| Comparative and superlative adjectives | |||
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative | |
| One-syllable adjectives |
old long |
older longer |
the oldest the longest |
| Adjectives ending in one vowel and one consonant |
big hot |
bigger hotter |
the biggest the hottest |
|
Adjectives ending in -y |
ugly noisy |
uglier noisier |
the ugliest the noisiest |
| Adjectives with two or more syllables |
expensive beautiful |
more expensive more beautiful |
the most expensive the most beautiful |
| Exceptions | ||
| good | better | the best |
| bad | worse | the worst |
| far | further / farther | the furthest / the farthest |
