English IV

Use Adjectives
4
(Degrees of Comparison, Order) in Sentences

Quarter 2 Module 4
 WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
This module will help you improve your skill and knowledge as a pupil. At the
same time, it will enable you to learn at your own pace. All the activities were
prepared and designed for you to deepen your understanding on the given
competency for grade 4.
You are task to use adjectives (degrees of comparison, order) in sentences.
The readings and activities were organized and chosen for you.
After going through this module, you are expected to learn the following:
1. identify words that show degrees of comparison of adjectives in sentences
(EN4G-IIIb-c-14);
2. determine the rules in using the degrees of comparison of adjectives;
3. identify the correct order of adjectives in a series in sentences (EN4G-IIId-15);
4. arrange the adjectives in the correct order;
5. use words that show degrees of comparison of adjectives in sentences (EN4G-
IIIb-c-14); and
6. use the correct order of adjectives in a series in sentences (EN4G-IIId-15).
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct
What I Know
answer. 7. Andres is looking for __________ bag.
a. a leather brown
1. An ocean is certainly _______________ than a b. leather a brown
sea. c. a brown leather
a. big b. bigger c. biggest 8. The pupils sat behind __________ chair.
2. Elephants are the _______________ animal in a. a big metal blue
the world. b. a big blue metal
a. largest b. larger c. large c. a metal big blue.
3. My brother’s handwriting is _______________ 9. It is a __________ plane.
than mine. a. private modern large
a. worst b. worse c. bad b. modern large private
4. You are the _______________ girl in class. c. large modern private
a. funnier b. funniest c. more funny 10. Look at my __________ dress.
5. Jane’s backpack is _______________. a. beautiful red cotton
a. heavy b. heavier c. heaviest b. beautiful cotton red
6. Last vacation, they went to __________ cabin. c. red beautiful cotton
a. a small beautiful wooden
b. a beautiful small wooden
c. a wooden beautiful small
 B. Choose the letter of the appropriate describing word for
each picture. Write the letter of the correct answer in your
answer sheet.

3. A. Sour
B. Sweet
1. A. Ugly
C. Yellow
B. Lucky
C. Pretty
4. A. Two
B. Three
C. Four

2. A. Sad
B. Glad
C. Happy

5. A. Dirty
B. Clean
C. Weak
 LESSON 4 USE ADJECTIVES
(DEGREES OF COMPARISON, ORDER)
IN SENTENCES

Before you dig deeper in this module for further learning experience, do you still remember what
an adjective is?

An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Nouns are words that
name a place, a person, a thing, or an idea.
 WHAT’S IN
A. Identify the adjective/s in the following sentences. Write your answers in your answer sheet.
1. The teacher gives an award to the diligent students.
2. My caring mother loves to bake delicious cookies for us.
3. Anna bought a beautiful dress for her friend.
4. A huge number of people gathered in the church last Sunday.
5. Our father is indeed kind and a hardworking man.

B. Put a check on the blank before each number if the sentence has an adjective and a cross if it
does not have. Write your answers in your sheet.
_____6. The naughty boy was scolded by her mother.
_____7. Catriona Gray really worked hard for the Miss Universe pageant.
_____8. They helped the blind people to find decent jobs in malls.
_____9. Mr. Reyes, the principal, has twenty-two teachers under his supervision.
_____10. The teacher speaks more clearly than the pupils..
What’s New
Direction: A. Look and analyze the following set of pictures then
read the sentences written below.

1. What word is used to describe Lea’s dress? ________________.

2. What word is used to describe Sandy’s dress? ________________.
3. What word is used to describe Jane’s dress? ________________.
1. What word is used to describe my house? ________________.
2. What word is used to describe Dexter’s house? ________________.
3. What word is used to describe Ryan’s house? ________________.
What Is It

Discussion of Activity 1

A. Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives An adjective has three degrees of

comparison, namely:

1. Positive degree – simply describes persons or things.

Examples:

a. The house is big. b. The rose flower is fragrant. c. Joshua is a bright student.
 2. Comparative degree – used when comparing two persons or things.

We add –er at the end of one-syllable adjectives to form a comparative.

Examples:
a. big - bigger This first house is bigger than the second house.

If the adjective has two or more syllables, we add

more or less before the word to form its
comparative degree.

fragrant – more fragrant

b. smart – smarter Joshua is smarter than Aaron. c. Ilang-ilang flower is more fragrant than rose.
 3. Superlative degree – used when comparing three or more persons or things.

We add –est at the end of one-syllable adjectives to form

their superlative

This is the biggest house in this street.

If the adjective has two or more syllables, we
use the words most or least before the word
to form its superlative degree.

This sampaguita is the most fragrant of all the

flowers in the garden.
Jade is the smartest in the class.
 More examples on the three Degrees of Comparison

Positive Comparative Superlative

beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
exciting more exciting most exciting
helpful more helpful most helpful
precious more precious most precious
delicious more delicious most delicious
bright brighter brightest
high higher highest
young younger youngest
rich richer richest
tall taller tallest
Some adjectives have irregular forms of comparison

Positive Comparative Superlative

good/well better best

bad worse worst
far farther farthest
little less least
many/much more most
 What can you say about the four sets of pictures?

Direction: B. Read the following sentences and answer the

question that follows.

I have three big red balls.

My grandmother has an
old wooden rocking chair.

These beautiful young girls

went to school.

1. What adjectives are used to describe balls?

2. What adjectives are used to describe the chair?
3. What adjectives are used to describe the shoes?
4. What adjectives are used to describe the girls?

