COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

1. FORM

   • COMPARATIVES
     • LONG + ER = LONGER
       • HAPPIER
       • BIGGER
     • MORE + ADJECTIVE
       • MORE WONDERFUL
       • MORE BEAUTIFUL
   • SUPERLATIVES
     • THE + LONG + EST = THE LONGEST
       • THE HAPPIEST
       • THE BIGGEST
     • THE + MOST + ADJECTIVE
       • THE MOST WONDERFUL
       • THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

2. SPELLING CHANGES

   • E + R/ST = ER/ EST
     • LARGE - LARGER - LARGEST
     • FINE - FINER- FINEST
   • Y = IER / IEST
     • HEAVY- HEAVIER- HEAVIEST
     • FUNNY- FUNNIER- FUNIEST
   • CONSONANT + VOWEL + CONSONANT AT THE END
     • BIG - BIGGER- BIGGEST
     • SAD- SADDER- SADDEST

3. IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

   • ADJECTIVES
     • GOOD - BAD
     • MUCH- MANY- A LOT
     • LITTLE- FAR- OLD
   • COMPARATIVE
     • BETTER- WORSE
     • MORE- LESS
     • FURTHER- FARTHER- OLDER
   • SUPERLATIVE
     • THE BEST- THE WORST
     • THE MOST- THE LEAST
     • THE FURTHEST- THE FARTHEST
     • THE OLDEST- THE ELDEST