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Comparatives

Superlatives

and

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Adjective

Comparative

Superlative

big

bigger

the biggest

An adjective talks about a noun . It describes it.

It talks about its size ,color , shape ,length , ---------

With comparative we talk about two.

With superlative we talk about three and their differences.

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To look at two objects /people and talk about their differences

Adjective

big

ONE

Comparative add + er on the adjective =

bigger

TWO

Superlative

Add + est

the biggest

THREE

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Two things.

A big cupcake

A bigger cupcake

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The biggest cupcake.

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Sounds of adjectives

  • Some adjectives have more than one syllable the sound of each part of the word.

  • If it has one sound we add +++ er
  • If it has MORE than one sound we don’t change the adjective but put MORE before it.

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Sounds of adjectives

Big ----- it only has one sound .biiiig

Beautiful --- it has three sounds

beauu/ti/ful -----so we put more before it

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Make up sentences

  • my house, His house, smaller, than, is.

  • is, his garden, bigger, Ann’s garden, than.

  • flowers, than, Her, beautiful, more, are , mine.

His house is smaller than my house.

Ann’s garden is bigger than his garden.

Her flowers are more beautiful than mine.

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Make up sentences

  • the, sea, is, The, ocean, larger, than.

  • taller, me , pupil, than, is, He.

  • hungry, more ,I’m ,him than.

The ocean is larger than the sea.

He is taller than me.

I’m more hungry than him.

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What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is smaller?

Jerry is smaller than Tom.

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What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is taller?

Tom is taller than Jerry.

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What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is bigger?

Shrek is bigger than Donkey.

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What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is more beautiful?

The dragon is more beautiful than the donkey.

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What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is hungrier?

Donkey is hungrier than Shrek.

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What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is stronger?

Shrek is stronger than Donkey and Cat.

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What do you think? Answer the questions.

Which car brand is more expensive?

Audi is more expensive than Ford .

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big

the biggest

slower

the slowest

interesting

more interesting

hotter

the most famous

cold

taller

the tallest

expensive

the smallest

nice

bigger

slow

the most interesting

hot

the hottest

famous

more famous

colder

the coldest

tall

more expensive

the most expensive

small

smaller

the nicest

nicer