Comparative vs. Superlative Adjectives

What does a Comparative Adjective do?

• Comparing 2  objects
• Comparing 3 or more objects
• Comparing things using like or as
• Comparing things NOT using like or as

What does a Superlative Adjective do?

• Compares things using like or as
• Comparing things not using like or as
• Comparing 2 objects
•  Comparing 3 or more objects

Which of the following is a correct comparative adjective pair?

• big-larger
• good-gooder
• bad-worse
• fun-funner

Which of the following are a correct superlative adjective pair?

• good-best
• bad-baddest
• terrible-terriblest
• nice-sweetest

With Comparative adjectives, if it is one syllable, which of the following suffixes is right?

• -est
• -er
• -ing
• -ly

With Superlative Adjectives, if it is one syllable, which of the following suffixes is right.

• -ing
• -er
• -est
• -ly

With Comparative Adjectives, if it has two or more syllables, which of the following prefixes is right?

• a-
• be-
• add more or least to the beginning of the word.
• add more or less to the beginning of the word

With Superlative Adjectives, if it has two or more syllables, which of the following prefixes is right?

• a-
• be-
• add more or least to the beginning of the word
• add more or less to the beginning of the word