Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs

RULES ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES

One syllable (short Slow +ER +EST
adjectives/adverbs) Fast hard Slower, faster, taller, smaller, Slowest, fastest, tallest,
Tall Low Harder, lower, nearer hardest, latest, lowest, nearest
Small near
One syllable ends in '-e' Late +R +ST
Wise Later, wiser, larger, finer Latest, wisest, largest, finest
Large
Fine
One syllable (short Big DOUBLE THE LAST CONSONANT +EST
adjective/adverbs) ending in a Hot +ER Biggest, hottest, maddest
single vowel and consonant Mad Bigger, hotter, madder

Two syllable ending in '-y' Lucky , easy, early DROP THE '-Y' AND +'IER' DROP THE '-Y' AND '+IEST'
Pretty Luckier, prettier, easier, earlier Luckiest, prettiest, easiest,
earliest

Two or more syllables Expensive, exciting MORE+ADJ/ADV+THAN THE MOST + ADJ/ADV

Interesting, monotonous More interesting than, more The most interesting, the most
exciting than, more expensive than exciting, the most expensive

IRREGULAR FORMS Good/well, bad/badly, far, old, Better, worse, further/farther, THE: Best, worst,
many, little older/elder, more, less furthest/farthest, oldest/eldest,
most, least