By: Teacher Shella
Imagine the world without colors. Everything is flat, plain, forgettable, and merely passing. That’s how it is when you don’t know how to use adjectives. These are words we use to describe something. Learn to use adjectives in appropriate settings, and find out how to use them by following some rules.
Adjective Examples
She wore a pretty red dress for the company event 
She used a sharp knife in peeling those mangoes 
She received an expensive diamond ring from her boyfriend 
She is a strong bodybuilder 
My mom prepares a lot of tasty snacks 
Having a smartphone is important nowadays.
Using adjectives also means knowing how to compare things and experiences. It is true that constant comparison is not okay, but sometimes a comparison helps us in decision-making.
How can we compare the things? Now, let’s take a look at the “Degrees Of Comparison”.
- Positive Degree
- The children are angry with their parents.
- She is a beautiful girl.
- This place is a little cold
- That horror house is really dark
- She bought a cheap new car.
- The animals that they feed are so hungry.
- That ice cream cake is a little sweet.
- They have a safe trip going to the province.
- The weather today is so terrible.
- I have a strong feeling that you will do it.
- Comparative Degree
The comparative degree of an adjective shows a higher degree. We use comparative if we are to compare two objects and two persons to know their differences.
Examples of words in Comparative Degree
| -Er | More | Irregular adjective |
| Angrier | More difficult | Worse |
| Happier | More powerful | Better |
| Taller | More famous | More famous |
Superlative Degree
The superlative degree of an adjective denotes the highest degree of quality. It is used when more than two things or sets of things are compared.
| est | most | Irregular adjective |
| Oldest | Most beautiful | Worst |
| Biggest | Most attractive | best |
| Fastest | More expensive |
Sample sentences:
-est
- I am the youngest in the family.
- She has the brightest idea among her classmates.
- That is the strangest hotel in the Philippines.
- Oleksii Novikov is the strongest person in the world.
-most
1. She has the most confused face among her friends.
2. I took the most difficult entrance examination.
3. The queen is the most powerful person in England.
4. I have the most energetic student in the class.
Things to know:
- Add -est to the positive form of the adjective.
- Add more before the adjective
- Form the superlative form of a one-syllable adjective by adding -est.
- If one-syllable adjective ends with an e, just add -st for the superlative form.
- Add -est to adjectives that end in consonant-vowel-consonant and double the last consonant.
- If the two-syllable adjective ends in -y, change y to I and add -est.
- Add most to an adjective that has 3 or more syllables.
Reference: https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/adjectives/comparing-adjectives/