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Adjectives are words which modify nouns. Adjectives come in three forms: regular, comparative, and superlative. The comparative form is used to compare two nouns. The superlative form is used when comparing more than two nouns. Generally the comparative form of an adjective is formed by adding -er to the regular adjective and the superlative is formed by adding -est to the regular adjectives. With some adjectives you must use "more" for the comparative instead of adding -er and "most" for the superlative instead of adding -est.
Regular Comparative Superlative strong stronger strongest cold colder coldest heavy heavier heaviest mean meaner meanest enormous more enormous most enormous careful more careful most careful clean cleaner cleanest tasty tastier tastiest
There are some special case adjectives which have irregular forms for the comparative and superlative. One example is the adjective "bad". Its comparative form is "worse" and its superlative form is "worst".
Word Families
A word family is made up of all the words which share a common, unaltered root word. Here's an example:
head heads headed heading header
carry carrying extended family members: carried, carries, carrier