COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES:
One way of describing a person or thing is by saying that they have more of a particular quality than someone or something else. To do this, we use comparative adjectives, which are formed either by adding -er at the end of the adjective, or placing more before it,
Examples:
She’s more curious than her sister.
This is a bigger piece of cake.
SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES:
It is also possible to describe someone or something by saying that they have more of a particular quality than any other of their kind. We do this by using superlative adjectives, which are formed by adding -est at the end of the adjective and placing the before it, or placing the most before the adjective
Examples:
He’s the most intelligent man I’ve ever met.
This is the biggest piece of cake.
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RULES ABOUT HOW TO FORM COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES:
1. One syllable adjectives
You make the comparative and superlative of one-syllable adjectives
ending in -e adding -r and -st.
Adjective: nice
Comparative: nicer
Superlative: the nicest
You make the comparative and superlative of other one-syllable
adjectives by adding -er and -est.
Adjective
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Comparative
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Superlative
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fast
|
faster
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the fastest
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Adjective
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Comparative
|
Superlative
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short
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shorter
|
the shortest
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You need to double the last letter of adjectives that end in one vowel +
one consonant, then add -er and -est.
Adjective
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Comparative
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Superlative
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hot
|
hotter
|
the hottest
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Adjective
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Comparative
|
Superlative
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thin
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thinner
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the thinnest
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2. Two syllable adjectives
You make the comparative and superlative of two syllable adjectives
ending in -y by changing y to -i and adding -er and --est.
Adjective
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Comparative
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Superlative
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pretty
|
prettier
|
the prettiest
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Adjective
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Comparative
|
Superlative
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busy
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busier
|
the busiest
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Adjective
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Comparative
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Superlative
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tasty
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tastier
|
the tastiest
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Some adjectives can make the comparative and superlative adding -er ,
-est or adding more, the most before the adjective.
Adjective
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Comparative
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Superlative
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narrow
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narrower;
more narrow
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the narrowest;
the most narrow
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Adjective
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Comparative
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Superlative
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clever
|
cleverer;
more clever
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the cleverest;
the most clever
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Adjective
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Comparative
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Superlative
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common
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commoner;
more common
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the commonest;
the most common
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Adjectives ending in -ful, -less, -ing, -ed and many other adjectives
make the comparative and superlative adding more and the most before
the adjective.
Adjective
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Comparative
|
Superlative
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careful
|
more careful
|
the most careful
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Adjective
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Comparative
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Superlative
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hopeless
|
more hopeless
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the most hopeless
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3. Three syllable adjectives and more.
Adjectives with more than two syllables make the comparative and
superlative adding more and the most before the adjective.
Adjective
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Comparative
|
Superlative
|
interesting
|
more interesting
|
the most interesting
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Adjective
|
Comparative
|
Superlative
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intelligent
|
more intelligent
|
the most intelligent
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Adjective
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Comparative
|
Superlative
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dangerous
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more dangerous
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the most dangerous
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IRREGULAR
Some adjectives have an irregular comparative and superlative form
SENTENCES WITH COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES.
We use than after a comparative adjective and the before a superlative
adjective.
Examples:
Comparative: You are taller than me.
Superlative:John is the shortest in the class
We put the comparative and superlative adjective before the noun.
The elephant is the biggest land animal.
We use in or of after a superlative.
We use in with places and with
groups of people: the world, the team, the class.
It’s the most expensive hotel in Oxford.
Susan is the best student in the class.
There are Three types of comparative sentences and here below you can find few examples:
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