Degrees of adjectives

Degrees of Adjectives

Divided into 3 degrees: POSITIVE

COMPARATIVE: equalityinferioritysuperiority

SUPERLATIVE: inferioritysuperiority

COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY AS adjective AS tan com

HE IS AS TALL AS SHE.(is)

HER.

HE ISN’T AS GOOD AS WE/US. SOSO GOOD ASAS WE/US.

COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY

LESS adjective THAN menys que

THIS CAR IS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THAT ONE.

YOU ARE LESS SHORT THAN HE/ HIM.

COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

For all adjectives with one syllable For adjectives with two syllables

which end in OW, ER, LE, Y

(adjective + ER) THAN més que

JOHN IS RICHER THAN PAUL.

COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

TODAY IS HOTTTER THAN YESTERDAY.

SUSAN WAS PRETTIIER THAN BETTY.

TODAY THE SKY IS GREYER THANYESTERDAY.

COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

COLD → COLDER BIG → BIGGGER LARGE → LARGER NARROW → NARROWER CLEVER → CLEVERER

COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

WATCH OUTLITTLE LESS FEW FEWER

He spends LESS money THAN you.

They read FEWER books THAN you.

COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

For adjectives with two syllables (NOT ENDING IN OW, ER, LE, Y)

For adjectives with more than two syllables

MORE adjective THAN més que

COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

THE BOOK IS MORE INTERESTINGTHAN THE FILM.

YOUR BROTHER IS MORE HANDSOMETHAN JOHN.

COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

SPECIAL CASES

ADJECTIVES Comparative of superiority

GOOD → BETTER THANBAD → WORSE THANFAR → FARTHER THAN

FURTHER THAN

SUPERLATIVE OF INFERIORITY

The least adjective El/La menys

THIS CAR IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OF THE AGENCY.

YOU ARE THE LEAST SHORT IN THE CLASSROOM.

SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY For all adjectives with one syllable For adjectives with two syllables which

end in OW, ER, LE, Y

THE (adjective + EST) El/La(s) més

JOHN IS THE RICHEST GUY OF THE CITY.

SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

YESTERDAY WAS THE HOTTTESTEST DAY OF THE WEEK.

THIS IS THE EASIEST EXERCISE OF THE BOOK.

ARE YOU THE SMARTEST IN YOUR GROUP?

SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY COLD → COLDEST BIG → BIGGGEST LARGE → LARGEST NARROW → NARROWEST CLEVER → CLEVEREST PRETTY → PRETTIIEST

SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

For adjectives with two syllables (NOT ENDING IN OW, ER, LE, Y)

For adjectives with more than two syllables

THE MOST adjective El/La(s) més

SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

MICHEL IS THE MOST SKILLFUL AT DATA COMPUTING.

HE IS THE MOST CARELESS DRIVER THAT I’VE EVER KNOWN.

SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

SPECIAL CASES

ADJECTIVES Superlative of superiority

GOOD → THE BESTBAD → THE WORSTFAR → THE FARTHEST

THE FURTHEST

SPELLING RULES

Adding -er/estSpelling ruleWe make the comparative or superlativeforms of short adjectives by adding -er or -est to the end of the adjective.For example: quick > quicker > quickest great > greater > greatest

Exceptions:

If the adjective ends in: do this: and add: For example:

consonant + -y change the -y to an -i -er

-est

happy > happier > happiest

consonant + -e remove the -e late > later > latest

consonant + vowel + consonant

double the last letter hot > hotter > hottest

Note: adjectives ending in -l are regular, except:cruel > crueller > cruellest

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