Some adjectives are compared irregularly. The comparison of the more common of these is given below. Their forms should be learned.

Positive

Comparative Superlative

bad

worse

evil

worst

ill .

many

more

much

most

far

farther

farthest

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former

first

good

better

best

well

late

later

latest

latter

last

little (quantity)

less

least

near

nearer

nearest

next

old

older

oldest

elder

eldest

Exercise 226

Tell what adjectives each word is a form of, and which form of the adjective it is. Give the full comparison of each adjective that can be compared. Use in each case the method of comparison that seems the better to you.

brightest, intelligent, much, older, sufficient, happy, earnest, best, farther, high, worst, generous, different, faultless, least, Utile, inaudible, oldest, evil.

Exercise 227. Composition

Compare two things in several particulars; for example, compare an apple and an orange, two ears of corn, two books, two studies, a squirrel and a rabbit, two homes, two trees, two kinds of chickens, two breeds of dogs or cattle.