{"id":6880,"date":"2021-04-26T09:12:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T09:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/?p=6880"},"modified":"2021-04-25T19:15:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T19:15:31","slug":"irregular-adjectives-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/irregular-adjectives-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Irregular adjectives in English"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irregular adjectives in English<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Some adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms.\u00a0We call these \u201cirregular adjectives\u201d and we should learn them if we haven’t already.<\/p>\n

There are no specific rules for these verbs<\/strong>\u00a0, so you have to memorize them.\u00a0Fortunately, there are very few, and we usually only use two of them.<\/p>\n

In this article we will try to clear your path of brush so that you can easily understand \u201cirregular adjectives in English\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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POSITIVE<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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COMPARATIVE<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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SUPERLATIVE<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

little (amount, not size)<\/td>\nless<\/td>\nleast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
good, well<\/td>\nbetter<\/td>\nbest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bad, ill<\/td>\nworse<\/td>\nworst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
far<\/td>\nfarther<\/td>\nfarthest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
many, much<\/td>\nmore<\/td>\nmost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Little or few?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We use the irregular adjectives<\/strong> little, less, and least (poco y menos) with things that cannot be counted. We use few, fewer, and fewest (pocas, menos y menos) with the things that can be counted.<\/p>\n

You cannot count:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • \u00a0<\/strong>My brother has less desire to study because he is older.\u00a0<\/em>(Mi hermano tiene menos ganas de estudiar\u00a0 porque ya es mayor).<\/li>\n
  • My mother has less desire to go out than to watch televisi\u00f3n.\u00a0<\/em>(Mi madre tiene menos ganas de salir que de ver la televisi\u00f3n).<\/li>\n
  • The light has less force in this room.\u00a0<\/em>(La luz tiene menos fuerza en esta habitaci\u00f3n).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong>It can be counted<\/strong>\u00a0:<\/h2>\n
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    • \u00a0<\/strong>My mother has fewer steaks than my father.\u00a0<\/em>(Mi madre tiene menos filetes que mi padre).<\/li>\n
    • Does the cinema have fewer people than soccer?\u00a0<\/em>(\u00bfEl cine tiene menos personas que el f\u00fatbol?)<\/li>\n
    • Much or Many? (\u00bfMucho o muchos?).<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      We use the irregular adjective much (a lot) with things that cannot be counted, and we use many (many) for things that can be counted.<\/p>\n

      You cannot count:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      • There is not much time to complete this task.\u00a0<\/em>(No hay mucho tiempo para completar esta tarea)<\/li>\n
      • I do not have much time.\u00a0<\/em>(No tengo mucho tiempo).<\/li>\n
      • There was not much provision. (<\/em>No hubo mucha disposici\u00f3n.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        You can count:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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        • We still have many assignments to complete.<\/em>(Todav\u00eda tenemos muchas asignaciones por completar).<\/li>\n
        • Many investors still purchase stock. (<\/em>Muchos inversores todav\u00eda compran acciones.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Avoid double comparisons<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • NO: The speed skater was\u00a0more faster<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0than the ice skater.<\/li>\n
          • YES: The speed skater was\u00a0faster<\/strong>\u00a0than the ice skater.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

             <\/p>\n

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            • NO: She was the\u00a0most healthiest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0person\u00a0in the gym.<\/li>\n
            • YES: She was the\u00a0healthiest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0person in the gym.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

               <\/p>\n

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              • NO: Marilyn Monroe was\u00a0more prettier<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(prettier) than Tony Curtis.<\/li>\n
              • YES: Marilyn Monroe was\u00a0prettier<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(prettier) than Tony Curtis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                 <\/p>\n

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                • NO: Julio was\u00a0more better<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0than Jonah in soccer.<\/li>\n
                • YES: Julio was\u00a0better<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(better than) Jonah in soccer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                   <\/p>\n

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                  • NO: Is your garage the\u00a0messiest messiest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0on the block?<\/li>\n
                  • YES: Is your garage the\u00a0messiest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0on the block?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                    • NO: Oliver was the\u00a0most cleverest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(smartest)\u00a0essayist\u00a0of all?<\/li>\n
                    • YES: Was Oliver the\u00a0cleverest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(smartest)\u00a0essayist\u00a0of all?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                      Irregular adjectives in English Some adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms.\u00a0We call these \u201cirregular adjectives\u201d and we should learn...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2637,"featured_media":10221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8080,8092,8093,8075],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-level-a2-levels","category-level-b1-levels","category-level-b2-levels","category-learn-english","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2637"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10223,"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6880\/revisions\/10223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}