Comparatives and Superlatives

Comparatives and Superlatives

Multiple Choice

What is an adjective?

• Words that describes the nouns.

• Action words

Multiple Select

What is a noun?

• people

• animals

• people, places, animals and things.

A comparative adjective compares

2 nouns

and a superlative compares

• 2 or more nouns

Example: comparative

Mely is a tall girl.

The most common way is to add "er" to the adjective.

Mely is taller than Sofia.

Example: Superlative

But Maria is the tallest girl in class.

When comparing with 3 or more nouns, we add "est" to the adjective.

If the adjective ends with a single vowel follow by a single consonant letter, the consonant is doubled.

• Examples: thin-thinner-thinnest, big-bigger-biggest, fat-fatter-fattest

• except in the words: new and slow, in this case you follow the first instrucctions. slow-slower-slowest, new-newer-newest

Adjective with more than 3 syllables, we add more or most.

• examples: more expensive-most expensive, more beautiful- most beautiful, more colorful-most colorful.

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Multiple Choice

Your turn, what is the comparative of the word: short

• shorter

• shorest

Multiple Choice

What is the superlative of the word: young

• youngest

• younger

Multiple Choice

What is the superlative of the word: delicious

• more delicious

• most delicious

Multiple Choice

What is the correct adjective in this sentence: This jacket is ________of all.

• the more expensive

• the most expensive

Multiple Choice

What is the correct adjective in this sentence: Tom is _____ than Michael.

• happier

• happiest

Multiple Choice

Last one, what is the correct adjective in this sentence: Camila is the _______ in the class.

• shorter

• shortest

Multiple Choice

What is an adjective?

• Words that describes the nouns.

• Action words