COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Comparatives and Superlatives Practice

B. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives in the table.

Adjective Comparative Superlative

cheap cheaper cheapest

beautiful more beautiful most beautiful

pretty

easy

big

light

heavy

fast

reliable

slow

new

dry

happy

old

nice

compact

tasty

bitter

advanced

suitable

warm

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 Adding –er Practice Sheet (Adjectives)

Name: Date:

• Add the suffix –er to the following words and write the new
word underneath.

Words that end with –e, just add –r.

rude brave wide late close

Words that end with –y, change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ and then add –er.
happy easy pretty windy shiny

Words that end with a short vowel and a consonant, double the final
consonant before adding –er. (except words which end with c or x)
wet hot fit thin sad

Most other words, just add –er.

kind short dark tall warm

Now try these!

dirty small lazy wise near

fat cute high red messy

old sunny fine strong mad

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 Adding er or est
I can add the suffixes er and est to an adjective.

Can you complete this table by writing the comparative (er suffix) and the superlative (est)
adjectives? The first one has been done for you.

Adjective adding er (comparative) adding est (superlative)

thin thinner thinnest

big

sad

wise

large

safe

strange

great

happy

jolly

lazy

Which of these is spelt correctly? Circle the correct spelling.

tidyest or tidiest
bigger or biger

Language Conventions | Year 3 | Adjectives with er and est

 COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE
We use comparative adjectives to compare two people, animals or things.
*New York is bigger than Madrid
*Sally is more beautiful than Pat

We use superlative adjectives to compare more than two people, animals or things
* Brazil is the largest country in South America
* Money isn't the most important thing in life

FORM
* (ONE SYLLABLE) :
COMPARATIVE - Adjective + -er + than - John is taller than Charles
SUPERLATIVE - the + adjective + -est - John is the tallest boy in the class

* (TWO or MORE SYLLABLES)

COMPARATIVE - More + adjective + than - Mary is more intelligent than Jane
SUPERLATIVE - the most + adjective - Mary is the most intelligent girl in the class

* (IRREGULAR)
good(bueno)/well(bien) - better (mejor) - the best (el mejor)
bad (malo) - worse (peor) - the worst (el peor)
far (lejos) - farther / further (más lejos) - the farthest / the furthest (el más lejano)
little(poco) - less (menos) - the least (el menor, lo menos)
much(mucho) - more (más) - the most (el más)
many(muchos) - more (más) - the most (los más)

SPELLING
*Adjectives of one syllable that end in -e: add -r / -st
large - larger - the largest
nice - nicer - the nicest

* Adjectives that end in a vowel + consonants -t, -d, -g, -m, -n : double the consonant and add -er/-est
fat - fatter - the fattest
slim – slimmer - the slimmest
big - bigger - the biggest

* Adjectives of two syllables that end in -y: change the -y to an -i and add -er / -est
busy – busier - the busiest
easy – easier - the easiest
early - earlier – the earliest

*Long words(2 / 3 / 4 syllables): add more / the most

modern - more modern - the most modern
beautiful - more beautiful - the most beautiful
expensive - more expensive - the most expensive