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Comparatives & Superlatives

Bigger, biggest — short words add -er/-est. Beautiful → more beautiful, most beautiful — long words take 'more'/'most'. Avoid double markers like 'more better'.

The rule

Short adjectives (1 syllable, some 2): add -er for comparative, -est for superlative (tall→taller→tallest). Long adjectives: use more/most (beautiful→more beautiful→most beautiful). Irregular: good/better/best, bad/worse/worst.

Explained

To compare two things, English uses comparatives. To pick one out of three or more, English uses superlatives. The form depends on word length: short adjectives take -er and -est, long ones take more and most. Never combine both markers ('more better' is wrong). Master the irregular pairs and you're set.

Examples

EnglishIn Hindi
Delhi is bigger than Bengaluru.दिल्ली बेंगलुरु से बड़ी है।
Today is hotter than yesterday.आज कल से ज़्यादा गर्म है।
She is the tallest girl in our class.वो हमारी क्लास की सबसे लंबी लड़की है।
This phone is more expensive than my laptop.ये फ़ोन मेरे लैपटॉप से ज़्यादा महंगा है।
He is the most intelligent student here.वो यहाँ का सबसे होशियार छात्र है।
My biryani is better than the restaurant's.मेरी बिरयानी रेस्टोरेंट की बिरयानी से अच्छी है।
This is the worst traffic I've seen this year.ये इस साल का सबसे बुरा ट्रैफ़िक है जो मैंने देखा है।
Mumbai is more crowded than Pune.मुंबई पुणे से ज़्यादा भीड़भाड़ वाली है।
The Ganges is one of the longest rivers in India.गंगा भारत की सबसे लंबी नदियों में से एक है।
Chai tastes best when it's freshly made.चाय का स्वाद ताज़ा बनी हुई होने पर सबसे अच्छा होता है।

Common mistakes

Mumbai is more bigger than Pune.

Mumbai is bigger than Pune.

'Bigger' is already comparative — you don't add 'more' to it. That's a double-marker mistake. Use either 'more' or '-er', never both.

She is most tallest in the class.

She is the tallest in the class.

'Tallest' is already superlative. Adding 'most' and dropping 'the' is wrong. Superlatives always take 'the' before them.

He is more better than me.

He is better than me.

'Better' is an irregular comparative. 'More better' is completely wrong — use 'better' on its own.

This year's monsoon was the most worst.

This year's monsoon was the worst.

'Worst' is an irregular superlative. 'Most worst' is wrong — use 'the worst'.

Practise

1. Today is ___ than yesterday.

  1. more hot
  2. hotter
  3. more hotter
  4. hottest
Show the answer

hotter

2. This is ___ phone I have ever bought.

  1. expensive
  2. more expensive
  3. the most expensive
  4. most expensiver
Show the answer

the most expensive

3. My biryani is ___ than the restaurant's.

  1. more good
  2. more better
  3. better
  4. the best
Show the answer

better

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