COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES - CHART

We use comparative and superlative form to compare and contrast different objects, or to show the difference between them.

	Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
One- syllable adjectives	old long big hot	older longer bigger hotter	the oldest the longest the biggest the hottest
Adjectives ending in -y	dirty noisy	dirtier noisier	the dirtiest the noisiest
Adjectives with two or more syllables	beautiful interesting	more beautiful moreinteresting	the mostbeautiful the mostinteresting
Irregular adjectives	good bad far	better worse further	the best the worst the furthest

Adjectives that end in one vowel and one consonant double the consonant.

• Look! This is the biggest church in Italy!
• My hair is thinner than yours.
• Yesterday was hotter than today.

Adjectives ending in -y change the -y in -i.

• Lucy is happier than me.
• This TV programme is funnier than the one we saw yesterday.

Than is always used with comparatives to introduce the second element in a comparison.