Exploring Comparative Adjectives in English

The video tutorial introduces the concept of comparatives in English, explaining how adjectives are used to compare objects. It covers the rules for forming comparatives by adding 'er' and discusses irregular adjectives that do not follow these rules. The tutorial includes examples and a quiz to reinforce learning, and concludes with a special guest appearance.

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.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

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

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

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CCSS.L.3.1G