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The following chart shows two ways in which adjectives
and adverbs form the comparative and superlative degrees.
You can compare any person, place, thing, or idea to another
one, or to a group of people, places, things, or ideas.

Adjectives Adverbs
The Positive Degree

Quality Quality
Modify one noun Modify one Verb
a big/good/bad writes fast/well
hamburger

walks quietly
a helpful sign

The Comparative Degree

Greater Amount of Quality Greater Amount of Quality
Compare two Compare two
Add -er to the adjective Add -er to the adverb
(or use an irregular form) (or use an irregular form):
before the noun:
writes faster/better
a bigger/better/worse
hamburger
Place more
before the adverb:
Place more before the
adjective before the noun: walks more quietly
a more helpful sign

The Superlative Degree

Greatest Amount of Quality Greatest Amount of Quality
Compare more than two Compare more than two
Add -est to the adjective Add -est to the adverb
(or use an irregular form) (or use an irregular form):
before the noun:
writes fastest/best
the biggest/best/worst
hamburger
Place most before the adverb:
Place most before the
adjective before the noun: walks most quietly
the most helpful sign

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