Comparison and

Superlative Adjectives Ана Марковска

Comparison with -er/-est
1. Adjectives with one syllable
positive comparative superlative

clean cleaner cleanest

new newer newest
cheap cheaper cheapest
2. Adjectives with two syllables and the following
endings:
2.a. Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y

positive comparative superlative

dirty dirtier dirtiest
easy easier easiest
happy happier happiest
pretty prettier prettiest
2.B. adjectives with two syllables, ending in –er,
-le, -ow

positive comparative superlative

clever cleverer cleverest

Simple Simpler Simplest

Narrow Narrower Narrowest

 Comparison with more - most
All adjectives with more than one syllable (three and four).

positive comparative superlative

difficult more difficult (the) most difficult

Irregular Adjectives
positive comparative superlative comment

good better best

bad worse worst
much more most uncountable nouns
many more most countable nouns
little less least
little smaller smallest
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loudest of all the instruments.
- The trumpet is the (loud) ---------------
longer
- This movie was way (long) ------------------- than the last few I have seen.
largest
- Our new TV is the (large) ------------------ one I have ever seen.
more difficult than English, for me.
- Math is (difficult) -----------------------
drier than those
- Let’s take these logs to burn because they are (dry) -----------
over there.
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- Michael
tallest boy in our class.
is the (tall) ---------------
heavier
- This box is (heavy) -------------------- than the others.
best
- I think this chocolate cake is the (good) --------------- you’ve ever made.
bigger
- This backpack is (big) ------------------- than the blue one.
most exciting
- Volleyball is the (exciting) ------------------- game of all.
THANK YOU  Samieh Pourlahiji