Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives in English

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Hi there. Welcome to Harry's World of Words and Phrases and English in a
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Minute. We're now going to look at the comparative and superlative forms of
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adjectives and adverbs. If you remember in a previous video we looked at regular
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adjectives. Tall Taller Tallest. Big Bigger Biggest. Now we're going to look
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at irregular adjectives. Let's give you some examples. Let's take the two words
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Good and Bad. Often in lessons I hear more good or more bad and that's wrong.
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It's incorrect. So let me give you the rules. Good becomes good better best. And
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bad becomes bad worse and worst. This camera is a good camera. This is a better
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camera. But that is the best camera. This camera is a bad camera. That camera is a
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worse camera. But this camera is the worst camera. So good better best. Bad
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worse and worst. These are examples of irregular adjectives. Let me give you
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another hint where there's a little bit of a difference when we're using small
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and little. So when we're using little try and use it with amounts. For example,
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little less least. I would like little milk in my coffee.
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I would like less milk in my coffee. I would like the least amount of
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milk in my coffee. But when you want to talk about size, for example, smaller
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boy then it's small smaller smallest. He is a small boy. He is smaller than his cousin.
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He is the smallest in his class. Okay, so that's all for today. And remember to
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