SUPERIORITY: REGULAR COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES

Adjective form Comparative Superlative

Only one syllable, ending in +r + st

“e”
wide, fine wider than, finer than the widest, the finest

Only one syllable, Double the consonant

Double the consonant + er
with onevowel +est 
and one consonant at the end 
hotter than, bigger than
hot, big the hottest, the biggest

Only one syllable, + er + est

with twovowels
or two consonants at the end
clean, fast  cleaner than, faster than  the cleanest, the fastest

Change “y” to “i” + er Change “y” to “i” + est

Two syllables, ending in “y”
happy, lonely
happier than, lonelier than the happiest, the loneliest

MORE + adjective+ than THE MOST + adjective

Two or more syllables
more modern than , more the most modern, the most
modern, interesting
interesting than interesting
 
IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES
good better than the best

bad worse than the worst

far farther / further than the farthest / the furthest

old older than / elder the oldest / the eldest

late later than / latter the latest / the last

 
 
INFERIORITY
 
Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives

fine less + adjective + than the least + adjective

fat
easy less fine than, less fat than,
 the least fine, the least fat,
less easy than, less
interesting the least easy, the least
interesting than
interesting
 
 
EQUALITY
 
Adjectives & adverbs Uncountable nouns Countable nouns

as + adjective + as as much + noun + as as many + noun + as

as silly as
as much money as  as many books as
as late as
as much coffee as as many friends as
as interesting as