1) 1 syllable adjectives ending in ( ER, EST) tall cheap small green high big poor tough wise 2) 2 syllable adjectives ending in "y, er, ow" (ER, EST) angry busy easy happy pretty clever narrow hollow slender yellow shallow tender 3) 2 syllable adjectives ending in "al, ant, ent, ish, ive, ic, ous, ful, less" (MORE, MOST) active careless eager famous foolish formal modern private recent secure tragic useful 4) Multisyllabic adjectives (MORE, THE MOST) comfortable curious dangerous intelligent expensive succcessful . Spelling rules: 1. Adjectives ending in: vowel + consonant + ER, EST > double consonant (big, bigger, the biggest) fat hot red sad thin wet 2. Adjectives ending in: "e" + ER, EST > "e" before the suffix is omitted (blue, bluer, the bluest) brave close pale rude simple wide 3. Adjectives ending in: consonant + "y" + ER, EST > "y" sifts for "i" (busy, busier, the busiest) dry happy___ shy sleepy__ lucky scary * If before "y" there is a vowel, "y" doesn't change: gray, grayer, the grayest. TEST Degrees of Comparison sad foolish expensive poor simple gray shy hollow intelligent careless wet lucky cheap tender happy dangerous