A guide to forming comparative and superlative adjectives

1. Forming Comparative and Superlative Adjectives A practical approach

2. According to the number of syllables, we can find three groups of adjectives:

3. One-syllable adjectives form their comparative and superlative by adding –er and –est

4. the fastest faster fast the smallest smaller small the shortest shorter short the highest higher high

7. Adjectives of three or more syllables form the comparative and superlative by putting more and the most .

8. the most frightening more frightening frightening the most exciting more exciting exciting the most intelligent more intelligent intelligent the most interesting more interesting interesting

9. oldest the eldest older elder old the most more many/much the least less little the farthest the furthest farther further far the worst worse bad the best better good IRREGULAR COMPARISONS