Positive,Comparative and

Superlative Forms of Adjectives

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Introduction

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What is an adjective?
What is a syllable?
Syllables: further examples

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Adjective
Syllable
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Comparative
Superlative
Comparison
Summary

Adjectives
Positive form
Comparative form
Building comparative form
Superlative form
Building Superlative form

Summary
Comparison chart

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What is an adjective?
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun

adjectives

noun

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Adjective
Syllable
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Superlative
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Summary

big
fast
expensive

bus
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What is a syllable?
A syllable is the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) that
comes when words are pronounced

Typ ing

Typ
1st syllable

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ing
2nd syllable
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Syllables: examples
1. One-syllable adjectives

Cake Cheese Eat

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2. Two-syllable adjectives

Happy funny messy

3. Three-syllable adjectives

Impor tant Beautiful

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What is a positive form?

Simple adjectives that describe the noun without a
comparison.

This bus is fast.

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What is a comparative form?

Adjectives that describe the idea of more.

fast-er

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Adjective
Syllable
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Comparative
Superlative
Comparison
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My bus is fast.
But that bus is faster.
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Building a comparative form

One-syllable adjective

Bigg er

Two-syllable adjectives
ending in-ly

y
Tinier

Other two-and-three
syllable adjectives

More
important
important

Irregular adjectives
for example old

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Adjective
Syllable
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old
Elder
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What is a superlative form?

Adjectives that describe the idea of most

Fast-est

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Adjective
Syllable
Positive
Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison

This bus is fast.

That bus is faster.
But this bus is the fastest.
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Building a superlative form

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One-syllable adjectives

Bigg est

Two-syllable adjectives
ending in -ly

Tin iest
y

Other two-and-three
syllable adjectives
Irregular adjectives
for example old

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Adjective
Syllable
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Comparative
Superlative
Comparison
Summary

Most
important
important
The
old eldest
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Comparison Chart
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Positive

Sweet

Big

Comparative

Superlative

Sweeter

Sweetest

Bigg er

Bigg est

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Adjective
Syllable
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Comparative
Superlative
Comparison
Summary

Wonderful More wonderful Most wonderful

Late

Latter

Last
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