Adjectives, Comparatives and Superlatives

What is an adjective?

• the name of something

• a doing or action word

• a describing word

What is a comparative?

• a verb

• an adjective that compares two things

• an adjective that describes one thing

What is a superlative?

• a verb like go, play, run

• an adjective that describes the highest degree of something e.g. most, longest

• an adjective that compares two things e.g. my coat is better than yours

What are syllables?

• the sound parts of a words e.g. foot-ball, com-put-er

• the meaning of a word

• an instrument

If an adjective has one syllable you can make a comparative by adding...

• er

• est

• ist

• ir

If an adjective has two syllables you can make a comparative by adding...

• er or more

• est or most

If an adjective has three syllables you can make a comparative by adding...

• more

• most

• er

• est

If a comparative adjective is irregular...

• you add more

• you add most

• you change it completely - you need to learn these

If an adjective has one syllable you can make a superlative by adding...

• er

• est

• ist

• ir

If an adjective has two syllables you can make a superlative by adding...

• er or more

• est or most