Grammar Rules. Comparatives /Superlatives
Remember!
- We use comparatives and superlatives to compare things and to say which thing is
top in a group.
Regular adjectives
- Superiority comparative. Add ‘-er’ one syllable: small – smaller than
- Inferiority comparative. Add ‘less’ before adjective. kind – less kind than
- Superlative. of superiority. Add ‘-est’ one syllable: small. – the smallest
- Superlative of inferiority. Add ‘the least’ before adjetive. kind -- the least kind
Two syllable adjectives ending in -y
- Superiority comparative. Add ‘-ier’ (and take away the ‘y’). happy – happier than
- Inferiority comparative Add ‘less’ before adjective. lazy – less lazy than
- Superlative of superiority. Add ‘-iest’ (and take away the ‘y’).
happy – the happiest
- Superlative of inferiority. Add ‘the least’ before adjetive.
naughty – the least naughty
Two or more syllable adjectives
- Superiority comparative Add ‘more’ before adjective. beautiful – more beautiful
- Inferiority comparative. Add ‘less’ before adjetive. generous – less generous
- Superlative. Add ‘the most’ with other two syllable (or more) adjectives.
beautiful – the most beautiful
- Superlative of inferiority. Add ‘the least’ before adjetive.
famous – the least famous
Irregular adjectives
The adjectives ‘good’, ‘bad’ and ‘far’ have special forms.
Adjetive
Superiority Comparative
Superlative of superiority
good
better than
the best
bad
worse than
the worst
Superiority Comparative
-er mean – meaner, kind – kinder, shy – shyer, selfish – selfisher than
-ier lazy – lazier, naughty – naughtier, clever – cleverer than
