big
bigger
biggest
One-syllable adjectives
Form the comparative and superlative forms of a one-syllable adjective by
adding –er for the comparative form and –est for the superlative.
One-Syllable Adjective
Comparative Form
Superlative Form
 fast
faster
fastest
 cold
colder
coldest

My motorbike is faster than your car.

My motorbike is the fastest in this city.

Kars is colder than Antalya.

Kars is the coldest city in winter.
If the one-syllable adjective ends with a single consonant with a vowel before it,
double the consonant and add –er for the comparative form; and double the
consonant and add –est for the superlative form.
Comparative Form
Superlative Form
big
bigger
biggest
thin
thinner
thinnest
fat
fatter
fattest
One-Syllable Adjective Ending with a Single
Consonant with a Single Vowel before It
 Her cat is bigger than my cat.
 Her cat is the biggest of all the cats in the neighborhood.
 Emine is thinner than Selma.
 İrem is the thinnest student in the class.
 My sister is fatter than your sister.
 Nuriye is the fattest person in my family.
Two-syllable
adjectives
With most two-syllable or more adjectives, you form the comparative with more
and the superlative with most.
Two-Syllable Adjective
Comparative Form
Superlative Form
famous
intelligent
more famous
more intelligent
most famous
most intelligent
.Barış Manço was more famous than Berkant Akgürgen.
.Tarkan is the most famous singer in Turkey.
.İbrahim is more intelligent than Selim.
.Fikret is the most intelligent student in my class.
If the two-syllable adjectives ends with –y, change the y to i and add –er for the
comparative form. For the superlative form change the y to i and add –est.
Two-Syllable Adjective Ending with -y
Comparative Form
Superlative Form
 angry
angrier
angriest
 busy
busier
busiest
 Selami is angrier than Sezai.
 Selami is the angriest man in my family.
 Eyüp is busier than Erdal.
 Eyüp is the busiest person I have ever met.
Irregular adjectives
Irregular Adjective
 Good
Comparative Form
better
Superlative Form
best
 bad
worse
worst
 far
farther
farthest
 little
less
least
 many
more
most
* Turkish food is better than Chinese food.
* She was the best English speaker in the class.
* Your grade is worse than mine.
* Pluto is the furthest world from the Sun
SELİM BAĞ
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER