Comparative and

Superlative
Adjectives
IN THIS LESSON:

-YOU WILL LEARN TO IDENTIFY WHEN COMPARISONS ARE BEING MADE

-YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO FORM COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

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What is an adjective?
What is a noun?
What is a syllable
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What is a syllable? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Syllable is a part of a word containing vowel sound Comparatives
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read ing Help

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read ing
1st syllable 2nd syllable
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Syllables – examples Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
1. One-syllable adjectives Comparatives
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fast big cheap long Comparison

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2. Two-syllable adjectives
happy crazy dirty

3. Three-syllable adjectives

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What is a “comparative form”?

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Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Comaprative form expresses the idea of ‘more’ Comparatives
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fast-er Help
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My car is fast.

But his car is faster.

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“Comparative form”? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
How is a ‘comparative’ form built? Comparatives
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one syllable adjectives long er Help

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two syllable adjectives

ending in -ly
funnier
yier 
other two and three
syllable adjectives
modern
more modern
irregular adjectives
for example ‘good’
good
better Back
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form”? Contents
Noun
Adjective
Syllable
Comaprative form expresses the idea of ‘most’ Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
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fast-est Help
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My car is fast.
Your car is fast.
But his car is the fastest.
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“Superlative form”? Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
How is a ‘superlative’ form built? Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
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one syllable adjectives long est Help

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two syllable adjectives

ending in -ly
funnyiest 
other two and three
syllable adjectives
modern
most modern
irregular adjectives
for example ‘good’
good
best Back
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Summary comparison Contents

Noun
Adjective
Syllable
comparative superlative Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
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long longer longest Help

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funny funniest funniest

modern more modern most modern

good better best

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Noun
Adjective
On the following three slides you will find the instructions Syllable
for three exercises related to your subject. Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
Exercise I Practice
Give Polish translation Exercise Key
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Exercise II
Give comparative forms Exercise Key

Exercise III
Give superlative forms Exercise Key

All the excersises are prepared on the basis of the

following list of adjectives. [Go to the list]
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Exercise – comparatives
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Noun
Adjective
Give comparative forms for a group of 25 adjectives Syllable
Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
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title Help
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question
number – press
arrows to go to
the next word Click to g
o to the e
adjective xercise
to be
transformed
Key
supply the comparative

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Noun
Adjective
Give superlative forms for a group of 25 adjectives Syllable
Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
Practice

title Help
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question
number – press
arrows to go to
the next word Click to g
o to the e
adjective xercise
to be
transformed
Key
supply the superlative

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Noun
Adjective
Syllable
List of adjectives Comparatives
Superlatives
Comparison
hot big thin Practice
nice pleasant young
short intelligent lovely Help
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kind happy attractive
exciting pretty unhappy
good annoyed careless
bad tasty perfect
tired upset terrible
ugly

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