Superlative and Comparative Adjectives (2024)

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Superlative and Comparative Adjectives? ›

For comparative adjectives, the suffix -er will be added, or it will be preceded by more. For superlative adjectives, the suffix -est will be added, or it will be preceded by most. Occasionally, both forms are used, but one will be more common. When in doubt, use more or most instead of a suffix.

The comparative of ill is worse, and the comparative of well is better, (e.g. She's feeling much better/worse today). The usual comparative and superlative forms of the adjective old are older and oldest. However, the alternative forms elder and eldest are sometimes used.

Add -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative. If the adjective has a consonant + single vowel + consonant spelling, the final consonant must be doubled before adding the ending.

A Comparative Adjective is a word that describes a noun by comparing it to another noun. Comparative adjectives typically end in 'er' and are followed by the word 'than'. A Superlative Adjective is a word that describes a noun by comparing it to two or more nouns to the highest or lowest degree.

Examples of superlative in a Sentence

Adjective The superlative form of “nice” is “nicest”; the superlative form of “bad” is “worst”; the superlative form of “interesting” is “most interesting.” the New England town meeting is a superlative example of grassroots democracy Noun “Simplest” is the superlative of “simple.”

Examples of comparing adjectives

This house is bigger than that one. This flower is more beautiful than that. He is taller than Mr. Hulas. He is more intelligent than this boy.

With most one-syllable adjectives, we add –er or –est, and with most adjectives with two syllables or more, we add more or (the) most. In comparatives, we also use than before the second thing which is compared, if it is mentioned.

Comparative adjectives are used to compare two people or things and superlative adjectives are used to compare more than two people or things. For example: My house is bigger than her house.

Positive degree – The cat runs fast. Comparative degree – The cat runs faster than dogs. Superlative degree – The cat runs fastest of all animals.

When to use comparative and superlative? ›

We use a comparative adjective to express how two people or things are different, and we use a superlative adjective to show how one person or thing is different to all the others of its kind. For example, Mick is taller than Jack. Mick is the tallest person in the family.

1-My hair is longer than your hair 2-Oxford is more beautiful than Birmingham. 3-I'm taller than you. 4-People are more intelligent than animals. 5-Barcelona is bigger than Santander.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs. Adjectives and adverbs are words the modify other words. The comparative form of an adjective or adverb compares two things. The superlative form of an adjective or adverb compares three of more things.

Adjectives with two syllables can form the comparative either by adding -er or by preceeding the adjective with more. These adjectives form the superlative either by adding -est or by preceeding the adjective with most. In many cases, both forms are used, although one usage will be more common than the other.

We use the with superlative adjectives: It was the happiest day of my life. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. That's the best film I have seen this year.

He is the shortest of all the students. My friend and I spoke for the longest time in years. The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. F.R.I.E.N.D.S. is the most watched series.

Billie Eilish is more liked than Taylor Swift among youngsters nowadays. This is less than what we got yesterday. My grades are better than my last semester. These video games are easier than what we used to play when we were kids.