Adjectives

Imrove your English trying to use these adjectives instead the most common ones.

Adjective Degrees

Adjectives are words that describe or modify a person or the meaning of thing in the sentence. 

We use degrees of comparison to compare one person or one thing with another. Degrees of comparison can be classified as positive, comparative and superlative.

1. Adjective Degrees

When we talk about only one person or one thing, we use the positive degree of comparison.

• John is tall.

We use the comparative degree of comparison to show the difference between two people, things or groups.

• John is taller than Mary.

We use the superlative degree of comparison to compare three or more people, things or groups, to show which of them has "the most" of some quality. 

• John is the tallest.

We normally use "than" with comparative adjectives and "the" with superlative adjectives.

2. Comparative and superlative forms

Rule1: Add -er or -est to one syllabic words.

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Small	Smaller	Smallest
Short	Shorter	Shortest

Rule 2: When an adjective ends in -y, drop the -y and change it to -i and add -er or -est.

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Busy	Busier	Busiest
Crazy	Crazier	Craziest

Rule 3: When an adjective ends in -e, remove the -e and add -er or -est in its place.

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Cute	Cuter	Cutest
Nice	Nicer	Nicest

Rule 4: For adjectives ending in -ful, -less, and -ing use more or most before the word. For two syllabic adjective also use more and most.

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Beautiful	More beautiful	Most Beautiful
Pleasant	More pleasant	Most pleasant

Rule 5: There are some adjective which are known as irregular adjectives as they don’t follow any rules.

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Good	Better	Best
Little	Less	Least
Bad	Worse	Worst
Much	More	Most
Old	Older	Oldest