Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Student Lesson

Directions: Read and review each slide and answer the questions that follow.

Multiple Choice

Which are the positive adjectives listed in the sentence:

There is a beautiful and small cottage in the forest.

• beautiful, forest

• small, cottage

• beautiful, cottage

• beautiful, small

Multiple Choice

Identify the descriptive adjectives in the sentences. (Which are the positive adjectives.)

Mac is a very strong and brave boy in his village. He is one of the most popular young boy among the girls in his school too.

• strong, brave

• strong, brave, popular

• strong, brave, popular, boy

• strong, brave, popular, young

Multiple Choice

Comparative adjectives compare how many persons, objects, thing, or ideas?

• 3

• more than 2

• 2

• 8

Multiple Choice

What do we usually add when we want to make a comparative adjective using a one syllable word?

• Add ED at the end of the adjective.

• Add ING at the end of the adjective.

• Add EZ at the end of the adjective.

• Add ER at the end of the adjective.

Multiple Choice

Select the correct word to make this sentence correct:

Pencil B is ...... than pencil A.

• longer

• shorter

• more long

Multiple Choice

Select the correct comparative adjective to complete the sentence:

Tim is ...... than Brad and Paul .

• younger

• youngerer

• more young

Multiple Select

Check all the adjectives that will follow the double letter rule when forming a comparative adjective.

• tall

• hot

• clean

• flat

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that correctly follows the double letter when comparing:

• Kathy is sillier than Mary.

• She was sadder today than yesterday.

• My horse is quicker than my sister's horse.

Multiple Choice

In two-syllable adjectives that end in -y, change the ____ and add ______ to form the comparative.

• "i to a "y", "er"

• "y" to an "i" ,"est"

• "more" to a "most"

• "y" to an "i", "er"

Multiple Select

Select all the words that follow the ONE SYLLABLE comparative adjective rule:

That means the base word was one syllable before adding the -er

• prettier

• meaner

• uglier

• taller

• sweeter

Multiple Choice

Select the correct comparative form of the adjective in the parentheses.

His mom is (busy) than my dad.

• more busy

• most busy

• busier

• busiest

Multiple Choice

Complete this rule:

Adjectives with more than two syllables form the comparative by using the word:

• "most"

• "more"

• "er"

• "est"

Multiple Choice

The comparative form of the adjective interesting is:

• the more interesting

• interestinger

• more interesting

Multiple Choice

Complete this statement:

I use superlative adjectives for comparing _____________.

• two places, animals, person or things

• three or more places, animals, person or things .

Multiple Choice

For making a one syllable adjective superlative you need to add _____________.

• est

• er

Multiple Choice

Tom is the ________person in the gym

• Weakest

• Weak

• Weak than

Multiple Select

Select all sentences that would need a superlative form of the adjective in red.

HINT: 2 ANSWERS

• Mary is the sweet of all her sisters.

• Stephen is tall than his brother, Joe.

• Of all the cars on the road, my Corvette is the fast.

• Alex has grown tall than his brother.

Multiple Choice

Select the correct

My cat is the (fat) cat in the neighborhood!

• the fatter

• the fat

• the fattest

• the fittest

Multiple Choice

Select the correct superlative form of the adjective, happy.

That clown was the ___________________ by far in the circus.

• happyiest

• happyer

• happiest

• happier

Multiple Choice

Select the correct word to complete the sentence: Elephants are the __________ land animals in the world.

• heaviest

• the heavyest

• the heaviest

Multiple Choice

Select the correct word to complete the sentence:

That was the __________________ car ride ever!

• bumpy

• bumpiest

• bumpyiest

• bumpier

Multiple Choice

Emma always gets 100 marks in exams. She is _________ student in her class.

BE CAREFUL AND READ CAREFULLY!!!!!!

• more hard-working than

• hard-working

• the most hard-working

• the hard-workingest

Multiple Choice

My mother is the ________ (important) person in my life.

• most important

• the more imporant

• the most imporant

Multiple Choice

Select the correct irregular adjective:

The comparative form of “good” is:

(USE THE CHART)

• Gooder

• More good

• Better

• Best

Multiple Choice

The comparative form of “much” is:

• mucher

• most

• more

• morer

Multiple Select

Identify all irregular comparative / superlative adjectives.

• Further

• Worse

• cleaner

• Better

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct irregular adjective:

The weather is _______ today than last week. It’s so cold!

• Worse

• The worst

• Bad