Comparatives & Superlatives - Grammazzle

Adjective

Comparative

Superlative

COMPARATIVE

Pronoun + am/is/are + comparative + than + complement.

He is smarter than his classmates.

SUPERLATIVE

Pronoun + am/is/are + the + superlative + complement.

He is the smartest in the class.

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Common Examples

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Comparative & Superlative Rules

🟢 1. Short Adjectives (1 syllable)

Examples: tall, small, fast

Comparative: add -er

🟩 tall → taller

Superlative: add -est

🟩 tall → the tallest

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🟢 2. Adjectives ending in -e

Comparative: add -r

🟩 nice → nicer

Superlative: add -st

🟩 nice → the nicest

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🟢 3. Adjectives ending in consonant-vowel-consonant

Double the final consonant and add -er/-est

🟩 big → bigger

🟩 big → the biggest

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🟢 4. Short Adjectives that use 'more' and 'most'

There are a few adjectives that we can't add 'er' or 'est':

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
fun	more fun (not ~~funner~~)	the most fun (not ~~funnest~~)
real	more real (not ~~realer~~)	the most real (not ~~realest~~)
right	more right (not ~~righter~~)	the most right (not ~~rightest~~)
wrong	more wrong (not ~~wronger~~)	the most wrong (not ~~wrongest~~)

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🟢 5. Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y

Examples: happy, funny

Change -y to -i and add -er/-est

🟩 happy → happier

🟩 happy → the happiest

🟢 6. Adjectives with 2+ syllables (except those ending in -y)

Examples: beautiful, expensive, important

Comparative: use more + adjective

🟩 more beautiful

Superlative: use the most + adjective

🟩 the most beautiful

🟢 7. Irregular Adjectives

Some adjectives change completely:

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
good	better	the best
bad	worse	the worst
far	farther / further	the farthest / furthest
little	less	the least
many/much	more	the most

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