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    This document summarizes the rules for forming comparatives and superlatives in English. It explains that short one-syllable adjectives form the comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding -est. Long adjectives and irregular adjectives like good and bad form the comparative with more/less and the superlative with the most/least. The document is organized into sections covering short adjectives, long adjectives, irregular adjectives, and provides examples for each.

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    This document summarizes the rules for forming comparatives and superlatives in English. It explains that short one-syllable adjectives form the comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding -est. Long adjectives and irregular adjectives like good and bad form the comparative with more/less and the superlative with the most/least. The document is organized into sections covering short adjectives, long adjectives, irregular adjectives, and provides examples for each.

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    This document summarizes the rules for forming comparatives and superlatives in English. It explains that short one-syllable adjectives form the comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding -est. Long adjectives and irregular adjectives like good and bad form the comparative with more/less and the superlative with the most/least. The document is organized into sections covering short adjectives, long adjectives, irregular adjectives, and provides examples for each.

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    COMPARATIVES &

    SUPERLATIVES
    ADJECTIVES
    SHORT ADJECTIVES

    COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
    ● 1 SYLLABLE: ● 1 SYLLABLE:

    -er smaller, taller -est the smallest, the tallest

    ● 1 SYLLABLE vowel (v) + consonant (c) ● 1 SYLLABLE vowel (v) + consonant (c)

    -v+cc+er bigger, hotter -v+cc+est the biggest, the hottest


    SHORT ADJECTIVES

    COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
    ● 2 SYLLABLE -y: ● 2 SYLLABLE -y:

    -ier happier, heavier -iest the happiest, the heaviest

    ● 2 SYLLABLE EXCEPTIONS ● 2 SYLLABLE EXCEPTIONS

    (-ow, -le, -er, polite, quiet, common, stupid): (-ow, -le, -er, polite, quiet, common, stupid):

    ● -er politer ● -est the politest


    ● more polite than ● the most polite
    LONG ADJECTIVES

    COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

    MORE X THAN THE MOST x


    IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

    COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

    GOOD BETTER THE BEST

    BAD WORSE THE WORST

    FAR FURTHER THE FURTHEST


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