Comparative and superlative

forms of adjectives
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What is an adjective? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Adjective is a word which describes a noun Comparatives
Superlatives
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adjectives noun Help

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big

fast car
expensive Back
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What is a syllable? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Syllable is a part of a word containing vowel sound Comparatives
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reading Help
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read ing
1st syllable 2nd syllable
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Syllables – examples Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable

1. One-syllable adjectives Comparatives

Superlatives

fast big tall long Comparison

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2. Two-syllable adjectives
happy crazy dirty

3. Three-syllable adjectives

important wonderful Back

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How do we make a comparative? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
If the adjective has got one syllable Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
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fast-er Help
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My car is fast.

But his car is faster.

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Spelling Contents
Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Adjectives ending Comparatives
Superlatives

CVC: double the Comparison

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consonant
big-ger Help
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My house is big.

But my brother’s house is bigger

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“Comparative form” Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
How is a ‘comparative’ form built? Comparatives
Superlatives
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one syllable adjectives longer Help

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two syllable adjectives

ending in -y
funniyer 
other two and three
syllable adjectives
modern
more modern
irregular adjectives
for example ‘good’
good
better Back
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What is a “superlative form”? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Comaprative form expresses the idea of ‘most’ Comparatives
Superlatives
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fast-est Help
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My car is fast.
Your car is fast.
But his car is the fastest.
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“Superlative form” Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
How is a ‘superlative’ form built? Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
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one syllable adjectives longest Help

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two syllable adjectives

ending in -ly
funnyiest 

other two and three

syllable adjectives
modern
most modern
irregular adjectives
for example ‘good’
good
best Back
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Summary comparison Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable

comparative superlative Comparatives

Superlatives
Comparison
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long longer longest Help

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funny funnier funniest

modern more modern most modern

good better best

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Irregular comparatives Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable

comparative superlative Comparatives

Superlatives
Comparison
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good better best Help

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bad worse worst

far further furthest

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Exercises Contents
Noun
Adjective
Syllable
List of adjectives Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
hot big thin Practice
nice dangerous young
short intelligent lovely Help
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kind happy attractive
cheap small clean
exciting pretty unhappy
good annoyed safe
bad expensive tired

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