Adjectives
Adjectives	List of Adjectives	Comparative and Superlative Adjectives	Adjective Worksheets

A comparative adjective is used to compare two things. A superlative adjective is used when you compare three or more things. For example, looking at apples you can compare their size, determining which is big, which is bigger, and which is biggest. The comparative ending (suffix) for short, common adjectives is generally "-er"; the superlative suffix is generally "-est." For most longer adjectives, the comparative is made by adding the word "more" (for example, more comfortable) and the superlative is made by adding the word "most" (for example, most comfortable).

If a 1-syllable adjective ends in "e", the endings are "-r" and "-st", for example: wise, wiser, wisest.

If a 1-syllable adjective ends in "y", the endings are "-er" and "-est", but the y is sometimes changed to an "i". For example: dry, drier, driest.

If a 1-syllable adjective ends in a consonant (with a single vowel preceding it), then the consonant is doubled and the endings "-er" and "-est" are used, for example: big, bigger, biggest.

If a 2-syllable adjective ends in "e", the endings are "-r" and "-st", for example: gentle, gentler, gentlest.

If a 2-syllable adjective ends in "y", the endings are "-ier" and "-iest", for example: happy, happier, happiest.

Some 2-syllable adjectives use the standard "-er" and "-est suffixes", including adjectives that end in "er", "le", or "ow". For example: narrow, narrower, narrowest.

For most adjectives with two or more syllables, the comparative is formed by adding the word "more," and you form the superlative by adding the word "most", for example: colorful, more colorful, most colorful.

Some comparative and superlative adjectives are irregular, including some very common ones such as good/better/best and bad/worse/worst.

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

Related Activities and Worksheets:

Biggest Things: Draw and Write 3 Things Draw three of the biggest things you've ever seen and write about each of them. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet.	Smallest Things: Draw and Write 3 Things Draw three of the smallest things you've ever seen and write about each of them. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet.	Comparatives #1 Each adjective has a comparative and a superlative form. In each row, write the two missing words. Adjectives: big, tall, fast, light. Or go to the answers.	Comparatives #2 Each adjective has a comparative and a superlative form. In each row, write the two missing words. Adjectives: few, short, wide, high. Or go to the answers.
Comparatives #3 Each adjective has a comparative and a superlative form. In each row, write the two missing words. Adjectives: young, slow, small, long. Or go to the answers.	Comparatives #4 Each adjective has a comparative and a superlative form. In each row, write the two missing words. Adjectives: narrow, large, soft, sweet. Or go to the answers.	Comparatives Chart #1 Each of the following adjectives has a comparative and a superlative form. In each row, write the missing adjectives. Adjectives: red, far, icy, bad, easy, friendly, funny, busy, smelly, pretty. Or go to the answers.	Comparatives Chart #2 Each of the following adjectives has a comparative and a superlative form. In each row, write the missing adjectives. Adjectives: blue, old, sweet, happy, shiny, clean, fine, high, nasty, rich. Or go to the answers.
Comparatives Chart #3 Each of the following adjectives has a comparative and a superlative form. In each row, write the missing adjectives. Adjectives: red, far, icy, bad, easy, friendly, funny, busy, smelly, pretty. Or go to the answers.

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