Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Forming comparative and superlative adjectives.
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- To form the comparative of one syllable adjectives you
- add "er"
- To form the comparative of three-syllable adjectives
- Use "more"
- To form the superlative of three-syllable adjectives
- Use "most"
- To form the superlative of one syllable adjectives you
- add "est"
- To form the comparative of two-syllable adjectives that end in "y"
- change the "y" to "i" and ad er
- Exceptions to these rules are called
- irregular adjectives
- To form the superlative of two-syllable adjectives
- you use the word, "most"
- To form the superlative of one-syllable adjectives that end in a single consonant with a vowel before it
- double the consonant and add "est"
- To form the superlative of two-syllable adjectives that end in "y"
- change the "y" to "i" and ad est
- To form the superlative of one-syllable adjectives that end with an "e"
- add "est"
- To form the comparative of one-syllable adjectives that end with an "e"
- you just add "r"
- To form the comparative of one-syllable adjectives that end in a single consonant with a vowel before it
- double the consonant and add "er"
- To form the comparative of two-syllable adjectives
- you use the word, "more"