Question

1. Words of one syllable and words of two syllables with -y, -ow, or -er at the end

tall	taller	the tallest
pretty	prettier	the prettiest

2. Words of two or more syllables

intelligent

more intelligent

the most intelligent

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Comparison of two things

John is		taller		than	Tom.
John is	the	taller		of	the two boys.
John has	a	bigger	car	than	he.
John has		bigger	hands	than	Tom.

John is		more intelligent		than	Tom.
John is	the	more intelligent		of	the two boys.
John has	a	more important	job	than	he.
John has		more important	friends	than	Tom.

Spelling the comparative and superlative forms

	short	shorter	shortest
final -e	wise	wiser	wisest
final -y	funny	funnier	funniest
one vowel + one final consonant	fat	fatter	fattest

Words with irregular comparatives and superlatives

bad	worse	worst
far	farther further	farthest furthest
good	better	best
little	less	least
much many	more	most

Comparisons with as ... as

Mr. Wilson has

as much money as

Mr. Johnson.

The words same and different with nouns

Your new spring coat is	the same	color	as	mine
Your new spring coat is	a different	color	from	mine

The expression one of with the superlative

Paris is

one of

the prettiest

cities

in the world.

General comparisons

Your new table is

the same like similar different

as to from

my table. mine. my table. mine.

Your new table and

my table mine my table yours

are

the same. alike. similar. different.