Adjectives And Adverbs

THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

One-syllable adjectives
• Adjectives of one syllable end in –er in the comparative and -est in the superlative:

||COMPARATIVE |SUPERLATIVE |
|young |younger |youngest |
|short|shorter |shortest |
|clean |cleaner |cleanest |
|large|larger |largest |


• When a one-syllable adjective ends in one vowel + one consonant, the consonant is doubled in the comparative and superlative:fat fatter fattest
thin thinner thinnest
big bigger biggest

(However, words ending in –w are an exception. (new / newer / newest; low / lower / lowest)

• Good, bad, little, much and many have irregular comparative and superlative forms

good better bestbad worse worst
little less least
much (a lot of) more most
many (a lot of) more most

• Note 1) the use of the prepositionsthan and in in comparative and superlative sentences, respectively; 2) the use of the definite article in the superlative sentences and 3) the use of never in some superlative sentences.Zurich is cleaner than Lisbon. It's the cleanest city in Europe.
Seville is hotter than most Spanish cities, but Ecija is the hottest city in Spain.
Tom Cruise is shorter than Brad Pitt.He's one of the shortest leading men in Hollywood.
This is the worst meal I've ever eaten. (not ‘never’)

Two-syllable adjectives

• For two-syllable adjectives that end in consonant...