Adjectives and Adverbs

Base, Comparative, and Superlative Forms

Base Adjective Comparative

Adjective

Superlative
Adjective

One Syllable Adjectives

Base
Adverb

Comparative
Adverb

Superlative
Adverb

Two Syllable Adverbs (add ly to an adjective to make an adverb)

Example:
He is a quick
reader.

He is a quicker
reader than I.

He is the quickest
reader in the class.

He reads
quickly.

He reads more quickly

than I.

He reads the most quickly

in the class.

quick
slow
rude
neat
nice
kind
safe
soft
loud
clear
sharp
cheap

quicker than
slower than
ruder than
neater than
nicer than
kinder than
safer than
softer than
louder than
clearer than
sharper than
cheaper than

the quickest
the slowest
the rudest
the neatest
the nicest
the kindest
the safest
the softest
the loudest
the clearest
the sharpest
the cheapest

quickly
slowly
rudely
neatly
nicely
kindly
safely
softly
loudly
clearly
sharply
cheaply

more quickly than

more slowly than
more rudely than
more neatly than
more nicely than
more kindly than
more safely than
more softly than
more loudly than
more clearly than
more sharply than
more cheaply than

the most quickly

the most slowly
the most rudely
the most neatly
the most nicely
the most kindly
the most safely
the most softly
the most loudly
the most clearly
the most sharply
the most cheaply

Two Syllable Adjectives second syllable is y

Three Syllable Adverbs (change y to ily)

easy
noisy
messy
sloppy
lazy
sleepy
happy
busy

easily
noisily
messily
sloppily
lazily
sleepily
happily
busily

easier than
noisier than
messier than
sloppier than
lazier than
sleepier than
happier than
busier than

the easiest
the noisiest
the messiest
the sloppiest
the laziest
the sleepiest
the happiest
the busiest

more easily than

more noisily than
more messily than
more sloppily than
more lazily than
more sleepily than
more happily than
more busily than

Two or More Syllable Adjectives not ending in y

Three or More Syllable Adverbs

careful
careless
graceful
fluent
stubborn
honest
polite
beautiful

carefully
carelessly
gracefully
fluently
stubbornly
honestly
politely
beautifully

more careful than

more careless than
more graceful than
more fluent than
more stubborn than
more honest than
more polite than
more beautiful than

the most careful

the most careless
the most graceful
the most fluent
the most stubborn
the most honest
the most polite
the most beautiful

more carefully than

more carelessly than
more gracefully than
more fluently than
more stubbornly than
more honestly than
more politely than
more beautifully than

the most easily

the most noisily
the most messily
the most sloppily
the most lazily
the most sleepily
the most happily
the most busily

the most carefully

the most carelessly
the most gracefully
the most fluently
the most stubbornly
the most honestly
the most politely
the most beautifully

* regular adjective, but irregular in adverb form

**hardly is a frequency adverb which means barely only a little; hard is an adverb that means with a lot of effort or firm
***irregular adjective, but regular in adverb form