Comparative Adjectives

With one syllable adjective (e.g. small) we add.....

• -ier

• more

• -er

With adjectives that end in y we add....

• -ier

• more

• -er

Adjectives that end in a single vowel followed by a single consonant, we add...

• -ier

• more

• -er

• double the consonant and add -er

Two or three syllable adjectives we add...

• -ier

• -er

• more

• double the consonant and add -er

What is the missing word?

The flower was beautiful, but the vase was.......

• Beautifuler

• Beautifulest

• More beautiful

What is the comparative adjective for good?

• Better

• Bad

• Gooder

What is the comparative adjective for bad

• Badder

• Baddest

• Worse

What is the superlative adjective?

Beautiful- More beautiful

• Beautifuller

• Most beautiful

• Beautifulest

What is the missing comparative adjective-

He is old, but I am ....

• Oldest

• Older

• Oldder

What is the superlative adjective-

I was happy, my dad was happier and my mum was...

• Happier

• Happiest

• More happy