Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives

Adjectives work either as noun modifiers or as complements (that completes) of a sentence.

Adjectives have three forms:

Positive: use of adjectives without comparing.

e.g. The temperature is moderate.

Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives




Comparative: use of adjectives to compare two things or persons

e.g. This time the gourds are bigger and nicer than the previous years.


Superlative: use of adjectives to show the best or worst (comparison between many)

e.g. January is the coldest month in Bangladesh.


Grammar Rules

We form comparative and superlative adjectives in this way:


Basic Rule - 1: short adjectives with one syllable

for comparative: By adding -er.

mild — milder


for superlative : By adding -est

mild — milder — mildest


Basic Rule-2: short adjectives ending with one vowel and one consonant

for comparative: by doubling the consonant and adding-er

big — bigger


for superlative: by doubling the consonant and adding -est

big — bigger — biggest 


Basic Rule-3: short adjectives ending with -e

for comparative: By adding -r for comparative

nice — nicer


for superlative: By adding -st for superlative

nice — nicer — nicest


Basic Rule-4: Long adjectives with two or more syllables

for comparative: by adding more with the adjectives

interesting — more interesting


for superlative: by adding most with the adjectives

interesting — more interesting — most interesting 


Basic Rule-5: adjectives ending with -y

for comparative: by changing y to -ier

dirty — dirtier


for superlative: by changing y to -iest

dirty — dirtier — dirtiest


Basic Rule-6. There are some adjectives that do not follow any rule. We call them irregular adjectives. We need to remember their other forms. Such as -

good — better — best 

bad — worse — worst 

far — farther — farthest 


Use

We use comparative adjectives 

• to tell about the differences between two or more things

• to give facts and opinions

• to compare and contrast

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