Degrees of Adjectives with their Rules

We’re going to learn about something cool called degrees of adjectives. Imagine you have a word like “big.” With degrees of adjectives, you can make it even more interesting. You can say “bigger” when something is a bit larger, and “biggest” when it’s the largest! It’s like adding superpowers to your words. So, let’s dive in and discover how these special words work to make your English conversations and stories more exciting!

What is Adjective?

Adjectives are ‘describing words’. They help describe nouns.

Examples:

Mr. Wendon drives a long car.

Tom’s room is clean.

Your pillow is soft.

Joseph’s baby is cute.

• We use comparative adjectives when we compare two nouns. Comparative adjectives end in ‘er‘. We use the word than with comparative adjectives.

Examples:

Mr. Wendon drives a longer car than Mr. Thompson.

Tom’s room is cleaner than Jim’s.

Your pillow is softer than mine.

Joseph’s baby is cuter than Sam’s.

• We use superlative adjectives when we compare more than two nouns. Superlative adjectives end in ‘est‘.

Examples:

Mr. Wendon drives the longest car in the family.

Tom’s room is the cleanest in the house.

Your pillow is the softest.

Joseph’s baby is the cutest.

There are some comparative and superlative adjectives that do not end in ‘er‘ and ‘est‘. Instead, when they transform into comparative and superlative forms their spellings change into another word. Such adjectives are called irregular adjectives. There are very few irregular adjectives in the English language.

Examples:

Irregular Adjective	Comparative Adjectives	Superlative Adjective
Good	Better	Best
Bad	Worse	Worst

There are some adjective that do not change into comparative or superlative form at all. For such adjective we have to use the words “more” and “most” to show their comparative and superlative degrees.

Example:

Adjective	Comparative Adjective	Superlative Adjective
Beautiful	More beautiful	Most beautiful
Dangerous	More dangerous	Most dangerous
Worried	More worried	Most worried
Careful	More careful	Most careful
Boring	More boring	Most boring
Difficult	More difficult	Most difficult
Important	More important	Most important
Delicious	More delicious	Most delicious
Powerful	More powerful	Most powerful

Use in sentences:

• Katherine Hepburn was the most graceful actress in Hollywood.
• The road to the lake is more dangerous than the road to the hill.
• Ronnie makes the most delicious cupcakes in town.

Read More

• Order of Adjectives
• Types of Adjectives
• Examples of Adjectives
• Types of Adverb
• Comparative and Superlative Worksheets