Comparing with

Adjectives
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What are adjectives?
Adjectives can also show how
people, places, or things are
alike or different.

• Add –er to most adjectives to compare two

persons, places, or things.
Mars is a smaller planet than Jupiter.

• Add –est to most adjectives to compare

more than two persons, places, or things.
Pluto is the smallest planet of all.
 Which adjective completes
the sentence correctly?

Venus has a ___________ year than Jupiter.

shorter

shortest
 Which adjective completes
the sentence correctly?

Jupiter is a ______________ planet than Venus.

colder

coldest
 Which adjective completes
the sentence correctly?

Mercury is ___________ of all to the sun.

nearer

nearest
 Which adjective completes
the sentence correctly?

Uranus is ___________ than Neptune.

warmer

warmest
 Which adjective completes
the sentence correctly?

A year on Earth is ____________ than a year on

Mars.
shorter

shortest
HELP! Please edit this list of
facts from a website about
jupiter. It has 5 errors.

• Jupiter is greater in size than its neighbor

Mars.
• It is the greater in size of all the planets.
• Earth is nearest to the Sun than Jupiter is.
• Jupiter has a longest year than Earth.
• It is the brighter of all the planets except
one.
• Only Venus appears brightest than Jupiter.
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 We can use adjectives that compare
to help expand sentences and make
them more interesting.

Example:
Alaska is a large state.

Of all of the states of the United States of

America, Alaska is the largest.
Can you expand these sentences by adding
comparative and superlative adjectives
to make them more interesting?

• The lion tamer is tall.

• The man on stilts is tall.

• The white horse is fast.

• The elephant is big.

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