Adjective - Superlative Degree

     

RULES   FOR   SUPERLATIVE   DEGREES :--
 

  1. Most Adjectives of one syllable or two syllables form the Superlative by adding '-est' to the Positive.

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Sweet	Sweeter	Sweetest
Tall	Taller	Tallest
Great	Greater	Greatest

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  2. When the Positive ends in 'e', only '-st' is added to the Positive.

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Wise	Wiser	Wisest
Large	Larger	Largest
Able	Abler	Ablest

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  3. When the Positive ends in 'y', preceded by a consonant,the 'y'is changed into 'i' before adding '-est'.

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Happy	Happier	Happiest
Merry	Merrier	Merriest
Heavy	Heavier	Heaviest

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  4. When the Positive is a word of one syllable and ends in a single consonant, preceded by a short vowel, the consonant is doubled before adding '-est'.

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Big	Bigger	Biggest
Fat	Fatter	Fattest
Thin	Thinner	Thinnest

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  5. When the Positive is a word of more than two syllable, 'most' is used before the Positive.

     

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Beautiful	More  beautiful	Most  beautiful
Intelligent	More  intelligent	Most  intelligent
Attractive	More  attractive	Most  attractive

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