ADJECTIVES

Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. The articles — a, an, and the — are adjectives

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
rich	richer	richest
lovely	lovelier	loveliest
beautiful	more beautiful	most beautiful

Certain adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative and superlative degrees:

Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms
good	better	best
bad	worse	worst
little	less	least
much many some	more	most
far	further	furthest

With adjectives that end in -e, add -r to form the comparative, and -st to form the superlative.

For example:

Comparative Superlative

close closer closest

large larger largest

safe safer safest

wide wider widest

Some adjectives have only one syllable, end with a consonant, and have a single vowel before the consonant. With these adjectives, double the last lette before adding –er to form the comparative, and -est form the superlative. For example:

Comparative Superlative

big bigger biggest

dim dimmer dimmest

mad madder maddest

sad sadder saddest

Some adjectives have two syllables and end in -y. Wit these adjectives change the y to i. Then add -er to form the comparative, and -est to form the superlative.

For example:

Comparative Superlative

busy busier busiest

dirty dirtier dirtiest

happy happier happiest

pretty prettier prettiest