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The document discusses irregular adjectives and how they differ from regular adjectives in how they form their comparative and superlative forms. It notes that some adjectives like "good", "bad", "far/farther", and "old" have irregular forms when compared to most or more. It provides examples of sentences using these irregular adjectives in their different forms.
The document discusses irregular adjectives and how they differ from regular adjectives in how they form their comparative and superlative forms. It notes that some adjectives like "good", "bad", "far/farther", and "old" have irregular forms when compared to most or more. It provides examples of sentences using these irregular adjectives in their different forms.
The document discusses irregular adjectives and how they differ from regular adjectives in how they form their comparative and superlative forms. It notes that some adjectives like "good", "bad", "far/farther", and "old" have irregular forms when compared to most or more. It provides examples of sentences using these irregular adjectives in their different forms.
A small number of adjectives are irregular in the way they make
comparative and superlative forms.
The normal (regular) way to make comparative and superlative adjectives
is to add -er/-est or use more/most, like this:
big bigger biggest
expensive more expensive most expensive
Irregular adjectives use completely different forms. Note, however, that
some adjectives can be both regular and irregular, sometimes with a slight change in meaning. The most important irregular adjectives are listed in the table below.
example adjective comparative superlative sentence
good better the best irregular Tara is the
best athlete in the school.
well(healthy) better the best He is still in
hospital, but he is better than he was last week.
bad worse the worst irregular You are the
worst driver I have ever known. example adjective comparative superlative sentence
far further the furthest irregular My house is
the furthest one.
farther the farthest regular My house is
the farther one.
old (people in elder the eldest irregular Ram is my
a family) elder brother.
old (general older the oldest regular Your teacher