Comparison of adjectives

Adjectives with one syllable add +-er (superlative +est)

VARIATIONS EXAMPLE

Form
ending in silent -e only add -r large - larger

ending in y before consonant + -ier happy - happier

ending in cons. + vowel + cons. (x2) big - bigger

My brother seems happier than before.

My brother seems the happiest of us all.

Adjectives with more than 1 syllable use the structure more + adj
These clothes look more casual that those over there.
He is the most hansome boy I've ever seen.
Some common 2 syllables
Irregulars adjectives have both forms:
simple
ADJECTIVE
COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE clever
POSITIVE common
GOOD BETTER BEST cruel
BAD WORSE WORST gentle
FAR FARTHER/FURTHER FARTHEST/FURTHEST likely
OLD OLDER/ ELDER OLDEST/ ELDEST narrow
FEW LLESS THE LEAST pleasant
MUCH MORE THE MOST polite
 Comparison of adverbs
Regular adverbs only have one form to make comparatives and superlatives (more
and most)

My friend Kath runs more quickly than us.

We dress more casually for work than for parties

Irregulars We differentiate adverbs

form adjectives because
POSITIVE FORM COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
they go with non-
copulative verbs and say
how we do things.
BADLY WORSE WORST

CLOSE CLOSER CLOSEST

EARLY EARLIER EARLIEST

(normally intransitive)
FAR FARTHER FARTHEST
go, come, dress, arrive, eat,
FAST FASTER FASTEST ...
HARD HARDER HARDEST

NEAR NEARER NEAREST

WELL BETTER BEST

 Types of Comparison

SUPERIORITY
MORE + ADJ + THAN / ADJ-ER + THAN
My friend Kath is faster than us.
We dress more casually for work than for parties.

EQUALITY
SO/AS + ADJ + AS
We work as hard as the competition but they earn better contracts
I am as tall as my sisters.

INFERIORITY 
LESS + ADJ + THAN / NOT AS + ADJ + AS
They work less hard than us = The don't work as hard as us.
I am less tall than my sisters = I'm not as tall as my sisters.
 Adverbs of degree

They can modify adverbs and adjectives. Some of them go with comparative adjectives
and others with comparative adverbs to intensify or smooth them.

Comparative a bit, a good deal, a great deal, a little, a

adjectives lot, much, rather, slightly

Comparative by far, easily, much, quite

adverbs