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Superlatives

1. Short adjectives
Just add +EST
Example:
Cute - Cutest
Clean - Cleanest
Sweet - Sweetest
Kind - Kindest
Tall - Tallest
Short - Shortest
Small - Smallest
Cool - Coolest
Nice - Nicest

2. Short adjectived ending in CVC


duplicate the last cosonant and add EST
CVC + C +EST
Hot - hottest
Thin - thinnest
Big - biggest
Sad - Saddest
Glad - Gladdest
Mad - Maddest
Fat - Fattest

3. Short adjectives ending in Y


Delete ¨Y¨ and add IEST
Easy - Easiest
Happy - Happiest
Busy - Busiest
Crazy - Craziest
Lazy - Laziest
Shy - Shiest
Scary - Scariest
Chubby- Chubbiest
Fancy - Fanciest

4. Long adjectives Add THE MOST

Beautiful - The Most Beautiful


Attractive - The Most Attractive
Adorable - The Most Adorable
Hilarious - The Most Hilarious
Expensive - The Most Expensive
Jealous - The Most Jealous
Selfish - The Most Selfish
Embarrasing- The Most Embarrasing
Dangerous - The Most Dangerous

5. Adjectives with two form


-EST or -The Most
Simple - Simplest - The Most Simple
Common - Commonest - The Most Common
Hansome - Handsomest - The Most Hansome
Quiet - Quietest - The Most Quiet
Gentle - Gentlest - The Most Gentle
Narrow - Narrowest - The Most Narrow
Clever - Cleverest - The Most Clever
Friendly- Friendliest- The Most Friendly
Angry - Angriest - The Most Angry
Polite - Politest - The Most Polite
Stupid - Stupidest - The Most Stupid

6. Quantity words superlative forms

Little - Less
Few - Fewer
A Lot
Much - More
Many

7. Adverbs in superlative form

Quickly - The Most Quickly


Quietly - The Most Quietly
Carefully - The Most Carefully
Nervously - The Most Nervously
Dangerously- The Most Dangerously
Calmly - The Most Calmly

8. Irregular Adjectives

Bad - The Worst


Good - The Best
Old - The Oldest
- The Eldest
Far - Farther
- Further

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