Irregular Adjectives (good, better, the best)

Irregular Adjectives (comparative, superlative)

The regular way to make comparative/superlative adjectives is to add -er/-est or to use more/most. A small number of adjectives, however, are irregular and some of these can be regular or irregular. The most important ones are listed here:

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative		Example
good	better	the best	irregular	Tara is the best athlete in the school.
well (healthy)	better	the best	irregular	He is still in hospital, but he is better than he was last week.
bad	worse	the worst	irregular	You are the worst driver I have ever known.
far	further	the furthest	irregular	My house is the furthest one.
far	farther	the farthest	regular	My house is the farther one.
old (people in a family)	elder	the eldest	irregular	Ram is my elder brother.
old (general use)	older	the oldest	regular	Your teacher is older than my teacher.