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Comparative & Superlative Practice: Comparatives and Superlatives
Comparative & Superlative Practice: Comparatives and Superlatives
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Comparative & Superlative Practice
Comparatives and Superlatives
Adjectives are used to describe nouns. When comparing things, we use comparative
and superlative adjectives. For comparatives, we usually add er and for
superlatives, we usually add est.
Only one syllable, ending Add -r: wider, finer, cuter Add -st: widest, finest,
in E. Examples: wide, fine, cutest
cute
Only one syllable, with one Double the consonant, Double the consonant,
vowel and one consonant and add -er: hotter, bigger, and add -est: hottest,
at the end. Examples: hot, fatter biggest, fattest
big, fat
Only one syllable, with Add -er: lighter, neater, Add -est: lightest, neatest,
more than one vowel or faster fastest
more than one consonant
at the end. Examples:
light, neat, fast
Two syllables or more, not Use more before the Use most before the
ending in Y. Examples: adjective: more modern, adjective: most modern,
modern, interesting, more interesting, more most interesting, most
beautiful beautiful beautiful
These adjectives are exceptions to the rule. What are their comparative and
superlative forms?
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bad ___________________________________________________________
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pretty
easy
big
light
heavy
fast
reliable
slow
new
dry
happy
old
nice
compact
tasty
bitter
advanced
suitable
warm
B: _______________________ is ________________________.
B: _______________________ is __________________________.
$250,000 $25,000
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$150 $550
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$250 $245
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Practice 4: In pairs, follow the prompts and make a conversation.
You are shopping with a friend. Your friend is looking for a new phone.
A: sees two phones and asks for their friends opinion on the colour
A: sees three more phones and asks which one is the most up to date
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