Comparative and superlative adjectives: Table with adjectives

Estas tablas clasifican los adjetivos en grupos para su uso en comparaciones y forma superlativa.


 

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES 4ºA. UNIT 9.

TYPE OF ADJECTIVES	COMPARATIVE*	SUPERLATIVES	EXAMPLE
1 SYLLABLE	ADJECTIVE + “-er” than	The + ADJECTIVE + “-est”	Tall -- Taller than / The tallest
1 SYLLABLE “cvc”	ADJECTIVE (doblamos la última consonante) + “er” than	1 The + ADJECTIVE (doblamos la última consonante) + “-est”	Big -- Bigger than / The biggest
1 or 2 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES ENDING IN “-Y”	ADJECTIVE (“y” = “i” ) + “er” than	The + ADJECTIVE(“y” = “i”) + “-est”	Happy --- happier than / the happiest dry --- drier than / the driest
2 OR MORE SYLLABLES (Long adjectives)	More + ADJECTIVE than	The most + ADJECTIVE	Intelligent - more intelligent than / the most intelligent
2 SYLLABLE ADJCETIVES ending in “-le” or “-ow”	ADJECTIVE + “-er” than	The + ADJECTIVE + “-est”	Low - lower than - The lowest Little - littler than - the littlest

* In sentences with comparative adjectives we use the word “than” after the adjective.

Example : “ Stephen is taller than Roger”

good	Better	The best
bad	worse	The worst
far	Farther / further	The farthest / The furthest
Little	Less	The least
Many	More	The most