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    This document discusses the different forms of adjectives in English: positive, comparative, and superlative. It explains that most adjectives form the comparative by adding "-er" and the superlative by adding "-est". However, there are some irregular adjectives as well as adjectives of three or more syllables that use "more" and "most" instead. The document provides several examples to illustrate the different forms. It also notes some important usage rules for the comparative and superlative degrees involving "than", "the", and "of".

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    This document discusses the different forms of adjectives in English: positive, comparative, and superlative. It explains that most adjectives form the comparative by adding "-er" and the superlative by adding "-est". However, there are some irregular adjectives as well as adjectives of three or more syllables that use "more" and "most" instead. The document provides several examples to illustrate the different forms. It also notes some important usage rules for the comparative and superlative degrees involving "than", "the", and "of".

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    Teacher: Yeny Trillat Lillo

    Adapted from Brighter Grammar by G. Eckersley and M. Macaulay



    COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

    In grammar the adjectives have three different forms and they are called the Positive
    degree, the Comparative degree and the Superlative degree.
    A great many adjectives form their comparative degree by adding er , and their
    superlative by adding est to the positive. e.g.
    Positive Comparative Superlative
    tall taller tallest
    short shorter shortest
    quick quicker quickest
    Sometimes the last letter of the positive is doubled, e.g.
    Positive Comparative Superlative
    hot hotter hottest
    big bigger biggest
    thin thinner thinnest
    fat fatter fattest
    If the positive ends in e we only add r and st , e.g.
    Positive Comparative Superlative
    large larger largest
    fine finer finest
    nice nicer nicest
    Adjectives that end in y usually change this to i in the comparative and
    superlative, e.g.
    Positive Comparative Superlative
    pretty prettier prettiest
    happy happier happiest
    heavy heavier heaviest

    Some adjectives form their comparative and superlative by using more and
    most. The adjectives that do this are usually rather long words. All adjectives of
    three or more syllables, e.g. ex-ci-ting, in-terest-ing, un-for-tu-nate. (and some of
    two, e.g. mo-dern, use-ful.
    Positive Comparative Superlative
    important more important most important
    dangerous more dangerous most dangerous
    convenient more convenient most convenient
    valuable more valuable most valuable
    Irregular comparison
    When you get some rule in English grammar, there are always some exceptions.
    There are one or two exceptions to these rules for Comparison of adjectives and well
    just gather these words together and call them the Irregular Comparatives and
    Superlatives, e.g.:
    Positive Comparative Superlative
    many more most
    little less least
    good better best
    bad worse worst
    much more most
    far farther farthest
    further furthest

    There are other important things for you to notice.
    1. With the comparative we use than after the comparative, e.g.
    This car is faster than that one.
    You have more money than me.
    2. With the superlative we use the before the adjective and we often use of after the
    the superlative, e.g.
    This is the best book I have ever read.
    This is the best of all.
    3. With the positive degree we use as before the adjective and as after it to express
    equality, e.g.
    This stick is as long as this one.

    (With the negative some people use so as, e.g. This stick is not so long as this
    one, but in ordinary speech as as is more usual)

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