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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives. By Cheryl Hamilton 5 th Grade. Comparative Adjectives. Comparative adjectives are used to compare two people, places, things, or groups. Add er to most short adjectives to make their comparative forms. Use more with longer adjectives.

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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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  1. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives By Cheryl Hamilton 5th Grade

  2. Comparative Adjectives • Comparative adjectives are used to compare two people, places, things, or groups. • Add erto most short adjectives to make their comparative forms. • Use more with longer adjectives.

  3. Superlative Adjectives • Superlative adjectives are used to compare three or more people, places, things, or groups. • Add estto most short adjectives to make their superlative forms. • Use most longer adjectives.

  4. Examples • Adjective Comparative Superlative • great greater greatest • enormous more enormous most enormous

  5. Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms • Good and bad example • good better best • bad worse worst

  6. Rule • Never use more or most with erand est. • No: more sillier, most ancientest • Yes: sillier, most ancient

  7. Comparative Adjective Example • Colin is faster than Christian. • Faster is the adjective comparing Colin and Christian.

  8. Comparative Adjective Example • Which one is the younger sister? • Younger is the adjective comparing the two sisters.

  9. Superlative Adjective Example • They are the cutest class in the school. • Cutest is the adjecitve comparing all the classes in the school.

  10. Let’s Practive • http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Comparatives_Superlatives.htm

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