Stopniowanie przymiotników
- Przymiotniki - stopniowanie
- Przymiotniki - kolejność
- Przymiotniki - konstrukcja używane do porównywania
A - Comparison with -er/-est
clean - cleaner - the cleanest
We use -er/-est with the following adjectives:
1. Adjectives with one syllable
- clean
- cold
- cool
- great
- hard
- high
- low
- neat
- new
- short
- small
- thick
- weak
adjective
- cleaner
- colder
- cooler
- greater
- harder
- higher
- lower
- neater
- newer
- shorter
- smaller
- thicker
- weaker
comparative
- cleanest
- coldest
- coolest
- greatest
- hardest
- highest
- lowest
- neatest
- newest
- shortest
- smallest
- thickest
- weakest
superlative
2. Adjectives with two syllables and the following endings:
2.1 Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y
- dirty
- easy
- happy
- pretty
adjective
- dirtier
- easier
- happier
- prettier
comparative
- dirtiest
- easiest
- happiest
- prettiest
superlative
2.2 Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -er
- clever
adjective
- cleverer
comparative
- cleverest
superlative
2.3 Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -le
- simple
adjective
- simpler
comparative
- simplest
superlative
2.4 Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -ow
- narrow
adjective
- narrower
comparative
- narrowest
superlative
Spelling of the adjectives using the endings -er/-est
- large
- big
- fat
- sad
- thin
- wet
- tidy
- busy
- dirty
- dry
- early
- easy
- empty
- funny
- heavy
- ready
- shy
- gay
- grey
- fey
adjective
- larger
- bigger
- fatter
- sadder
- thinner
- wetter
- tidier
- busier
- dirtier
- drier
- earlier
- easier
- emptier
- funnier
- heavier
- readier
- shyer
- gayer
- greyer
- feyer
comparative
- largest
- biggest
- fattest
- saddest
- thinnest
- wettest
- tidiest
- busiest
- dirtiest
- driest
- earliest
- easiest
- emptiest
- funniest
- heaviest
- readiest
- shyest
- gayest
- greyest
- feyest
superlative
- one-syllable adjective ending in -e
- double the consonant when it is after a single vowel-letter
- change -y to -i
(consonant before -y) - these are exceptions!
rule
B - Comparison with 'more' - 'most'
difficult - most difficult - (the) most difficult
C - Irregular adjectives
- good
- bad
- much
- many
- little
- little
adjective
- better
- worse
- more
- more
- less
- smaller
comparative
- best
- worst
- most
- most
- least
- smallest
superlative
D - Special adjectives
- common
adjective
- commoner / more common
comparative
- commonest / most common
