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English – Grade 3
Quarter 4 – Module 3: Use the Degrees Of Adjectives In Making Comparisons
(Positive, Comparative)
First Edition, 2020
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 English 3
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 3
Using the Degrees Of Adjectives In
Making Comparisons (Positive,
Comparative)

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Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 3 Self-Learning Module on Using the Degrees of

Adjectives in Making Comparisons (Positive, Comparative)!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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 For the Learner:

Welcome to the English 3 Self-Learning Module on Using the Degrees of

Adjectives in Making Comparisons (Positive, Comparative)!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.

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 EXPECTATIONS

This is your self-instructional learner module in English 3. All the

activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand:
Using the Degrees of Adjectives in Making Comparisons (Positive,
Comparative) ;
After going through this self-learning module, you are
expected to:
1. Identify the positive and comparative adjectives.
2. Compare two nouns in a given sentence.

PRETEST

Directions: Match the names of some objects or things, and animals

in column A to the words that describe how are they different from
each other.
A B
_____1. dog – cat A. big – bigger
_____2. goat – carabao B. fast – faster
_____3. rose – sampaguita C. tall – taller
_____4. horse – giraffe D. fragrant – more fragrant
_____5. helicopter – airplane E. small – smaller

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 RECAP

We have learned that a suffix is a letter or group of letters

added at the end of a word and it changes the meaning of that
word. It can help you figure out the meanings of new words you
encounter.

LESSON
Now, we are going to study positive and comparative
degrees of adjectives. First, let us define what adjectives are.
Adjectives are words that describe nouns (things, people,
places)
Can you find the adjectives in these sentences?
1. The tall woman
2. The big car
3. He is happy.
4. The math problem is complicated.
5. He is a good painter.
6. The sock smells bad.

The underlined words describe only one person or one thing.

They are in the positive degree. For comparative degree, we
compare two things. Read and understand the given sentences.
1. The woman is taller than the girl.
2. The bus is bigger than the car.
3. The boy is happier than a man.
4. Division is more complicated than addition.
5. The teacher is better painter than the pupil.

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 6. The fish smells worse than the sock.
Verb “to be” is used before a comparative adjective.
“than” goes after a comparative adjective.

How did we come up with those answer?

1. The most typical comparative is the use of -er after an
adjective like in the example:
The woman is taller than the girl.
We simply add -er onto a regular adjective tall + er = taller
Example: short + er, loud + er, quiet + er, fast + er

2. Look at the next sentence.

The bus is bigger than the car.
The comparative adjective bigger is another case. The root word
big is very short, it has only 1 syllable. Always remember that if a
word ends with consonant, vowel, consonant (CVC), we need to
copy the last letter of the word which is g and add -er to make it
bigger.
Example: hotter, fatter, sadder
3. Another case is the adjective ending in y like happy. The
sentence is
The boy is happier than a man.
The word has 2 syllables. We change y into i and add -er. Example:
Happier, shinier, heavier, bumpier

4. Not all comparative adjectives have -er,. In the

sentence. Example:
Division is more complicated than Addition.
If the adjective is long or have 2 or more syllables we use more or
less before the comparative adjective. The adjective complicated
have 4 syllables (com-pli-ca-ted). We do not add -er to long
adjectives (2 or more syllables) except for the words that end with
“y”. Some 2 syllable adjectives add -er other do not.
Example: more serious, more colorful, less difficult, less popular
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 5. Irregular adjectives – means not regular, we do not add
-er or “more/less”. Read the next sentence.
The teacher is better painter than the pupil.
The fish smells worse than the sock.
If we are going to put good and bad in comparative form the
adjective good was change into better, and the adjective bad
was change into worse.

Guided Practice
Now it’s your turn!
Write P if the sentence is positive and C if it is comparative.
___ 1. The Earth is larger than the moon.
___ 2. The classroom is clean.
___ 3. Your grade is worse than mine.
___ 4. That person seems angry.
___ 5. The little girl is more polite than her sister

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1

Which is which?
Directions: Answer each question. Write your answers in your
notebook.
1. Which is bigger, a city or a barangay?
A. The city is bigger than a barangay.
B. Barangay is bigger than a city.
C. Town is the biggest place in the country.

