COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
One sylable ending in -e strange wide	-r … than stranger than wider than	The –st the strangest the widest
One sylable ending in consonant – vowel – consonant big hot	Dobble the last consonant and add -er bigger than hotter than	Dobble the last consonant and add -est The biggest the hottest
One sylable tall deep	-er taller than deeper than	-est the tallest the deepest
Two sylables ending in -y noisy ugly	Y → ier noisier than uglier than	Y → iest the noisiest the ugliest
Three or more sylables interesting intelligent	More + adjective + than more interesting than more intelligent than	The most + adjective the most interesting the most intelligent