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Adding -er/estWe make the comparative or superlative forms of short adjectives by adding -er or -est, for example: hard, harder, hardest
Spelling RuleJust add -er or -est to the end of the adjective, for example:
quick, quicker, quickest
great, greater, greatest
full, fuller, fullest
Exceptions(note: C=consonant; V=vowel)
If adj. ends in do thisand add Examples
C + y change y to i er
est
happyhappierhappiest
C + e remove e latelaterlatest
C + V + C double last letter
hothotterhottest
Note: adjectives ending in -l are regular, except:cruel, crueller, cruellest
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