Lesson 13: Comparative and Superlative Forms

Comparatives and Superlative Forms

Chart 1:

One syllable Adjectives and Adverbs

One syllabe adjectives and adverbs make the comparative form by adding “er” and the word “than” for
the comparative form and “The” and the ending “est” at the end of the adjective or adverb for the superlative
form.

One syllable adjectives that end in a consonant preceded by a single vowel duplicate the final consonant for

the comparative and superlative forms.

The following adjectives are considered one syllable adjectives and follow the rules previously described

in chart 1.

Chart 2:
Two syllable Adjectives or Adverbs that end in “Y“.

Two syllable adjectives that end in “Y“, change this final “Y” into “ier” for the comparative form and “iest” for

the superlative form.

The following adjectives that end in “Y” are considered two syllable adjectives and follow the rules previously

described in chart 2.

Chart 3:
Two syllable adjectives that do not end in “Y” and Three or more syllable adjectives and Adverbs.

Two syllable adjectives that do not end in “Y” and Three or more syllable adjectives or adverbs add the word

“more” before the adjective or adverb for the comparative form and the phrase “the most” for the superlative

form.

The following is a combined list of two syllable adjectives that do not end in “Y” and three or more syllable

adjectives that follow the rules previously described in chart 3.

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

IRREGULAR ADVERBS