The Gladdest Girl: A Story

About Superlatives and

Comparatives

Here is Gladys, who was the giggle-est, gladdest, girlish girl that could be. When
people thought of Gladys, they often said Every time I see her, she smiles at me!

Gladys liked to have fun, writing stories just like I do! She gave me her first short
story and I couldnt help but notice some corrections, things that need to be un-do!

I said to her, Gladys, you truly have a gift. But allow me to show you a few tips, it
goes a little something like this.

Words that help you

are called

DESCR
IBE
and

SUPE
RLATI
VES

these words have

COMP
ARATI
VES

rules, which you both take and give. For the word TALL you would say

Hey, youre all the way up there! You are so much taller than me, way up in the air!

But for your baby sister Judy you would tell her Youre much SHORTER than me!

But thats not all to

and

SUPER

COMPA

LATIV

RATIV

ES

ES

they have rules that arent always so easy. These words are just slightly different,
, but breezy.

IRREG
ULAR

just means they dont follow the pattern, they follow

IRREG
ULAR
the beat of their own drum. But that makes them so much more fun!

Some

and

IRREG

SUPER

ULAR

LATIV
ES
are

COMPA
RATIV
ES

B
e
B est t e
rt
Good
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Or perhaps,

Littl
e

Les
s

Lea
st

I know you just learned a lot, but thats ok! Now you can teach your little sister
someday. Lets rewind and see what we learned, it feels much better when learning
is earned.

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Sometimes superlatives and comparatives have words with more than 2 syllables
want more words to join the fun! Theyll add more or less and then its done! You
Gladys, are the most intelligent and the least selfish little girl I know, and now you
will go and grow to the most loving also.

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are the greatest description of them all,

SUPER
LATIV
ES

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while

describe the

COMPARATIVES

difference between two things,

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and

does the same, but they just have a few twists in

IRREG
ULAR
their name.
So there you have it! I knew you could do it, Gladys! We know about our
SUPERLATIVES and COMPARITIVES, so now take your story; its yours to give.

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