Irregular Comparatives Exercises

Most adjectives follow clear rules for comparatives: add -er or use "more." However, a small group of very common adjectives have irregular comparative forms that must be learnt by heart. The five most important are: good → better, bad → worse, far → further (or farther), much/many → more, and little → less. These words change completely — you cannot say "more good" or "badder." Because these adjectives are used so often in everyday English, learning their irregular forms is essential.

The same irregular forms apply to superlatives: good → the best, bad → the worst, far → the furthest. Watch out for "further" and "farther": both mean a greater distance, but "further" also means "additional" — "Do you have any further questions?" (additional questions). "Less" is used with uncountable nouns ("less water") and "fewer" with countable nouns ("fewer people"), though many native speakers use "less" for both in informal speech. These irregular forms appear in every level of Cambridge examination from A2 Key to C1 Advanced.