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Forms of Adjectives

Positive Adjectives

Positive adjectives describe without making a comparison.

  A mastiff is a massive dog.

Comparative Adjectives

Comparative adjectives compare two people, places, things, or ideas.

  Maltese are smaller than pugs.

  (Comparative adjectives often end in er.)

  Rottweilers are more muscular than golden retrievers.

  (The word more is used before some adjectives with two or more syllables.)