Add er Rule

/est for
Add er
/est for
short
adjectives.
short adjectives.
Use more/most
Use more/most
before
long
before long
adjectives.
adjectives.

For
1
For
1
adjectives
adjectives
small
small
smaller
smaller
short
short
shorter
shorter

syllabus
syllabus
+ er
+ er

Positi
Positi
ve
ve
quick
quick
tall
tall
foolish
foolish
helpful
helpful

Compara
Compara
tive
tive
quicker
quicker
taller
taller
more
more
foolish
foolish
more
more
stupid
stupid

Superlati
Superlati
ve
ve
quickest
quickest
tallest
tallest
most
most
foolish
foolish
most
most
stupid
stupid

IrregularForms
Forms
Irregular

Rule

Positiv
Positiv
e
e
good
good
bad
bad
little
little
many
many

Short adjective with

Short adjective with
short vowel double
short vowel double
the last letter +
the last letter +
er
er
thin thinner
thin thinner
big
bigger
big
bigger

For adjective ends

For adjective ends
with e + r
with e + r
cute cuter
cute cuter
late later
late later

Comparat
Comparat
ive
ive
better
better
worse
worse
less
less
more
more

Superlati
Superlati
ve
ve
best
best
worst
worst
least
least
most
most

For adjective ends

For adjective ends
consonant y
consonant y
away y + ier.
away y + ier.
pretty prettier
pretty prettier
lazy lazier
lazy lazier

with
with
take
take

The guinea pig is bigger

The guinea pig is bigger
than a mouse.
than a mouse.

The book / the

The book / the
newspaper
newspaper
______________________
______________________

juice / soda
juice / soda
____________
____________
______________________
______________________

an email / a letter
an email / a letter
______
______
______________________
______________________

Jacob / Hank
Jacob / Hank
___________
___________
______________________
______________________

The clown / the

The clown / the
strongman___
strongman___

______________________
______________________

Pimo / Baby
Pimo / Baby
___________
___________
______________________
______________________
terrible
terrible
comfortable
comfortable

careful
careful

interesting
interesting

effective
effective
beautiful
beautiful

1.
1.

ugly
____________
ugly
____________
3.modern
___________
3.clever
___________
4. noisy
____________
4. noisy
____________
sweet ___________
sweet___________
7. sad
____________
7. swift
____________
quiet ___________
9.quiet ___________
10. long
____________
10. long
____________
12.
thick
___________
sour
___________

2.
2.

strong
strong

______________
______________

5.
5.

heavy
______________
tough______________

8.

late
8.

late

11.
11.

beautiful
______________
bitter ______________

6.

______________
______________

6.
9.
12.

cold
___________
sick
___________
16. colorful
____________
16. wise
____________
smart ___________
18.
smart___________

17.

cold
______________
17. cold
______________

18.

The guinea pig is bigger

than a mouse.

The book is thicker

than the newspaper.
______________________

Juice is healthier than

soda.

An email is faster than

a letter.

Jacob is richer than

Hank.

The clown is funnier

than the strongman.
______________________

Pimo is cuter than

Baby.

comfortable
interesting

1.

more comfortable /most

comfortable
more interesting /most
interesting

ugly
uglier
cleve cleverer
4. noisy
noisier
sweetsweeter
7. swift
swifter
9.quiet quieter
10. long
longer
sour
sourer

terrible

more terrible /most terrible

careful

more careful /most careful

effective

more effective /most effective

beautiful

more beautiful/most beautiful

2.

strong

stronger

5.

toughtougher

3.
6.

8.

late

later

11.

bitter bitterer

12.

sicker
16. wise
smart smarter

wiser

17.

cold

colder

18.