Comparative and superlatives

One-syllable adjetives

Form the comparative and superlative forms of a one-syllable adjetive by adding- er for the comparative form and -est for the superlative

Se forma con el adjetivo intercalado entre la construcción "as...as" (tan...como) para frases afirmativas e interrogativas y "not as...as" o "not so...as" para las frases negativas.

• I'm as young as you / soy tan joven como tú

• am I as young as you? / ¿soy tan joven como tú?

• I'm not so young as you / no soy tan joven como tú

Podemos emplear tras el segundo 'as' el pronombre en caso nominativo o acusativo (He, his; She, her...)

• He is as young as she; He is as young as her / Él es tan joven como ella

Si se trata de una comparación entre dos verbos, podemos usar la expresión "as much as" (tanto como) también en forma negativa

• She does not work as much as she should / Ella no trabaja tanto como debería

Cuando la comparación se hace entre dos sustantivos se utiliza "as much as" para el singular y "as many as" para el plural.

• I have as much work as my boss / Tengo tanto trabajo como mi jefe
• I have as many pencils as you / Tengo tantos lápices como tú

Si estamos comparando dos sustantivos contables (libros, coches, casas...) utilizaremos "as many... as", pero si estamos comparando dos sustantivos incontables (madera, tiempo, música...) usaremos la construcción "as much...as".

• We have as many books as them / Tenemos tantos libros como ellos
• We have as much space as them / Tenemos tanto espacio como ellos

For most adjectives with two or more syllables, the comparative is formed by adding the word "more," and you form the superlative by adding the word "most", for example: colorful, more colorful, most colorful.

Some comparative and superlative adjectives are irregular, including some very common ones such as good/better/best and bad/worse/worst.

Case	Adjective	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
1-syllable adjectivesending in "e"	close	closer	closest
	huge	huger	hugest
	large	larger	larger
	strange	stranger	strangest
	wise	wiser	wisest
1-syllable adjectivesending in a consonant with a single vowel preceding it	big	bigger	biggest
	fat	fatter	fattest
	red	redder	reddest
	sad	sadder	saddest
	thin	thinner	thinnest
1-syllable adjectivesending in "y"	dry	drier	driest
	spry	sprier/spryer	spriest/spryest
	wry	wrier/wryer	wriest/wryest
1-syllable adjectives,other cases	fast	faster	fastest
	great	greater	greatest
	quick	quicker	quickest
	short	shorter	shortest
	tall	taller	tallest
2-syllable adjectivesending in "e"	fickle	fickler	ficklest
	handsome	handsomer	handsomest
	polite	politer	politest
2-syllable adjectivesending in "y"	bumpy	bumpier	bumpiest
	heavy	heavier	heaviest
	icy	icier	iciest
	shiny	shinier	shiniest
	tiny	tinier	tiniest
2-syllable adjectivesending in "le", or "ow"	able	abler	ablest
	gentle	gentler	gentlest
	hollow	hollower	hollowest
	narrow	narrower	narrowest
	shallow	shallower	shallowest
	simple	simpler	simplest
2 or more syllable adjectives,other cases	beautiful	more beautiful	most beautiful
	colorful	more colorful	most colorful
	complete	more complete	most complete
	delicious	more delicious	most delicious
	generous	more generous	most generous
	important	more important	most important
Irregular and confusing adjectives	bad	worse	worst
	far (place)	farther	farthest
	far (place or time)	further	furthest
	good	better	best
	late (time)	later	latest
	late (order)	latter	last
	little (size)	littler	littlest
	little (amount)	less	least
	many/much/some	more	most
	old (people or things)	older	oldest
	old (people)	elder	eldest