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 2. Which is more beautiful, a new doll or an old toy?
A. A new doll is more beautiful than an old toy.
B. An old toy is more beautiful than a new doll.
C. All the toys are beautiful.
3. Which is lesser, ten, or one hundred?
A. Ten is lesser than one hundred.
B. One hundred is lesser than ten.
C. One thousand is lesser than one hundred.
4. Rene is eight years old. Ryan is nine. Who is older?
A. Rene is older than Ryan.
B. Ryan is older than Rene.
C. Roy is the eldest among the three.
5. Miguel weighs 80 pounds. Manuel weighs 75 pounds. Who
is lighter?
A. Miguel is lighter than Manuel.
B. Manuel is lighter than Miguel.
C. Nobody is lighter than Miguel and Manuel.

Activity 2

Directions: Write the comparative form of the following adjectives.

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE
1. new
2. long
3. expensive
4. thin
5. pretty

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Activity 3
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the comparative form of the
adjectives in the brackets.

1. Your tea is ___________ than mine. (hot)

2. There are many healthy foods that

taste _____________ than junk food. (good)

3. Superman could travel _____________

than a speeding bullet. ( fast)

4. My sister’s breakfast is ____________ than

mine. (delicious)
5. Vegetables and fruits are ____________ than
junk foods. (healthy)

WRAP-UP

Fill in the blanks with the correct words to wrap up everything

that we have talked about in this lesson. Choose your answer from
the box.

copy 2 syllables two nouns

more or less comparative

1. We add -er to the adjectives when comparing _____

_______.

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 2. The most typical _____________ is the use of -er after an
adjective.
3. Always remember that if a word ends with consonant,
vowel, consonant (CVC), we need to _____ the last letter
of the word.
4. If the word has _________________ and it ends with y, we
change y into i and add -er.
5. If the adjective is long or have 2 or more syllables we use
________________ before the comparative adjective.

VALUING

Fairness means treating others the way you would like to be

treated. Understanding that fairness doesn’t always mean equal.
Being compared doesn’t mean someone is better than the
other. Just be happy without comparing yourself to others.
Rate yourself by checking on the following scale: Always,
Sometimes, Never.
Always Sometimes Never
1. I always take turns without
hesitating.
2. I follow the rules in games.
3. I’m considerate of others
during recess.
4. I handle wins and losses
graciously.
5. I play fair and cooperative.

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 Do not compare your results to someone else’s. You can never
be another person, you can only be a better version of yourself.
Never give up on what you love to do the most.

POSTTEST

Directions: Read the sentence carefully and choose the correct

adjective.
1. An elephant is _________ than a mouse.
A. bigger B. smaller C. more gigantic

2. The moon is _________ than the sun.

A. more close B. closer C. the closest

3. English is _________ to learn than Spanish.

A. more easy B. easy C. easier

4. A desert is _________ than a mountain.

A. more flattest B. more flat C. flatter

5. A rock is ____________ than a pillow.

A. harder B. more hard C. hardest

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 KEY TO CORRECTION

5. healthier 5. prettier 5. B
5. A 5. More or less delicious 5. B 4. Thinner 4. C
4. C 4. 2 syllables 4. more 4. B expensive 3. D
3. C 3. copy 3. faster 3. A 3. More 2. A
2. B 2. comparative 2. better 2. A 2. Longer 1. E
1. A 1. two nouns 1. hotter 1. A 1. Newer TEST
POST TEST WRAP UP ACTIVITY 3 ACTIVITY 1 ACTIVITY 2 PRE-

References

Lets Get Better in English 3, Teacher’s Guide, pp. 256-258

Let’s Get Better in English 3, Learner’s Material, pp. 255-256

Teacher Ivan Elementary-Comparative AdjectivesNov. 1, 2017Accessed September

10, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG9Sg7bPRSU

www.kids-pages.comComparatives Worksheet
https://images.app.goo.gl/NdkDiM4mDCxNLQ2e7

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