Degree of Comparison-3

RULES TO MAKE POSITIVE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE DEGREE

    By adding "Er" or "Est" to a Positive Degree Adjective                                                                

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
bright	brighter	brightest
black	blacker	blackest
bold	bolder	boldest
clever	cleverer	cleverest
cold	colder	coldest
fast	faster	fastest
great	greater	greatest
high	higher	highest
kind	kinder	kindest
long	longer	longest
small	smaller	smallest
strong	stronger	strongest
sweet	sweeter	sweetest
tall	taller	tallest
young	younger	youngest

By adding "R" or "St" to a Positive Degree Adjective

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Brave	braver	bravest
Fine	Finer	Finest
Large	Larger	Largest
Nice	Nicer	Nicest
Nobel	Nobler	Noblest
Pale	Paler	Palest
Simple	Simpler	Simplest
Wise	Wiser	Wisest
White	Whiter	Whitest

By deleting the final "Y" and adding "ier" and "iest" to a Positive Degree Adjective 

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Costly	Costlier	Costliest
Dry	Drier	Driest
Easy	Easier	Easiest
Happy	Happier	Happiest
Heavy	Heavier	Heaviest
Lazy	Lazier	Laziest
Wealthy	Wealthier	Wealthiest

By doubling the final consonant if there is a vowel before the consonant

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Fat	Fatter	Fattest
Big	Bigger	Biggest
Dim	Dimmer	Dimmest
Hot	Hotter	Hottest
Thin	Thinner	Thinnest

By adding More and Most before Positive Degree Adjective

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
active	more active	most active
attractive	more attractive	most attractive
beautiful	more beautiful	most beautiful
brilliant	more brilliant	most brilliant
careful	more careful	most careful
courageous	more courageous	most courageous
cunning	more cunning	most cunning
difficult	more difficult	most difficult
famous	more famous	most famous
faithful	more faithful	most faithful
proper	more proper	most proper
popular	more popular	most popular
splendid	more splendid	most splendid

Irregular Comparative and Superlative Degree

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
bad	worse	worst
evil	worse	worst
good	better	best
ill	worse	worst
far	farther	farthest
well	better	best
late	later	latest
little	less	least
much	more	most
many	more	most
near	nearer	nearest
old	older	oldest
old	elder	eldest

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