Even though most one-syllable adjectives use -er and -est, fun doesn’t. More fun and most fun are right. Adjectives That End in Y If the adjective ends in “y”, it alsoadds -er and -est. But be careful! You also need tochange the y to an i. Wrong:jollyer, fancyest Right:...
When a two-syllable adjective ends in y, we create the comparative and superlative adjective forms by changing the y to i and adding er or est.POSITIVE crazyscratchyhappylovelyfriendlynoisysleepycozyfoggy COMPARATIVE crazierscratchierhappierlovelierfriendliernoisiersleepiercozierfoggier SUPERLATIVE craziest...
That makes it easy to turn some adjectives into adverbs and vice versa. For many adjectives, all you have to do is add -ly to the end to make an adverb. Adjective Adverb loud loudly perfect perfectly hopeful hopefully If the adjective ends in a –y, drop the –y and add –ily...
When the adjective ends with a ‘y’, we convert the ‘y’ into ‘i’ before adding ‘-er’ and ‘-est 以辅音加Y结尾,把y改成i, 再加er,est 。 pretty prettierprettiest lazy lazier laziest happy happierhappiest crazy crazier craziest 5. For other double syllable words that do not end ...
When a word has two syllables, we add “most” before the adjective to make it a superlative. The exception is when the adjective is two syllables and ends in-y. In these cases, we drop the-yand add-iestto make it a superlative adjective. Have a look at the table below for some ...
5. For other double syllable words that do not end with -y, -er, -ow, -le, and for adjectives with more than two syllables, we use more and most to form the comparatives and superlatives. 不以y/er/ow/le结尾的双音节词或者多音节词,在形容词原形前...
To make the superlative, first change the y into an i and then add –est. dry -> driest likely -> likeliest 5 Two-syllable adjectives ending in –er,–ow, or –le Two-syllable adjectives that end in -er, -ow, or -le don’t use the adverb most like other long superlative ...
4. When the adjective ends with a ‘y’, we convert the ‘y’ into ‘i’ before adding ‘-er’ and ‘-est 以辅音加Y结尾,把y改成i,再加er,est 。 pretty prettierprettiest lazy lazierlaziest happy happierhappiest crazy craziercraziest ...
2-syllableadjectivesendingin'y'•bumpybumpierbumpiest•shinyshiniershiniest•tinytiniertiniest 2ormoresyllableadjectives •beautiful•complete•generousmorebeautifulmorecompletemoregenerousmostbeautifulmostcompletemostgenerous Irregularandconfusingadjectives ••••••••••badfarfargoodlate...
Exceptions for adjectives that end in ED: 1. If the verb ends in a consonant + y, the “y” changes to an “i” before -ED is added. Example: fry → fried 2. If the verb ends in a vowel + y, -ED is added without changing the “y.” ...