Positive Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives Mark

Positive, Comparative, and Superlative Forms of Adjectives Mark Samford

Positive Form The positive form describes a noun or pronoun w/out comparing it to anyone or anything else. Ex. =Fast, sweet, smart, bright, tall. The fast car sped away.

Comparative Form § The comparative form of an adjective compares two persons, places, things, or ideas. (add-er) § Faster, sweeter, smarter, brighter, taller. § Mr. Samford’s car is faster than a speeding bullet.

Superlative Form • The superlative form compares three or more persons, places, things, or ideas. • Fastest, sweetest, smartest, brightest, tallest. • Mr. Samford’s car is the fastest in the race. • Help: Place the word “the” in front of the adjective for the superlative form. • The fastest, the sweetest, etc.

Irregular Forms? Some adjectives use different words to express comparison. Good, better, best. Bad, worse, worst. Good for enrichment exercises.

Two-Syllable Adjective Forms • For enrichment. • Some two-syllable adjectives show comparisons by er/est suffixes, or by modifiers such as more or most. • Ex. = lazy, lazier, laziest. • lazy, more lazy, most lazy.

Three or More Syllable Adjective Forms Adjectives that have three or more syllables usually require the words, more/most or less/least. Ex. = difficult, more difficult, most difficult, less difficult, least difficult.

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