COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE OF ADJECTIVES

SHORT ADJECTIVES one syllable

POSITIVE

COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVE + ER

SUPERLATIVE
THE + ADJECTIVE + EST

warm
tall
nice
late

WARMER
TALLER
NICER
LATER

THE
THE
THE
THE

WARMEST
TALLEST
NICEST
LATEST

Comparison needs THAN:

Mary is taller than Max.
Mary is the tallest
of all the students.
My country is warmer than yours.
His country is the
warmest in the world.
Your boss is richer than mine.
Bill Gates is the
richest businessman.
One-syllable adjectives that end with a single consonant (e.g. big, wet, sad, fat)
double this consonant before adding -er or -est:
big
wet
sad

BIGGER
WETTER
SADDER

THE BIGGEST
THE WETTEST
THE SADDEST

If the adjective ends in y (e.g. happy, greedy, or tidy), change the y to an i and
add -er or -est:
happy
greedy
tidy

HAPPIER
GREEDIER
TIDIER

THE HAPPIEST
THE GREEDIEST
THE TIDIEST

LONG ADJECTIVES two or more syllables

POSITIVE

COMPARATIVE

SUPERLATIVE

MORE + ADJECTIVE

THE + MOST + ADJECTIVE

interesting
MORE INTERESTING
successful
MORE SUCCESSFUL
famous
MORE FAMOUS
John is more generous than Jack.
the people I know.
Pepsi is more famous than Cappy.
drink worldwide.

THE MOST INTERESTING

THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
THE MOST FAMOUS
John is the most generous of all
Coca-Cola is the most famous

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
GOOD
BAD
FAR
LITTLE
MUCH / MANY

BETTER
WORSE
FARTHER
LESS
MORE

THE
THE
THE
THE
THE

BEST
WORST
FARTHEST
LEAST
MOST

Italian food is better than American food. But French food is the best.
I like this company more than you. But I like my company the most.
Our new boss is worse than the old one. In fact, I think he is the worst boss ever!

AS + ADJECTIVE + AS = EQUALITY

He is as efficient as I am.

THE + COMPARATIVE + THE + COMPARATIVE = CU CAT CU ATAT

The sooner he solves the problem, the better it will be for the company.
The more successful a brand is, the higher are the sales on the market.