Good day my pupils/students, in this post you'll learn how to compare adjectives.First let talk about Positive comparison.
1.Positive Comparison:
This talks about an adjective describing only a noun.
e.g She is a tall girl.
He has a short ruler.
Here we consider the two terms ( tall and short) as examples of adjectives, but we make it positively.
2. Comparative Adjective:
This is were you compare one noun with other. Add 'er' to the adjective: 'than' must com after the comparative adjective.
e.g tall + er = taller . I am taller than they are.
Short + er = shorter. My skirt is shorter than yours.
3.Superlative Comparison:
This is where you compare one noun with many others. Use 'the' and add 'est' to the adjective.
e.g tall + est = the tallest Tom is the tallest among us.
Short + est = shortest. Mercy's hair is the shortest of all.
Note: Most adjectives of two or more syllables use'more' and 'most' for their comparative and superlative respectively.
e.g more difficult most difficult
more careless most careless
Most adjectives ending in a consonant add 'er' and 'est' for comparative and superlative medium.
Some adjectives ending in 'y' and 'ly' drop the 'y' for i before adding - er and est for their comparative and superlative form .
e.g Lazy Lazier Laziest
easy easier easiest
ugly uglier ugliest
Some ending in -'er' and 'est' forms unlike
Clever cleverer cleverest
Now lets look at some examples of regular comparison
Regular Comparison
Adjective Comparative Superlative
neat neater neatest
Long longer longest
High higher highest
By Adding r and st
Adjective Comparative Superlative
Simple simpler simplest
Nice nicer nicest
Large larger largest
etc....
Now lets also look at those ones with double letters.
Double Letters
Adjective Comparative Superlative
Thin thinner thinnest
Big bigger biggest
etc....
Irregular Comparison
Adjective Comparative Superlative
Much more most
Good better best
up upper uppermost
etc....
Class Activities
Complete the following adjectives with the correct forms..
Adjective Comparative Superlative
1. Fat ---------------- -----------------
2. Good ------------------ ---------------------
3. Truthful ----------------- ----------------------
4. Much ----------------- -------------------------
5.Wide ------------------ -------------------------
If you have any questions, please put them in the comments box.
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