Wksht - Comparative Adjectives, Superlative Ref Table

Adjective Irregular bad good some little far

Comparative worse than better than more than less than farther than

Superlative (the) worst (of all) (the) best (of all) (the) most (of all) (the) least (of all) (the) farthest (of all)

Change y to ie before adding the -est ending: healthy tasty heavy pretty dry ugly juicy hungry early fancy frumpy

healthier than tastier than

the healthiest the tastiest

One syllable words ending in –d, -t, -m, -n double the final consonant before adding –est. sad mad fat thin hot wet slim

sadder than

the saddest

fatter than thinner than slimmer than

Some 2 syllable words and all words of 3 or more syllables use ‘more’ and ‘most’; expensive boring interesting beautiful enchanting exquisite popular patient hard-working decent grateful spiteful useful careful

more expensive than

the most expensive of all

Most adjectives are regular: big small black white large high low tall short long fresh young old slow fast stale light cheap dear stiff soft near round square sharp blunt broad narrow kind brave wide gentle creamy cold few

bigger than

the biggest (of all)

more stale than

the most stale

more gentle than

the most gentle