Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

​A comparative adjective is used to compare one person, action, thing or state to another.

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​It adds the suffix -er to the original adjective.

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​e.g. bright - > brighter

​A superlative adjective is used to compare one person, action, thing or state to all others in the same group.

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​It adds the suffix -est to the original adjective.

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​e.g. bright - > brightest

​Most words can simply have the suffix –er and –est added to the end of them without having to make any changes to the root adjective.

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However, there are some words that you need to watch out for!

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Words that end in a ‘y’ These words need to have the ‘y’ changed into an ‘i’ before adding the suffix.

e.g. heavy → heavier tiny → tiniest

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Double consonants Words that end in one vowel and then one consonant need to have the last consonant doubled.

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e.g. flat → flatter

slim → slimmest

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Words that end in an ‘e’ Words that end in an ‘e’ need to have the ‘e’ removed before the suffix is ended.

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e.g. large → larger

fine → finest

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