English: Degrees of Adjectives – Demonstration Teaching

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson the students are able to:
1. Use the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of regular and irregular
adjectives.
II. Subject Matter
Topic: English 3: Degrees of Adjectives

References: https://youtu.be/x7ykCfvQTFs

Instructional Materials: PowerPoint, Laptop

III. Teaching Procedure
A. Preparation
 Greeting the students
 Opening prayer
 Checking of attendance
B. Review
 What was our last lesson all about?

Match the correct pronoun for each picture.

a. She
b. He
c. They
d. It
1.

2.

3.

4.
 C. Motivation
Describe Me!
The teacher will show two pictures of a character from the movie Encanto, the students
need to complete the sentences by arranging the jumbled words.

1. Louisa is the _________ among her siblings.

S R O T N G S E T

2. She is a ______sister.

D O O G

3. She is ______ than Mirabel.

B E R V A R

4. Mirabel is the ____

among her siblings.

B S E T

5. She is a _________ girl.

B Y B U L B

D. Presentation of the Topic

Guide Questions:
1. What is adjective?
2. What are the three degrees of adjective?

Proceeding in the discussion of the lesson, student’s need to learn and understand about
the following:

o Adjectives are words that describe persons, places, things, animals, and events.
They tell something about a noun.
o Adjectives have three degrees of comparisons.
a. Positive degree
 - signifies quality. It talks about only one thing, and it is not being compared
with another.
b. Comparative degree
- signifies quality in greater or less degree. Two things are being compared.
c. Superlative degree
- signifies quality in the greatest or least degree. Three or more items are
being compared.

For examples:
o Forming the Comparisons of Adjectives

Comparative Degree Superlative Degree

One-syllable adjectives Add -er to the positive Add -est to the positive
degree degree
Examples: Examples:
Fast – faster Fast – fastest
Small – smaller Small – smallest

Comparative Degree Superlative Degree

Adjectives ending in y
Change y to i and add - Change y to i and add -
er to the positive degree est to the positive
Examples: degree
Healthy – healthier Examples:
Pretty – prettier Healthy – healthiest
Pretty – prettiest

Comparative Degree Superlative Degree

Adjectives ending in e Drop e and add -er to Drop e and add – est to
the positive degree the positive degree
Examples: Examples:
Safe – safer Safe – safest
Large – larger Large – largest

Comparative Degree Superlative Degree

Multi-syllable adjectives Add more or less to the Add most or least to

or more positive degree positive degree
Adjectives ending in -ful Examples: Examples: afraid –
or -less Afraid - more/less afraid most/least afraid
Silent more/less silent Silent – most/least silent