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Title: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives


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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
  • Adjectives Used to Compare

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Comparative Adjectivesare used to compare TWO
nouns.
  • To make a one syllable adjective into
    comparative adjective, just add er.
  • EXAMPLES tall taller smart smarter
  • Mrs. Jones is tall, but Mrs. Holloway is taller.

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Superlative Adjectivesare used to compare THREE
or more nouns.
  • EXAMPLES tall tallest smart smartest
  • Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Holloway are tall, but Mrs.
  • Miller is the tallest of all the third grade
    teachers.

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Rules to Use
  • If an adjective is two syllables, and the
    second syllable is unstressed, OR ends with y,
    -le, or er,
  • just add er or est
  • EXAMPLES quiet quieter quietest
  • happy happier happiest

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Just a few more rules.
  • If the adjective is three syllables or more,
    use the word more before it to make it
    comparative and most before it to make it
    superlative.
  • EXAMPLES beautiful more beautiful most
    beautiful
  • difficult more difficult
    most difficult
  • If a two syllable adjective ends with
  • ing, -ed, -ful, and less, follow the rules
    above.
  • EXAMPLES tired more tired most tired
  • boring more boring most
    boring

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Simple Huh?
  • No, really it is simple.
  • Use your common sense.
  • Do not make words too long by adding another
    syllable.
  • Just try it.

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Fill in the Table
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
big
calm
interesting
tidy
rich
intelligent
strange
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Whats next you ask yourself?????
  • You guessed it.
  • IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES!
  • Irregular adjectives just do not follow the
    rules. They are words like good, bad, and far.
  • To make these words compare you must change the
    spelling.
  • good better best
  • bad worse worst
  • far farther
    farthest

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