1-syllable adjectives old, fast 2-syllable adjectives ending in -y happy, easy RULE: add "-er" old → older Variation: if the adjective ends in -e, just add -r late → later Variation: if the adjective ends in consonant, vowel, consonant, double the last consonant big → bigger Varia...
ThepenismightierThatcarisasgoodMycarisless thanthesword.asmine.expensivethan yours.formation Adjectiveswith1syllable:Mostadjectives:+ER Small Smaller High Adjectivesendingin1vowel+consonant Big Bigger Wet HigherWetter Adjectivesendingin–e Late Later Nice Nicer ...
Superlative adjectives compare more than two thingsCommonly, adjectives that contain only one syllable or end in 'y' use 'er' to form comparatives and 'est' to form superlatives. For adjectives ending in y, change the 'y' to 'i' before adding the 'er' or 'est'. old – older – ...
adjectives ending in a consonant+y一y+ier一y+iest以“辅音字母+y”结尾的短的形容词去y加ier去y加 iest easy 容易的→easier 更容易的→easiest 最容易的pretty 漂亮的→prettier 更漂亮的→prettiest 最漂亮的Short adjectives ending in a vowel+ a consonant double the consonant+er以“一个元音字母十一...
ending in e加-r加-st以e结尾的短形容词■fine→finer→finest美好的更较美好的最美好的nice→nicer→nicest好的更较好的最好的Short adjectives ending-y+ier-y+iest in a consonant+y以辅音字母+y结尾去掉y,去掉y.的短形容词加ier加iest easy easier→easiest容易的更较容易的最容易的pretty prettier→...
4 One- or two-syllable adjectives ending in –y If an adjective with either one or two syllables ends in a -y, first change the y into an i and then add –er. dry -> drier likely -> likelier 5 Two-syllable adjectives ending in –er,–ow, or –le If an adjective with two syl...
If the short adjective ends in the letter e, we simply add the letter r to form -er; we do not add -er to the existing final e. For adjectives of two syllables ending in y, we replace the y with -ier. Short: One syllable Short: Two syllables ending in y cold colder happy happi...
One syllable adjectives ending in consonant – vowel – consonant Comparative: add consonant + ER (hotter)Superlative: add consonant + EST (the hottest) Two syllable adjectives ending in Y Comparative: replace Y with IER (happier)Superlative: replace Y with IEST (the happiest) Two or more ...
We form comparative and superlative adjectives like this: A adjectiveComparativeSuperlative Most short adjectives +er est long longer longest small smaller smallest Short adjectives ending in e +r st fine finer finest nice nicer nicest -ist adjectives ending in a consonant -y+ler -y+est easy easi...
adjectives ending in etrtst以e结尾的短的形容词加r加stfine好的→finer更好的→finest最好的nice好的→nicer更好的→nicest最好的Short adiectives.ending in a consonant+y-y+ier-y+iest以"辅音字母+v"结尾的短的形容词去y加ier去y加jesteasy容易的→easier更容易的→easiest最容易的prety漂亮的→prettier...