ENGLISH LANGUAGE
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
Comparison of Adjectives
What is an adjective?
An adjective is used to describe or clarify nouns and pronouns.
Jane is a young student. She is very good in languages, but she is bad in
sports. She drives an expensive car and she lives in a big house.
Use
Comparison of Adjectives
All one syllable adjectives:
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
cold
colder
coldest
fast
faster
fastest
Today is cold.
Today is colder than yesterday.
Today is the coldest day of the year so far.
My sister drives fast.
My father drives faster than my sister.
My brother drives the fastest of all of us.
Comparison of Adjectives
Two syllable adjectives ending in er, y or ly
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
clever
cleverer
cleverest
pretty
prettier
prettiest
lonely
lonelier
loneliest
Jim is clever.
John is cleverer than Jim.
Jane is the cleverest of all.
My sister is lonely.
My brother is lonelier than my sister.
My father is the loneliest of all of us.
Comparison of Adjectives
Two syllable adjectives ending in ful or re:
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
careful
more careful
most careful
obscure
more obscure
most obscure
My brother is careful.
My father is more careful than my brother.
My mother is the most careful of all in my family.
I heard an obscure song yesterday.
This song is more obscure than the one I heard yesterday.
The song I am listening to now is the most obscure song I ever heard.
Comparison of Adjectives
Irregular comparisons:
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
good
better
best
bad
worse
worst
My father is good in sports.
My sister is better in sports than my father.
My brother is the best of all in sports in our family.
My brother is bad in sports.
My father is worse in sports than my sister.
My father is the worst of all in sports in our family.
Comparison of Adjectives
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