _________________________________________________________________________________________

COMPARATIVES #2
A) Each adjective has a comparative and a superlative form. In each row, write the two missing words.
NO. ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
1. blue bluer bluest
2. mad
3. sweeter
4. happiest
5. lazy


6. clean
7.

most enjoyable
8. better

9. intelligent


10. hardworking

B) Choose six of the words above and write a sentence for each word.
E.g 1. My eyes are blue.
2. My brothers eyes are bluer than mine.
3. My mothers eyes are the bluest among us three.

1) _________________________________________________________________________________________
2) _________________________________________________________________________________________
3) _________________________________________________________________________________________
4) _________________________________________________________________________________________
5) _________________________________________________________________________________________
6) _________________________________________________________________________________________