Notes - Superlatives

The superlative is used to say what thing or person has the most of a particular quality within a group or of its kind.

1.      KLCC is the highest building in Malaysia.
2.    China has the most population in the world.
3.    He is the heaviest person in the room.

Here are the rules for choosing and forming the right form:

Add	When	Example	Forming and Exceptions
–est	Words of two syllables ending with ‘y‘	The Horror movie is the scariest movie in this year.	Change ‘y‘ to ‘i‘, and add –est to the end of the word.
most	Three syllable words or longer	The doll is the most expensive toy in the shop.	Insert most before the adjective
–est	Words of one syllable	He is the shortest boy is the boy.	·         Words ending with ‘e‘, add ‘st‘ to the end of the word (e.g., large → largest). ·         Words with one vowel and one consonant at the end, double the consonant and add –est to the end of the word (e.g., big → biggest). ·         Words with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end, add –est to the end of the word (e.g., blue → bluest).
most	Words of two syllables not ending with ‘y‘	Thian Hooi is the most clever boy in the kindergarden.	Insert most before the adjective

Exceptions (irregular forms).

Certain adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative and superlative degrees:

Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
Good	Better	Best
Bad	Worse	Worst
Little	Less	Least
Much/many/some	More	Most