COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

POSITIVE
Adj – dictionary form
My friend is nice/beautiful/clever.
Her dog is intelligent.
This book is good/interesting.

COMPARATIVE
Adjs:
Short: RULE: adj. + -er
Nice - nicer, tall - taller, short -
shorter, smart - smarter, easy - easier
 Long: RULE: MORE + adj.
More interesting, more intelligent,
more beautiful, more appealing

Exceptions:
Good - better, bad - worse, much -
more, many - more, a little – less

Equality: AS + adj. + AS: as nice as;

as interesting as, as good as

My sister is taller than me.

 His dog is more intelligent than
mine.
The book is better than the film.
The film is as good as the book.

SUPERLATIVE
Relative
Short adjs.: RULE: THE + adj. +-
EST
Nice – the nicest; tall – the tallest;
short – the shortest; easy – the easiest
 Long adjs.: RULE: THE MOST +
adj.
Interesting – the most interesting,
intelligent – the most intelligent;
enjoyable – the most enjoyable

Exceptions:
Good – the best; bad – the worst;
much/many – the most; a little – the
least

Her son is the tallest in his group.

This book is the most interesting I
have ever read/written by this author.
 This film is the worst award-
winning ever.

Absolute
Very + adj.
Highly
Awfully

This book is very good.

He is highly qualified.
He is awfully clever.