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Positive Comparative Superlative
brave braver bravest
simple simpler simplest
wise wiser wisest
fine finer finest
nice nicer nicest
white whiter whitest
When adjectives end in -y:
comparative degree → positive (delete -y) + ier
superlative degree → positive (delete -y) + iest
Positive Comparative Superlative
dry drier driest
easy easier easiest
happy happier happiest
lucky luckier luckiest
lazy lazier laziest
When adjectives are small words and end in a consonant:
comparative degree → double the consonant of the positive degree + er
superlative degree → double the consonant of the positive degree + est
Positive Comparative Superlative
big bigger biggest
fat fatter fattest
hot hotter hottest Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison
sad sadder saddest
thin thinner thinnest
Some adjectives do not take -er or -est form when we change them into comparative
or superlative degrees. They have irregular forms instead.
Positive Comparative Superlative
bad worse worst
good better best
far farther/further farthest/furthest
little less least
much more most
many more most
old older/elder oldest/eldest
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