COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES (IRREGULAR ADJ ECTIVES)

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Grammar
Comparatives and superlatives (irregular adjectives)
The correct use of the comparative and superlative forms is a key ingredient when learning how to express your opinion or make
comparativejudgments.However,someverbstaketheexceptiontothenormalrulestheseareirregularadjectives.
Exceptions: Irregular adjectives
Irregular
Adjective
Comparative
Form
Superlative Form
good better the best
bad worse the worst
far farther the farthest
little less the least
many more the most

Examples:
Italian food is better than American food.
My dog is the best dog in the world.
My mother's cooking is worse than your mother's cooking.
Of all the students in the class, Max is the worst.

Two-syllable adjectives follow two rules; these adjectives can be used with -er and -est and with more and the most.
Two-Syllable
Adjective
Comparative
Form
Superlative
Form
clever cleverer the cleverest
more clever the most clever
gentle gentler the gentlest
more gentle the most gentle
friendly friendlier the friendliest
more friendly the most friendly
quiet quieter the quietest
more quiet the most quiet
simple simpler the simplest
more simple the most simple

Examples:
Big dogs are gentler than small dogs.
Of all the dogs in the world, English Mastiffs are the gentlest.
Big dogs are more gentle than small dogs.
Of all the dogs in the world, English Mastiffs are the most gentle.

Cool English
Random Phrases
A constant guest is never welcome - We are apt to grow to dislike friends who visit us too often
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance - We should not waste time on trivial aspects of a matter and
neglect the essential matter itself.
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch - Those without knowledge should not try to teach the
ignorant.
Kindle not a fire you cannot put out - Do not start something you cannot control or resolve
Do unto others as you would others do unto you - Treat others as you would like them to treat you.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread - Foolish people tend to act too hastily and do things that wise people would avoid.

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Choose the correct comparative for these irregular adjectives: Good
A) more good
B) better
C) most good
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Bad
A) more bad
B) badder
C) worse
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Little
A) less
B) littler
C) more little
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Many
A) more many
B) more
C) much many
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Well
A) better
B) betterer
C) more better
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Much
A) more much
B) most
C) more
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Friendly
A) friendliest
B) friendlier
C) more friendlier
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Choose the correct superlative for these irregular adjectives: Good
A) best
B) better
C) most good
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Bad
A) baddest
B) most bad
C) worst
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Little
A) less
B) least
C) most little
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Many
A) more many
B) most
C) much many
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Well
A) better
B) betterer
C) best
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Much
A) more much
B) most
C) more
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Friendly
A) friendliest
B) friendlier
C) most friendly