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adjectives
Positive, comparative and
superlative.
comparative
superlative
cleaner
cleanest
newer
newest
cheaper
cheapest
superlative
best
worst
least
most
furthest / farthest
Rules
Word endings change if -er or -est are added
according to the rules already known by the
verbs adding -ed in the past tense:
Ending
Change
Example
-y
-ier/ -iest
happier/happiest
gg, nn,tt
bigger/biggest
thinner/thinnest
hot/hotter/hottest
-/er, -/est
riper/ripest
-rer/-rest
nearer/nearest
-nger/-ngest
stronger/strongest
longer/longest
-ler/-lest
simpler/simplest
last consonant of
monosyllabic
adjectives is doubled
after short vowels
final mute -e
disappears
An -r that is
inaudible in the
positive sounds in
the comparative and
superlative
The sound [g] is
added after
Syllabic -le becomes
non-syllabic
Exceptions
but not if the -y
follows a vowel:
grey- greyer-greyest
but not if the
adjective ends in a
double vowel: thick thicker, thickest
comparative
better
better
worse
worse
worse
farther
superlative
best
best
worst
worst
worst
farthest
further
furthest
near
nearer
nearest
next
annotations
quality
health
quality
health
wickedness
distance
figurative use and
ranking
distance
figurative use and
ranking
much
many
more
most
much - uncountable
things
many - countables
things
little
less
(lesser - out of two)
least
size
late
smaller
later
smallest
latest
latter
last
old
older
oldest
height
time
figurative use and
ranking
time
elder
eldest
family members
dumb
Moon
slew
life
base
head
plot
high
soul
fear
love
week
head
rage
base
door
drop
yard
heat
pole
cord
vile
path
step
sack
soul
week
high
fear
steel
sweep
tongue
wrong
spoke
cause
worse
crown
blame
mourn
scene
break
dumb
faith
count
glove
steep
knees
snake
pause
month
bomb
month
yelled
rhythm
school
tongue
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