Adjectives with one syllable In general, if the adjective has one syllable, then the letters -er or -est are added: warm warmer warmest quick quicker quickest tall taller tallest Adjectives with one syllable ending in e If the adjective has one syllable and ends in e, just add -r or -st: late later latest nice nicer nicest large larger largest Adjectives with two syllables Adjectives with two syllables vary. Some add -er/-est or -r/-st: feeble feebler feeblest Some use the words ‘more’ for the comparative and ‘most’ for the superlative: famous more famous most famous Many can do either, like clever: clever cleverer/more clever cleverest/most clever Adjectives with three syllables or more If the adjective has three syllables or more, then the words ‘more’ and ‘most’ are used: interesting more interesting most interesting attractive more attractive most attractive Adjectives that change their spelling Some adjectives change their spelling when forming the comparative and superlative: Some one-syllable adjectives that end with a single consonant (e.g. big, wet, sad, fat) double this consonant before adding -er or -est: big bigger biggest wet wetter wettest sad sadder saddest If the adjective ends in y (e.g. happy, greedy, or tidy), change the y to an i and add -er or -est: happy happier happiest greedy greedier greediest tidy tidier tidiest Some common adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms that you just have to learn: bad worse worst good better best little (of a quantity) less least much more most
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