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DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Adjectives and Adverbs Positive Comparative Superlative Formation
One-syllable adjectives and adverbs old wise hot easy fast early older, elder wiser hotter easier faster earlier oldest, eldest wisest hottest easiest fastest earliest For most one-syllable adjectives and adverbs, -er and -est are added.
Two-syllable adjectives and adverbs famous slowly more famous more slowly most famous most slowly For most two- syllable adj. and adv., more and most are used.
  busy pretty busier prettier busiest prettiest -Er/-est are used with two-syllable adjectives that end in-y. The -y is changed to -i.
  clever     gentle     friendly cleverer more clever   gentler more gentle   friendlier more friendly cleverest most clever   gentlest most gentle   friendliest most friendly Some two-syllable adjectives use -er/-est or more/most:able, pleasant, angry, handsome,simple, common, quiet, narrow, sour, polite, cruel.
Adjectives and adverbs with three or more syllables important   productive   carefully more important more productive more carefully most important most productive most carefully More andmost are used with long adjectives and adverbs.  
Irregular Adjectives and Adverbs
good/well bad/badly far much/many little better worse farther/further more less best worst farthest/furthest most least

Numerals

Cardinal Numerals (how many?) Ordinal Numerals (Which?)
1,000 1,000,000 one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty twenty-one twenty-two twenty-three twenty-four twenty-five twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety a hundred a thousand a million first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh twelfth thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth twentieth twenty-first twenty-second twenty-third twenty-fourth twenty-fifth twenty-sixth twenty-seventh twenty-eighth twenty-ninth thirtieth fortieth fiftieth sixtieth seventieth eightieth ninetieth hundredth thousandth millionth
1,006 5,000 260,127 a/one hundred and forty four hundred a/one thousand and six five thousand two hundred and sixty thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven
Dates March 10, 1998 ¾ the tenth of March nineteen ninety-eight or March the tenth nineteen ninety-eight
Fractional Numerals Common Fractions: ¾ a half; ¾ a quarter; ¾ a/one fifth; ¾ three fifths; ¾ one and a half; ¾ three and four fifths; Decimal Fractions: 0.1 ¾ nought point one; 10.92 ¾ ten point nine two; 8.04 ¾ eight point nought four;
Percentage a kind of decimal fraction, denominator of which is always 100: 2 % ¾ 2 per cent ¾ 2 p.c. ¾ two per cent.
Roman Numerals 1 ¾I 2¾II 3 ¾III 4¾IV 5 ¾ V 6 ¾ VI 7 ¾ VII 8 ¾ VIII 9 ¾ IX 10 ¾ X 11 ¾ XI 12 ¾ XII 13 ¾ XIII 14 ¾ XIV 15 ¾ XV 16 ¾ XVI 17 ¾ XVII 18 ¾ XVIII 19 ¾ XIX 20 ¾ XX 21 ¾ XXI 30 ¾ XXX 40 ¾ XL 50 ¾ L 60 ¾ LX 70 ¾ LXX 80 ¾ LXXX 90 ¾ XC 100 ¾ C 1000 ¾ M
       

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