This document outlines six methods for forming the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives in English. Method 1 adds "-er" for comparative and "-est" for superlative. Method 2 adds "-r" and "-st". Method 3 doubles the final letter and adds "-er" and "-est". Method 4 removes the final letter and adds "-ier" and "-iest". Method 5 uses "more" and "most". Method 6 lists irregular forms such as "better", "worse", and "most". Examples are provided to illustrate each method.

2. THE FORMATION OF COMPARATIVE
AND SUPERLATIVE DEGREES

3. METHOD 1
By adding ‘er’ with the adjective to
make it Comparative and ‘est’ to make
it Superlative.

4. EXAMPLES
POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
Fast Faster Fastest
Strong Stronger Strongest
Rich Richer Richest
Weak Weaker Weakest
Small Smaller Smallest

5. METHOD 2
By adding ‘r’ with the adjective to
make it Comparative and ‘st’ to
make it Superlative.

6. POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
Large Larger Largest
Simple Simpler Simplest
Nice Nicer Nicest
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES

7. METHOD 3
By doubling the last letter and
adding ‘er’ with the adjective
to make it Comparative and
‘est’ to make it Superlative.

8. POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
Big Bigger Biggest
Fat Fatter Fattest
Hot Hotter Hottest
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES

9. METHOD 4
By removing the last letter and
adding ‘ier’ with the adjective
to make it Comparative and
‘iest’ to make it Superlative.

10. POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
Happy Happier Happiest
Pretty Prettier Prettiest
Silly Sillier Silliest
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES

11. METHOD 5
By adding the word ‘more’
before the adjective to make it
Comparative and ‘most’ to
make it Superlative.
METHOD 5

12. POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
Beautiful More beautiful Most beautiful
Important More important Most important
EXAMPLES

13. METHOD 6
POSITIVE DEGREE COMPARATIVE DEGREE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
Good Better Best
Bad Worse Worst
Many More Most
Much More Most
Little Less Least
IRREGULAR FORMS
EXAMPLES
METHOD 6

14. ASSIGNMENT
Form Comparative and
Superlative Degrees for any
ten Positive adjectives.