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Spelling Rules for Comparative & Superlative Adjectives

May 31, 2018

At ESL Library, we think spelling is swell! We’ve recently completed a blog post, grammar resource, and grammar lesson on spelling rules for adding -ed to regular past verbs. The rules for adding -er to form comparative adjectives and -est for superlative adjectives are quite similar to the rules for adding -ed to regular past verbs.

If your students aren’t familiar with the form and function of these adjectives, review our posts on comparative adjectives and superlative adjectives before presenting the spelling rules below. You can also check out the related materials at the end of this post for further examples and practice.

Spelling Rules for Comparative Adjectives

Spelling Rules for Comparative Adjectives chart

Comparative Adjectives – Grammar & Usage Resources

Examples

  1. The hotel room is larger than my bedroom at home.
  2. An elephant is bigger than a horse.
  3. Today’s test was easier than last week’s.
  4. My new pillow is softer than my old one.

Spelling Rules for Superlative Adjectives

Spelling Rules for Superlative Adjectives chart

Superlative Adjectives – Grammar & Usage Resources

Examples

  1. My painting is the largest one on the wall.
  2. He is working for the biggest company in the city.
  3. That was the easiest test I’ve ever taken.
  4. This puppy is the softest one in the litter.

Practice

Have students write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives below.

Example: big = bigger, biggest

Adjectives

  1. hot
  2. loud
  3. close
  4. thin
  5. noisy
  6. quiet
  7. safe
  8. funny
  9. wet
  10. high

Answers

  1. hotter, hottest
  2. louder, loudest
  3. closer, closest
  4. thinner, thinnest
  5. noisier, noisiest
  6. quieter, quietest
  7. safer, safest
  8. funnier, funniest
  9. wetter, wettest
  10. higher, highest

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Comments (2)

Bijan (Guest)

Hi,
Thank you Tanya,

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sadiq (Guest)

How can I change this sentence to passive' she killed herself'?

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