Comparative and Superlative Adjectives:
*There are short adjectives and long adjectives.The adjectives which have one syllable is short but the adjectives which have more than one syllable is long.Put in your mind that there are exceptions.
*The vowels divide adjectives into syllables.one vowel means one syllable.Two or three consecutive vowels mean one syllable also.The vowels must be separated and pronounced to determine the syllables.
*One syllable adjectives:
* We add (er) to make the comparative degree. We add (est) to make the superlative degree.
short ----------------- shorter / shortest
small -------------------smaller / smallest
young ------------------younger / youngest
tall ---------------------taller / tallest
cold --------------------colder / coldest
* If the adjective ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel,we double the final consonant before adding er or est:
big ----------------------------------bigger / biggest
hot --------------------------------- hotter / hottest
thin ---------------------------------- thinner / thinnest
*If the adjective ends in ( y ), we change it to ( i ) before adding:
dry -------------------------------- drier / driest
*If the adjective ends in (e), we add ( r ) or ( st )directly
large -------------------------------larger / largest
*Two syllables adjectiveS:
careful --------------------- more careful / most careful
bored --------------------- more bored / most bored
*The adjectives which have two syllables ending in (y),we add er/est or more/most.Both are right.
happy ------------------ more happy /most happy
dirty --------------------more dirty / most dirty
pretty ------------------ more pretty / most pretty
*Also some other adjectives: We may use more/most
clever -------------------------- cleverer / cleverest
narrow ------------------------- narrower / narrowest
quiet -------------------------- quieter / quietest
*The adjectives which have more than two syllables ,we use more/most:
beautiful ------------------more beautiful / most beautiful
interesting -------------- more interesting / most interesting
expensive ----------------more expensive / most expensive
*There are irregular adjectives:
good -------------------- better / best
far ----------------------- further / furthest or farther /farthest
little ----------------------less / least
much/many --------------more / most
bad ----------------------- worse / worst
Examples:
1-Ronaldo is taller than Modric.
2-Ronaldo is the tallest one of the team.
3-Heba is more beautiful than Mary.
4-Heba is the most beautiful.
Notice: In the comparative degree we must use (than) after the adjective.But in the superlative degree we must use (the) before most , least or adj+est.