Comparative Adjectives

What is an adjective?

• A type of fruit

• A word that describes a noun

• A musical instrument

• A mathematical formula

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.K.5B

How do you usually form a comparative?

• By adding 'est'

• By adding 'er'

• By subtracting 'y'

• By adding 'more'

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CCSS.L.3.1G

What change occurs when an adjective ends in 'y'?

• Add 'er' directly

• Change 'y' to 'ier'

• Change 'y' to 'i' and add 'er'

• No change is needed

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CCSS.L.3.1G

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which word becomes 'better' when comparing?

• Gooder

• Well

• Good

• Best

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CCSS.L.3.1G

How do you make 'beautiful' a comparative?

• Beautifuler

• Beautifulest

• Beautifuller

• More beautiful

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CCSS.L.3.1G

What do you add to 'expensive' to make it comparative?

• More

• Expensiver

• Most

• Expensiveer

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CCSS.L.3.1G

What is the comparative form of 'cold'?

• More cold

• Coldest

• Colder

• Coldly

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Choose the correct comparative form of 'silly'.

• Sillier

• More silly

• Sillyer

• Silliest

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CCSS.L.3.1G

What is the correct comparative form of 'interesting'?

• Interestinger

• More interesting

• Interesting

• Most interesting

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Which head of the two-headed monster is 'hairier'?

• The left head

• The right head

• Both are equally hairy

• It was not determined

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G