Adjectives Scale of Difference

What is an adjective?

• Places, things, people and situations.

• An action

• Information about people, places, things or situations.

• It's the last part of the sentence, you can include time and site.

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

What is a comparative adjective?

• To describe things.

• It's used to compare two things, people, animals, etc.

• Things, animals, people, places, etc.

• It's used to compare and describe something for being the highest or lowest in a scale.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

What is a superlative adjective?

• It's used to compare and describe something for being the highest or lowest in a scale.

• What you use to compare two persons, places, things, etc.

• The person or thing discussed.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Which are comparative adjectives?

• smallest

• taller

• smarter

• longest

• bigger

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Which are superlative adjectives?

• smartest

• fastest

• prettier

• ugliest

• funnier

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Martin is ______ (fast) than Rodrigo.

Comparative adjective.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Grace is the ________ (happy) girl in the world.

Superlative adjective.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Olivia is _______ (young) than Pam.

Comparative adjective.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

They are the ________ (smart) kids in the class.

Superlative adjective

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CCSS.L.3.1G

What happens when we have a word that has more than three syllables with the comparative adjectives?

• Nothing.

• You add -iest at the end.

• You add more at the beginning.

• You add -er at the end.

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CCSS.L.3.1G