Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

• Adjectives Used to Compare

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Comparative Adjectivesare used to compare TWO
nouns.

• To make a one syllable adjective into
  comparative adjective, just add er.
• EXAMPLES tall taller smart smarter
• Mrs. Jones is tall, but Mrs. Holloway is taller.
  

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Superlative Adjectivesare used to compare THREE
or more nouns.

• EXAMPLES tall tallest smart smartest
• Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Holloway are tall, but Mrs.
• Miller is the tallest of all the third grade
  teachers.

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Rules to Use

• If an adjective is two syllables, and the
  second syllable is unstressed, OR ends with y,
  -le, or er,
• just add er or est
• EXAMPLES quiet quieter quietest
• happy happier happiest

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Just a few more rules.

• If the adjective is three syllables or more,
  use the word more before it to make it
  comparative and most before it to make it
  superlative.
• EXAMPLES beautiful more beautiful most
  beautiful
• difficult more difficult
  most difficult
• If a two syllable adjective ends with
• ing, -ed, -ful, and less, follow the rules
  above.
• EXAMPLES tired more tired most tired
• boring more boring most
  boring

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Simple Huh?

• No, really it is simple.
• Use your common sense.
• Do not make words too long by adding another
  syllable.
• Just try it.

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Fill in the Table
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
big
calm
interesting
tidy
rich
intelligent
strange
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Whats next you ask yourself?????

• You guessed it.
• IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES!
• Irregular adjectives just do not follow the
  rules. They are words like good, bad, and far.
• To make these words compare you must change the
  spelling.
• good better best
• bad worse worst
• far farther
  farthest

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