Adjectives that compare 2 things = Comparative
1 syllable - add
ER (short -- shorter, tall--taller)
1 syllable that was spelled with 1 consonant -- 1 vowel -- 1 consonant-- repeat the last consonant to keep the short (not the name) vowel sound -- add
ER (big-bigger, thin--thinner)
2 syllables that end in ow or le add
ER (yellow-yellower, little--littler)
2 syllables that end in
Y -- change the Y to I and add ER (pretty--prettier, happy-happier)
Other 2 syllables act like
3 or more syllables: Use the word
more before the adjective.
(more modern, more beautiful, more interesting)
Superlative= Adjectives that compare 3 or more things - use the same categories,
but add THE and use different suffixes (est) or helping words.(The most)
1 syllable - add EST (short - the shortest, tall - the tallest)
1 syllable CVC - 1 consonant 1 vowel 1 consonant -- double the last letter and add EST. The Biggest, the Thinnest.
2 syllables that end with ow or le act like 1 syllable: Narrowest, littlest
2 syllables ending in Y -- NO Y -- add iest pretty-prettiest, happy-happiest, silly- silliest
Other 2 syllables act like
3 or more syllables -- NO ENDING -- USE THE MOST before the adjective: The most modern, the most beautiful, the most interesting.
Exceptions: good -- better -- the best
bad - worse than -- the worst
far -- farther -- the farthest
