Comparative and superlative adjectives

Comparative and superlative adjectives

1. comparative form: add - er

2. superlative form: add -est

3. when a syllable ends in a single vowel letter followed by a single consonant letter, the letter of the consonant is doubled, for example: thin - thinn -er / thinn -est, big - bigg -er / bigg -est.

   • One way of describing a person or thing is by saying that they have more of a particular quality than someone or something else. To do this, we use comparative adjectives, which are formed either by adding -er at the end of the adjective, or placing more before it, e.g.
     • She’s more intelligent than her sister. This is a bigger piece of cake.

4. If an adjective ends in a consonant followed by -y, -y is replaced by -i when -er / -est is added, for example: dry - dri -er / dri -est.

5. If an adjective ends in -e, it is removed by adding -er / -est, for example: wide - wid -er / wid -est.

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