big bigger biggest

One-syllable adjectives

Form the comparative and superlative forms of a one-syllable adjective by

adding –er for the comparative form and –est for the superlative.

One-Syllable Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form

fast faster fastest

cold colder coldest

My motorbike is faster than your car.

My motorbike is the fastest in this city.

Kars is colder than Antalya.

Kars is the coldest city in winter.

If the one-syllable adjective ends with a single consonant with a vowel before it, double the consonant and add –er for the comparative form; and double theconsonant and add –est for the superlative form.

One-Syllable Adjective Ending with a Single Comparative Form Superlative Form

Consonant with a Single Vowel before It

big bigger biggest

thin thinner thinnest

fat fatter fattest

Her cat is bigger than my cat.

Her cat is the biggest of all the cats in the neighborhood.

Emine is thinner than Selma.

İrem is the thinnest student in the class.

My sister is fatter than your sister.

Nuriye is the fattest person in my family.

Two-syllable adjectivesWith most two-syllable or more adjectives, you form the comparative with more

and the superlative with most.

Two-Syllable Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form

famous more famous most famous

intelligent more intelligent most intelligent

.Barış Manço was more famous than Berkant Akgürgen.

.Tarkan is the most famous singer in Turkey.

.İbrahim is more intelligent than Selim.

.Fikret is the most intelligent student in my class.

If the two-syllable adjectives ends with –y, change the y to i and add –er for thecomparative form. For the superlative form change the y to i and add –est.

Two-Syllable Adjective Ending with -y Comparative Form Superlative Form

angry angrier angriest

busy busier busiest

Selami is angrier than Sezai.

Selami is the angriest man in my family.

Eyüp is busier than Erdal.

Eyüp is the busiest person I have ever met.

Irregular adjectivesIrregular Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form

Good better best

bad worse worst

far farther farthest

little less least

many more most

* Turkish food is better than Chinese food.

* She was the best English speaker in the class.

* Your grade is worse than mine.

* Pluto is the furthest world from the Sun

SELİM BAĞ

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER