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Adjectives Notes-3 (Level-6)

Adjectives-Study Notes-3

Exceptions and irregular adjectives

Adjective ending in ‘y’ with vowel before the last ‘y’: Just add ‘er’ and ‘est’.

Positive	Comparative (add ‘er’)	Superlative (add ‘est’)
Gay	gay + er = gayer	gay + est = gayest
Grey	grey + er = greyer	grey + est = greyest

Positive degree	Comparative degree	Superlative degree
Good	better	best
Little	less, lesser	least
Bad	worse	worst
Old	older	oldest (age)
Old	elder	eldest (age of siblings)
Far	farther	farthest (distance)
Far	further	furthest (position)
Late	later	latest (time)
___	latter	last (position)
Many	more	most
Much	more	most

Uses of old – elder – eldest and old – older – oldest

Elder and eldest are used with same family members and we do not use than when we use the comparative degree ‘elder.

Example:

Mona’s elder sister plays the guitar. (no than)

Their eldest brother is a good hockey player.

To discuss the age of the siblings older and oldest will be used

Example:

Mona’s brother is older than her.

(showing age; so, than is used)

Oldest × youngest (for people)

Oldest × newest (for things)

Thus it can be used for both people and things.

Example:

Sachin is one of the oldest members of the Indian team. (person)

Taj Mahal is one of the oldest monuments in India. (thing)

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