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I'm sure you have played Hangman a thousand times to improve your spelling or just for fun. Give it a go agian and learn words about the environment. What? Do you want me to explain the rules? Choose an underlined letter from the alphabet to see if it is in the hidden word. For each letter you pick that is not in the word you come one step closer to losing. Will you be able to escape the gallows?

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Spelling Rules for Comparatives and Superlatives

Adjectives ending in -L double the L before taking -er and -est: crueller, cruellest.
One-syllable adjectives ending in letter -E take only -r in the comparative and -st in the superlative, such as in nicer-nicest.
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -Y turn the Y into I and then take -er or -est such as in happier-happiest. Adjectives ending in a stressed vowel between two consonants double the final consonant and then take -er or -est: thinner,thinnest. Watch out! There is an exception: old, older, oldest.
One more thing, letters Y, W and X are never doubled.
Now drag the adjectives to the right dustbin.

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Comparatives and Superlatives Grammar 2

Adjectives of more than two syllables form the comparative with more and the superlative with most. For example: useful - more useful, most useful.
Normally, two-syllable adjectives ending in letter -Y have both options. In other words, you can say "Cindy is more friendly than Tom" or "Cindy is friendlier than Tom".
Some adjectives such as narrow, stupid, gentle, clever and some others take both options too. That is, you can say "She is the cleverest student" or "She is the most clever student".
To sum up, you can use -er and -est or more and most to form the comparative and the superlative, but only in these cases.

Comparatives and Superlatives Grammar 1

Adjectives have three forms:
- positive (small)
- comparative (smaller)
- and superlative (the smallest)

We use the comparative form plus than two compare two people or things. For example: This mobile is cheaper than the laptop but it is more expensive than the mp3 player.
We use the superlative form plus of or in to compare three or more people or things. For example: Mark is the smartest boy of all. Patty is the most beautiful girl in town.
We use in when we talk about places.
Adjectives of one or two syllables form the comparative by adding -er and the superlative by adding -est. For example: Light - lighter - lightest

Unscramble these words

Do you know the rules? Do you know how to spell comparatives and superlatives correctly? In the exercise below, you will find scrambled comparative and superlative adjectives. Put the letters in the right order. You can see the capital letter of each word to make it easier. If you can't unjumble all of them, you can check the solutions on the second page.



Scramble Comparatives Superlatives