Comparative and Superlative Chart
|             | POSITIVE | COMPARATIVE | SUPERLATIVE | 
| RULE:  Single syllable adjectives are added by ‘er’ & ‘est’. | high | higher | highest | 
| tall | taller | tallest | |
| bold | bolder | boldest | |
| kind
   | kinder | kindest | |
| hard | harder | hardest | |
| sweet | sweeter | sweetest | |
| small | smaller | smallest | |
| clever | cleverer | cleverest | |
| young | younger | youngest | |
| great | greater | greatest | |
| thick | thicker | thickest | |
|  | positive | comparative | superlative | 
| RULE :  The adjectives,  end with  ‘e’, are simply added by  ‘r’ &  ‘st’ | brave | braver | bravest | 
| sure | surer | surest | |
| able | abler | ablest | |
| fine | finer | finest | |
| wise | wiser | wisest | |
| white | whiter | whitest | |
| large | larger | largest | |
| noble | nobler | noblest | |
| dense | denser | densest | |
| pure | purer | purest | |
| rare | rarer | rarest | |
| RULE : When an
  adjective ends with a  ‘consonant’,
  preceded by a ‘vowel’, the consonant must be doubled and then write ‘er’ & ‘est’ | hot | hotter | hottest | 
| slim | slimmer | slimmest | |
| fat | fatter | fattest | |
| thin | thinner | thinnest | |
| sad
   | sadder | saddest | |
| big | bigger | biggest | |
| RULE :  When an adjective ends with ‘y’ preceded by a ‘consonant’ ‘y’ is replaced by ‘ier’ 
  &  ‘iest’ | easy | easier | easiest | 
| holy | holier | holiest | |
| happy | happier | happiest | |
| merry | merrier | merriest | |
| wealthy | wealthier | wealthiest | |
| heavy | heavier | heaviest | |
| worthy | worthier | worthiest | |
| silly | sillier | silliest | |
| lovely | lovelier | loveliest | |
| jolly | jollier | Jolliest | |
| dry | drier | driest | |
| Some
  exceptions to the above | gay | gayer | gayest | 
| gray | grayer | grayest | |
| RULE : The
  adjectives of two or more syllables must be preceded by ‘MORE’ & ‘MOST’ | beautiful | more
  beautiful | most
  beautiful | 
| difficult | more
  difficult | most
  difficult | |
| handsome | more
  handsome | most
  handsome | |
| famous | more
  famous | most
  famous | |
| learned | more
  learned | most
  learned | |
| proper | more
  proper | most
  proper | |
| popular | more
  popular | most
  popular | |
| sincere | more
  sincere | most
  sincere | |
| diplomatic | more
  diplomatic | most
  diplomatic | |
| fruitful | more
  fruitful | most
  fruitful | |
| intelligent | more
  intelligent | most
  intelligent | |
| ideal | more
  ideal | most
  ideal | |
| modest | more
  modest | most
  modest | |
| honest | more
  honest | most
  honest | 
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| Comparative and Superlative Chart | 
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