Comparatives and Superlatives of Adjectives

Last updated at April 16, 2024 by Teachoo

Example 1

Ranbir is tall

Hritik is taller than Ranbir

Khali is the tallest

Here

'tall' is the adjective

In second line,'taller' is comparative form of adjective

In third line,'tallest' is the superlative form of adjective

Example 2

In my family,all people are fat

I am fatter than my father

Actually,I am the fattest in the family

Here

'fat' is the adjective

In second line,'fatter' is comparative form of adjective

In third line,'fattest' is the superlative form of adjective

When are Comparative Adjectives used?

It is used to make comparison between 2 nouns or pronouns

When are Superlative Adjectives used?

It is used to find best (or amongst) a group

'Second' and 'Third' similar

Adjectives	Comparatives	Superlatives
Bad	worse	worst
Good	better	best
little	less	least
much (many)	more	most
far	further	furthest

Add More and Most with words

Adjectives	Comparatives	Superlatives
Embarrassed	more embarrassed	most embarrassed
Immense	more immense	most immense
Nervous	more nervous	most nervous
beautiful	more beautiful	most beautiful
respectable	more respectable	most respectable

In second form we add 'er' and In third form we add 'est'

Adjectives	Comparatives	Superlatives
Dark	dark er	dark est
Tall	tall er	tall est
New	new er	new est
fat	fatt er	fatt est
high	high er	high est

In second form we add 'ier' and In third form we add 'iest'

Adjectives	Comparatives	Superlatives
happy	happ ier	happ iest
busy	bus ier	bus iest
bossy	boss ier	boss iest
funny	funn ier	funn iest
Dirty	dirt ier	dirt iest