| Use |
Example |
| To compare one member of a group of
things/ people/ actions with the whole group |
Out of all the jobs in the company, John's is the hardest.
The person who does best will get a pay rise.
|
|
adjective |
➔ |
superlative |
| one syllable |
hard |
+ -est |
hardest |
| one syllable ending in -e |
late |
+ -st |
latest |
| one syllable ending in vowel + consonant |
big |
double last letter + -est |
biggest |
| two syllables ending in -y |
pretty |
-y → -iest |
prettiest |
| two or more syllables |
interesting |
most/least + adjective |
most/least interesting |
| irregular adjectives / quantifiers |
good → best
bad → worst |
little → least
far → farthest/ furthest |
many → most
much → most |
|
adverb |
➔ |
superlative |
| regular adverbs |
carefully |
most/least + adverb |
most/least carefully |
| irregular adverbs |
well → best
badly → worst
early → earliest |
near → nearest
late → latest |
fast → fastest
far → farthest/ furthest |
