Adjectives



We use adjectives to describe nouns: the big house, the nice person, the delicious food.  In English the adjective comes before the noun.

Regular AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative
small   smallersmallest
talltallertallest
coldcoldercoldest
fatfatterfattest
hothotterhottest
happyhappierhappiest
funny   funnierfunniest
kindkinderkindest
excitingmore excitingmost exciting
beautifulmore beautifulmost beautiful
interestingmore interestingmost interesting

I like small dogs.
Stellaluna is smaller than our neighbor's cat.
Chihuahuas are the world's smallest dog breed.

Irregular AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative
goodbetterbest
badworseworst
much    moremost
farfartherfarthest
littlelittler or lesslittlest or least

Bonnie was a bad hurricane that killed five people.
Julia was a worse hurricane that killed 95 people.
Joan was the worst hurricane that killed hundreds of people.




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