ingilizce dersler ve testler: Unit 13 / Superlative Forms of Shorter Adjectives

Unit 13 / Superlative Forms of Shorter Adjectives

Longer Adjectives	Shorter Adjectives	Usage and Formation	Exercises
Superlative Forms of Shorter Adjectives
Formation		Adjectives	Superlatives
one-syllable adjectives - add -est at the end		clean cold great hard low new small weak	the cleanest the coldest the greatest the hardest the lowest the newest the smallest the weakest
many one-syllable adjectives end with a single consonant after a single vowel - double the last consonant		big fat sad thin wet	the biggest the fattest the saddest the thinnest the wettest
many one-syllable adjectives end with -e - add -st at the end		fine large late nice safe	the finest the largest the latest the nicest the safest
many one-syllable adjectives end with -y with a consonant -y is replaced by -i		busy dirty early heavy ready	the busiest the dirtiest the earliest the heaviest the readiest
irregular superlative forms - learn by heart :)		good bad far old	the best the worst the farthest or the furthest the oldest or the eldest