2. Adjectives Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Degrees of Adjectives They can express degrees of modification: Gladys is a rich woman,but Josie is richer than Gladys, and Sadie is the richest woman in town.
3. The degrees of comparison are known as the positive Gladys is a rich woman,but POSITIVE
4. the comparative frequently adds the suffixes -er although we need -ier when a two-syllable adjective ends in “ y” Happ y -happ i er , otherwise we use more when an adjective has more than one syllable. Josie is rich er than Gladys COMPARATIVE
5. the superlatives frequently adds the suffixes -est although we need -iest when a two-syllable adjective ends in “ y” Happ y -happ i est , otherwise we use most when an adjective has more than one syllable. Sadie is the rich est woman in town. SUPERLATIVES
6. Examples Positive Comparative Superlative rich richer richest Lovely lovelier loveliest Beautiful more beautiful most beautiful Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms good better best bad worse worst little less least much many some more most far further furthest
