{"id":1324,"date":"2012-05-19T05:05:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T09:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2012-05-19T05:05:36","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T09:05:36","slug":"comparison-of-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/comparison-of-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison of Adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am tall but Mary is taller and Tom is the tallest of us all.<\/em><\/p>\n

Can you find the adjective in the sentence above? Remember, an adjective is a word that describes or tells us more about a noun or a pronoun.<\/p>\n

If you said \u201ctall\u201d<\/em> then you were correct. Tall<\/em> is the adjective in the opening sentence. You might be wondering why tall<\/em> gets some extra letters (-er<\/strong> and \u2013est<\/strong>) further along in the sentence. That is because when we make comparisons with adjectives we do so in these ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\n\n

Positive<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Comparative<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Superlative<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Group One<\/strong><\/td>\nshort<\/p>\n

smart<\/p>\n

weak<\/td>\n

shorter<\/p>\n

smarter<\/p>\n

weaker<\/td>\n

shortest<\/p>\n

smartest<\/p>\n

weakest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Group Two<\/strong><\/td>\nexpensive<\/p>\n

awkward<\/p>\n

difficult<\/td>\n

more expensive<\/p>\n

more awkward<\/p>\n

more difficult<\/td>\n

most expensive<\/p>\n

most awkward<\/p>\n

most difficult<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Group Three<\/strong><\/td>\nbad<\/p>\n

far<\/p>\n

good<\/p>\n

small\/little<\/td>\n

worse<\/p>\n

farther<\/p>\n

better<\/p>\n

smaller<\/td>\n

worst<\/p>\n

farthest<\/p>\n

best<\/p>\n

smallest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The first thing you probably noticed in the chart above was the three forms at the top \u2013 positive<\/strong>, comparative<\/strong> and superlative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n