1. Positive, Comparative, and Superlative Forms of Adjectives
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2. Positive Form
The positive form describes a noun or pronoun w/out comparing it to anyone or anything else.
Ex.=Fast, sweet, smart, bright, tall.
The fast car sped away.

3. Comparative Form
The comparative form of an adjective compares two persons, places, things, or ideas. (add-er)
Faster, sweeter, smarter, brighter, taller.
Mr. Samford’s car is faster than a speeding bullet.

4. Superlative Form
The superlative form compares three or more persons, places, things, or ideas.
Fastest, sweetest, smartest, brightest, tallest.
Mr. Samford’s car is the fastest in the race.
Help: Place the word “the” in front of the adjective for the superlative form.
The fastest, the sweetest, etc.

5. Irregular Forms?
Some adjectives use different words to express comparison.
Good, better, best.
Bad, worse, worst.
Good for enrichment exercises.

6. Two-Syllable Adjective Forms
For enrichment.
Some two-syllable adjectives show comparisons by er/est suffixes, or by modifiers such as more or most.
Ex.= lazy, lazier, laziest.
lazy, more lazy, most lazy.

7. Three or More Syllable Adjective Forms
Adjectives that have three or more syllables usually require the words, more/most or less/least.
Ex.= difficult, more difficult, most difficult, less difficult, least difficult.

8. Back to Positive, Comparative, and Superlative Forms of Adjectives
How will “I” remember these simple rules?
Well, it’s as easy as 1,2,3
Positive= 1 The adjective describes a noun (1) or pronoun w/out any comparison.
Comparative= 2 The adjective ends in “er” (2) so, two nouns or pronouns are compared.
Superlative= 3 The adjective ends in “est” (3) so, three or more persons, places, or ideas are compared.

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