The Adjective

Degrees of Comparison

Ступені порівняння прикметників

Двоскладові та багатоскладові прикметники

Порівняння прикметників

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
one syllable	big tall fast nice hot	bigger taller faster nicer hotter	the biggest the tallest the fastest the nicest the hottest
Adjectives with   two syllables ending in -y, -er, -ow, -le and with the stress on the last syllable	hap5py clever simple narrow	happier cleverer simpler narrower	the happiest the cleverest the simplest the narrowest
adjectives of two, three or more syllables	famous successful interesting	more famous more successful more interesting	the most famous the most successful the most interesting
Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms	good bad little many/much old late far	better worse  less more older/elder later/latter  father/further	the best the worst the least the most the oldest/eldest the latest/ last (the) farthest/furthest

Late:  later - latest (refers to time)           I haven't heard the latest news.

           latter - last (refers to position)      Ours is the last house in the street.

Old:  elder - eldest (for people only in the same family)

          older - oldest (for people and things)  

                             My father is the eldest in our family.

                            I get on well with my elder sister.

         Elder is not used with than following. We use older instead:

                           I am five years older than my brother.

Far: farther/farthest and further/furthest (about distances)

         further / furthest (additional)

                       You live father than I thought.

                       I must have a reply without further delay.

                      Turkey is the farthest/furthest I've ever been.