COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

EXAMPLE OF COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

ADJECTIVES

ONE SYLLABLE -ER -EST

Fast Faster The fastest
young younger The youngest

ONE SYLLABLE -R -ST

ENDING IN -E Nice Nicer The nicest
Strange Stranger The strangest

ONE SYLLABLE DOUBLE THE LAST CONSONANT

C + short vowel + C -ER -EST
Big Bigger The biggest
Hot Hotter The hottest

TWO SYLLABLES REMOVE THE -Y AND ADD:

ENDING IN -Y Happy -IER -IEST
Crazy Happier The happiest
Crazier The craziest
TWO OR MORE MORE ……….THAN THE MOST…
SYLLABLES Famous More famous than The most famous
Beautiful More beautiful than The most beautiful
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LESS…. THAN THE LEAST….

COMMON
EXCEPTIONS Good Better The best
Bad Worse The worst

(NOT) AS …………..AS
We use the comparative form “(not) as…as” when we mean to use the form “pas aussi…. que” in
French. Ex:
An artificial flower is not as beautiful as a fresh flower
Albert Einstein is as intelligent as Thomas Eddison