| Comparative and superlative adjectives | |||
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative | |
| One-syllable adjectives | old long | older longer | the oldest the longest |
| Adjectives ending in one vowel and one consonant | big hot | bigger hotter | the biggest the hottest |
| Adjectives ending in -y | ugly noisy | uglier noisier | the ugliest the noisiest |
| Adjectives with two or more syllables | expensive beautiful | more expensive more beautiful | the most expensive the most beautiful |
| Exceptions | ||
| good | better | the best |
| bad | worse | the worst |
| far | further / farther | the furthest / the farthest |
