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THE DEGREES OF THE ADJECTIVE - Coggle Diagram
THE DEGREES OF THE ADJECTIVE
Comparative adjectives
minority
add "less" before the adjective
boring-less boring
equality
put "as" adjective "as"
as young as
majority
long adjectives
add "more" before the adjective
sociable-more sociable
short adjectives
add "er" at the end of the adjective
small-smaller
double the consonant and add "er"
big-bigger
special cases
add "more" before the adjective
happy-more happy
change y to i and add "er"
easy-easier
irregular comparatives
bad-worse
far-further/farther
good-better
big differences
a lot
far
much
small differences
bit
slightly
a little
Superlative adjectives
short adjective
add "the" in front of the adjective and
add "st"
late-latest
double the consonant and add "est"
big-the biggest
add "est>"
new-the newest
special cases
put "the" before the adjective, remove "y" and add "iest"
heavy-the heaviest
add "the most" before the adjective
easy-the most easy
long adjective
add "the most" before the adjective
beautiful-the most beautiful
absolute superlative
add "very" before the adjective
fast-very fast
one of+superlative
intensifier
by far+superlative
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