REGULAR COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS

          ♦ADJECTIVES:

        •Adjectives of one syllable take -(e)r / -(e)st to form their comparative and superlative forms.

positive       comparative         superlative

►tall          taller (than)        the tallest (of/in)
►close        closer(than)        the closest (of/in)
►sad          sadder (than)       the saddest (of/in)


     • adjectives of two syllables ending in -ly, -y, -w also add -er/-est

positive       comparative        superlative

►silly         sillier(than)         the silliest (of/in)
►narrow     narrower(than)     the narrowest (of/in)


    • Adjectives of two or more syllables take more/ most.

positive            comparative                 superlative

►modern          more modern (than)      the most modern (of/in)
►beautiful       more beautiful (than)   the most beautiful (of/in)



NOTE: clever, common, cruel, friendly, gentle, narrow, pleasant, polite, shallow, simple, stupid, quiet form their comparative and superlative forms with -er/-est or more/most.


►narrow- narrower- narrowest
               ALSO
►narrow- more narrow- most narrow


            ♦ADVERBS

•Adverbs having the same forms as their adjectives add -er/-est


positive       comparative        superlative

►slow          slower              the slowest


• Early drops -y and adds -ier/-iest

positive       comparative        superlative

►early        earlier               the earliest

•Two syllable or compound adverbs take more/most (compound adverbs are adjectives + -ly (useful- usefully)

positive             comparative            superlative

►often              more often             the most often
►comfortably    more comfortably   the most comfortably
        


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