Posts Tagged ‘comparative adjectives’

More and most with short adjectives

December 30th, 2011 in Improve English

Sometimes more and most are used with adjectives that usually take –er and –est. This usually happens when a comparative form is not followed immediately by than. Forms with –er are also possible in most of these situations.

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Adjectives with unusual properties

October 27th, 2011 in English Grammar

Certain comparative adjectives borrowed from Latin have no positive or superlative degree forms. All of these adjectives end in –or. They are 12 in all. Five of them have already lost their comparative meaning and are now used as positive adjectives. These are: interior, exterior, ulterior, major and minor.

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Superlative and Comparative Adjectives Quiz 2

February 1st, 2010 in English Quiz

Supply the proper form of the adjective given in the brackets.

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