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Superlative English
Superlative English
Do you remember the five rules to form superlative of adjectives in English? We will review them here:
RULE 1 The superlative of a syllable adjectives are formed by adding endings - er and - est at the end of the adjective:
Cold >>coldest
RULE 2 The adjectives that end with vowel followed(consecutive) by a consonant duplicate the final consonant before adding the completions -est:
hot>>hottest
RULE 3
The adjectives
noisy >>noisiest
RULE 4
In
the case of adjectives of two or more syllables (e"cept those ending in-y) the superlative are formed with more and most:
good>>better>> best bad worse worst far >> farther further>>farthest furthest