Comparative Superlative

Case Adjective
Form Form

1-syllable close closer closest

adjectives
ending in "e"
huge huger hugest

large larger largest

strange stranger strangest

wise wiser wisest

 1-syllable
adjectives big bigger biggest
ending in a
consonant
with a single fat fatter fattest
vowel
preceding it
red redder reddest

sad sadder saddest

thin thinner thinnest

 1-syllable dry drier driest
adjectives
ending in "y" spry sprier/ spriest/
spryer spryest
wry wrier/ wriest/
wryer wryest
1-syllable fast faster fastest
adjectives,
great greater greatest
other cases
quick quicker quickest
short shorter shortest
 tall taller tallest

fickle fickler ficklest

2-syllable
adjectives handsome handsomer handsomest
ending in "e"
polite politer politest

2-syllable bumpy bumpier bumpiest

adjectives
heavy heavier heaviest
ending in "y"
icy icier iciest
 shiny shinier shiniest
tiny tinier tiniest
2-syllable able abler ablest
adjectives
ending in
"le", or "ow"
gentle gentler gentlest

hollow hollower hollowest

narrow narrower narrowest

shallow shallower shallowest

 simple simpler simplest
2 or more more most
syllable beautiful
adjectives,
beautiful beautiful
more most
other cases colourful
colourful colourful
more most
complete
complete complete
more most
delicious
delicious delicious
generous more most
 generous generous
more most
important
important important
Irregular and bad worse worst
confusing
adjectives far (place) farther farthest
far (place or time) further furthest
good better best
late (time) later latest
late (order) latter last
little (size) littler littlest
little (amount) less least
many/much/som
more most
e
old (people or things) older oldest
old (people) elder eldest