Opposites
Positive Negative
tall short /not tall
short long/not short
Gradable Adjectives
Appearance
Quite/vey
very handsome, quite pretty, ...
Positive Comparative of Equality
tall I am as tall as you are George is wearing the same shirt as Mary.
young as young as
beautiful as beautiful as
He is not as small as/(less formal) not so tall as his brother
not as young as/ not so young as
not as beautiful as/ not so beautiful as
Positive Comparative & Superlative of Superiority
Regular Adjectives
One syllable
fast faster than the fastest
big (consonant+vowel+consonant) bigger (CC+er) than the biggest (CC+est)
+ one syllable
late (-e) later than the latest
heavy (-+consonant+y) heavier than the heaviest
important more important than the most important
Irregular Adjectives
Good better than the best
Bad worse than the worst
Far farther/further* than the farthest/furthest* *more, additional
Old older/elder* than the oldest/eldest* *relative
Little less than the least
Much/Many more than the most
Positive Comparative & Superlative of Inferiority
small less small than the least small
hot less hot than the least hot
nice less nice than the least nice
funny less funny than the least funny
intelligent less intelligent than the least intelligent
Uses of Comparative
-er I am taller now.
More...than The book is more interesting than the film.
Comparative+and+comparative I am getting fatter and fatter.
The+comparative, the+comparative The richer, the sillier.
The sooner you finish, the better.
The more he eats, the fatter he gets.
Uses of Superlative
The ...est+one/two-syllable adjective(-e,-y)...
in (places) The kindest people in Essex.
Tom is the oldest man in town.
Paul is the tallest boy in the neighborhood.
The highest building in the world.
of The best of her dresses was wearing that night.
... that I have ever heard. This is the longest song that I have ever heard.
The most+more than two syllables adjective
in (places) The most beautiful girl in the world.
of Iris is the most intelligent person of the group.
... (that) I have ever heard. That is the most stupid story I have ever heard.
Non-gradable Adjectives
Extreme/Absolute/Classifiers
alive, awful, black, boiling, certain, correct, dead, domestic,
enormous, environmental, freezing, furious, gigantic, huge,
immediately, impossible, minuscule, mortal, nuclear, overjoyed, perfect,
pregnant, principal, ridiculous, superb, terrible, terrified, unique,
unknown, white, whole
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