Forms of Adjectives

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Forms of Adjectives

Case Adjective Comparative Superlative


Form Form
1-syllable close closer closest
adjectives
huge huger hugest
ending in "e"
large larger larger
strange stranger strangest
wise wiser wisest
1-syllable big bigger biggest
adjectives
fat fatter fattest
ending in a
consonant with red redder reddest
a single vowel
sad sadder saddest
preceding it
thin thinner thinnest
1-syllable dry drier driest
adjectives
spry sprier/spryer spriest/spryest
ending in "y"
wry wrier/wryer wriest/wryest
1-syllable fast faster fastest
adjectives,
great greater greatest
other cases
quick quicker quickest
short shorter shortest
tall taller tallest
fickle fickler ficklest
2-syllable handsome handsomer handsomest
adjectives
polite politer politest
ending in "e"
2-syllable bumpy bumpier bumpiest
adjectives
heavy heavier heaviest
ending in "y"
icy icier iciest
shiny shinier shiniest
tiny tinier tiniest
2-syllable able abler ablest
adjectives
gentle gentler gentlest
ending in "le",
or "ow" hollow hollower hollowest
narrow narrower narrowest
shallow shallower shallowest
simple simpler simplest
2 or more beautiful more most beautiful
syllable beautiful
adjectives,
colorful more colorful most colorful
other cases
complete more most complete
complete
delicious more most delicious
delicious
generous more most generous
generous
important more most
important important
Irregular and bad worse worst
confusing
adjectives far (place) farther farthest
far (place or time) further furthest
good better best
late (time) later latest
late (order) latter last
little (size) littler littlest
little (amount) less least
many/much/some more most
old (people or older oldest
things)
old (people) elder eldest

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