degrees of comparison adjectives. superiority short adjectives adjective + -er + than big – bigger...
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DEGREES OF COMPARISON
ADJECTIVES
SUPERIORITYSUPERIORITY
SHORT ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVE + -ER + THAN
BIG – BIGGER THANBUSY – BUSIER
THAN
LONG ADJECTIVESMORE + ADJECTIVE
+ THAN
MORE INTERESTING THAN
MORE VALUABLE THAN
THE COMPARATIVE
INFERIORITYINFERIORITY
SHORT ADJECTIVES
LESS + ADJECTIVE + THAN
LESS BUSY THAN
LONG ADJECTIVES
LESS + ADJECTIVE + THAN
LESS INTERESTING THAN
THE COMPARATIVE
COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY
AS ADJECTIVE ASAS BIG ASAS INTERESTING AS
! IDIOMS IN ENGLISH FOLLOWING THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY
AS FRESH AS A DAISY AS DRUNK AS A LANDLORD
AS POOR AS A CHURCHMOUSE AS DEAF AS A DOORKNOBAS UGLY AS SIN AS BLIND AS A BATAS RIGHT AS RAIN AS COOL AS A
CUCUMBERAS PRETTY AS A PICTURE
SHORT ADJECTIVESSHORT ADJECTIVES LONG ADJECTIVESLONG ADJECTIVES
THE ADJECTIVE + -EST
BIG – THE BIGGESTBUSY – THE BUSIEST
THE LEAST + ADJECTIVE
THE LEAST BUSY
THE MOST + ADJECTIVE
THE MOST BEAUTIFULTHE MOST EXCITING
THE LEAST + ADJECTIVE
THE LEAST BEAUTIFUL
THE SUPERLATIVE
RULES TO REMEMBER
1. SPELLING RULESa. ONE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES ENDING IN E TAKE -R IN THE
COMPARATIVE AND –ST IN THE SUPERLATIVENICE-NICER – THE NICESTb. TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES ENDING IN Y TURN THE Y
INTO -I AND ADD THE ENDING -ER OR -ESTPRETTY - PRETTIER – THE PRETTIESTc. ADJECTIVES ENDING IN A STRESSED VOWEL BETWEEN 2
CONSONANTS DOUBLE THE FINAL CONSONANT BEFORE THE ENDING
BIG - BIGGER FAT – THE FATTEST
RULES TO REMEMBER
2. OTHER RULES
a. NO DOUBLE COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE MARKERSMORE BIGGER → BIGGERTHE MOST BUSIEST → THE BUSIEST
b. IRREGUALR ADJECTIVESGOOD-BETTER-THE BESTBAD-WORSE-THE WORSTMUCH-MORE-THE MOSTFAR-FURTHER-THE FURTHESTLITTLE-LESS-THE LEAST