English · Chapter 8 · Lesson 8 · Grammar primer
Comparatives and superlatives
How English compares things - bigger, the biggest, more careful, the most careful - the syllable rules and the common irregulars (good, better, best).
The short version
Count the syllables, then pick one ending
One-syllable adjectives add -er and -est, and two-syllable ones ending in -y swap the y for i. Longer adjectives take more and most instead. Never use both at once: more bigger and the most tallest are wrong, and so is more better, because better is already a comparative.
My brother is taller than me.
That's the gist. The full article goes deeper - more examples, the edge cases, the why - and the practice below scores like a vocabulary session and earns the same XP.
Read the full article · 5 min readPractice
Practise this lesson
24-question session
One question at a time, mixed across the exercises in this lesson. Miss one and it comes back round before the end.
English · Free printables
Worksheets for this lesson
Worksheets with answer keys built in. Open any one to view, print or save.
Free for members
The printable worksheets, infographics and PDFs are free with an account. Start a free week and download as many as you like.
Start your free weekLesson 8 of 24 in this chapter