Comparing with Adjectives

• The comparative form of an adjective compares two persons,

places, or things.
• The superlative form of an adjective compares three or more
persons, places, or things.

Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form

light lighter lightest

heavy heavier heaviest

1. H2 was small but heavy than H1. (smaller, heavier)

2. H4 was the light of all Harrison’s clocks. (lightest)

3. H3 was the pretty clock so far. (prettiest)

4. Do you know any inventor who was smart than Harrison? (smarter)

• Some adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms.

Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form

good better best

bad worse worst

much more most

little less least

5. Harrison gave every clock his good effort. (best)

6. Harrison probably felt that Maskelyne was his bad enemy in the world. (worst)
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7. No matter how well a clock performed, Maskelyne wanted much proof. (more)

8. The king needed little proof. (less)

Grade 6, Lesson 16 LA99 Grammar

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