Adjectives are put into four different categories before creating their comparative and superlative forms:
one-syllable or short adjectives
two or more syllable long adjectives
adjectives that end with ‘y’
irregular adjectives.
1. To make one-syllable or short adjectives into superlative adjectives we add ‘the’ before the adjective and ‘est’ to the end of the adjective.
short becomes the shortest
long becomes the longest
2. To make two or more syllable long adjectives into superlative adjective add ‘the most’ before the adjective.
comfortable becomes the most comfortable
impressive becomes the most impressive
3. To make adjectives that end with ‘y’ into superlative adjectives we add ‘the’ before the adjective, we remove ‘y’ at the end of the adjective and add ‘iest’.
easy becomes the easiest
heavy becomes the heaviest
4. To make irregular adjectives into superlative adjectives you just have to learn the superlative form. Fortunately they aren’t many.
good becomes the best
bad becomes the worst
Look at the diagram below for a summary of how we create the superlative forms from these different types of adjectives.
Diagram of how to form superlative adjectives.
Activity
What sentences can you create using superlative adjectives? Try to write some using the four different categories of superlative adjectives.
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Adjectives are put into four different categories before creating their comparative forms:
one-syllable or short adjectives
two or more syllable long adjectives
adjectives that end with ‘y’
irregular adjectives.
1. To make one-syllable or short adjectives into comparative adjectives we add ‘er + than’ to the end of the adjective.
short becomes shorter than
long becomes longer than
2. To make two or more syllable long adjectives into comparative adjective add ‘more’ before the adjective and ‘than’ after the adjective
comfortable becomes more comfortable than
impressive becomes more impressive than
3. To make adjectives that end with ‘y’ into comparative adjectives we remove ‘y’ at the end of the adjective and add ‘ier + than’ to the end of the adjective.
easy becomes easier than
heavy becomes heavier than
4. To make irregular adjectives into comparative adjectives you just have to learn the comparative form. Fortunately they aren’t many and they use ‘than’ after the comparative form.
good becomes better than
bad becomes worse than
Look at the diagram below for a summary of how we create the comparative forms from these different types of adjectives.
Diagram of how to form comparative adjectives.
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