I have dirty old running shoes.

 When there are multiple consecutive adjectives modifying the same noun, in what
order should those adjectives be placed?

Adjectives tell about the number, kind or quality, and color of a person,
B. Order of Adjectives:
place, animal, or thing.

Number Kind or Quality Color

two beautiful red

twelve expensive black
one hundred big white
a dozen sweet yellow
Five fat pink
When more than one adjective comes before a noun, the adjectives are normally in a particular
order. When several adjectives are used in one sentence, the order of adjectives is as follows:

number, kind or quality, and color

Examples:
1. My aunt from Canada bought three, expensive, red bags for me and my twin sisters.
2. 2. The fly has two, tiny, silver wings.
What’s More
Independent Activity 1

Write the comparative and superlative degree of the following adjectives. Do this in your answer sheet. Number
1 is done for you.

1-5 – one syllable adjectives

6-10 – two or more syllable adjectives

Positive Comparative Superlative

1. thick thicker thickest
2. tall
3. fat
4. small
5. large
6. difficult
7. serious
8. expensive
9. challenging
10. frequent
Independent Assessment 1

Choose the correct adjective form that will complete each sentence. Write your answers in your answer
sheet.

1. It is (interesting, more interesting) to learn more about dinosaurs.

2. Among the contestants, Jenny is the (more beautiful, most beautiful)
3. Molly is the (younger, youngest) in the family
4. Sophia’s hair is (short, shorter) than Shanelle.
5. My Dad is the (better, best) dad in the whole world!
6. The red gown in the shop is (attractive, more attractive)
7. Baguio is (colder, coldest) than Tagaytay.
8. Philippines is one of the (beautiful, most beautiful) countries in the world.
9. Which is (big, bigger), Pampanga or Bataan?
10. Eating vegetables is (healthy, healthier) than eating junk foods.
Independent Activity 2
Arrange the series of adjectives in each number in their correct order by putting them in their proper column.
Do this on your answer sheet.

1. big, three, red, ribbons 6. ten, yellow, little ducklings

2. white, small, several, pebbles 7. fat, brown, two kittens
3. big, four, orange ball 8. red, a dozen, salted eggs
4. yellow, twenty, sweet mangoes 9. pink, five, beautiful dresses
5. expensive, black, two cars 10. colorful, durable, several slippers

Number Kind or quality Color Noun

___________ ___________ ________ ____________

___________ ___________ ________ ____________
___________ ___________ ________ ____________
Independent Assessment 2
Arrange the adjectives in each number in the correct order. Write your answers in your answer sheet.
1. tan, beautiful, twenty 6. gorgeous, more, peach
2. some, tangerine, slim 7. magenta, few, expensive
3. colorless, several, new 8. black, twelve, heavy
4. five, colorful, durable 9. handsome, white, all
5. costly, many, purple 10. fifth, high-priced, crimson

Describe each noun using the correct order of adjectives, then write a whole sentence using the noun and
the adjective that you have written. Make sure the adjectives are in correct order. Do this in your answer
sheet. Number Quality or Kind Color Noun
mother
school
pencil
flowers
book
What I Have Learned

A. Draw a happy face ( ) if the sentence is correct and sad face ( ) if it isn’t. Write your
answers in your answer sheet.
_____1. Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns.
_____2. We have learned that there are 3 degrees of comparison namely Positive, Comparative,
and Superlative.
_____3. We add –er or –est to form a degree of adjective with two or more syllables.
_____4. The comparative degree simply describes persons or things.
_____5. The superlative degree compares 3 or more persons or things.
What I Can Do
A. Direction: Find the comparative adjectives in the poem then complete the table by providing
its positive and superlative degree.

Honey is sweeter than butter

Coffee is darker than tea
Juice is tastier than water
You are noisier than a bee
The ocean is deeper than the sea
He is shorter than a tree
You are naughtier than a monkey
Nobody is better than me
Positive Comparative Superlative
B. Underline the adjectives in each sentence. On the blank before each number, draw an arrow up ( ↑
) if they are in correct order and an arrow down ( ↓ ) if they aren’t.
Do this in your answer sheet.

_____ I have five, long, yellow pencils in my bag.

_____ The children ate sweet, several, red apples.
_____ Mother prepared two delicious white-sauced carbonara.
_____ Cleaning those black, two, dirty cars was really exhausting.
_____ The stranger travelled through a narrow, dark path in going to the other side of the mountain.
Assessment
A. Complete each sentence by writing on the blank the correct form of the adjective before each
number. Do this in your answer sheet.

young 1. Wendy is ten years old. Camille is 11 and half years old. Wendy is
______________ than Camille.
expensive 2. Mother bought a laptop that costs P20,000.00 and a cellphone that costs
P15,000.00. Laptop is ______________ than cellphone.
early 3. Alex arrives in school at 6:45 a.m. Julia arrives at 7 a.m. The rest of the students
arrive at 7:15 a.m. onwards. Alex arrives the ______________ among the students.
good 4. Anna chose the red ribbon among the colorful ribbons in the shop. For Anna, red
ribbon is the ______________ in the shop.
helpful 5. Adrian cleaned his own bedroom. Angelo also cleaned his bedroom and his
sister’s bedroom. Angelo is ______________ than Adrian.
B. Arrange the adjectives inside the parenthesis in the correct order, then rewrite the whole
sentence in your paper.

6. We went fishing in the (blue, two, winding) river.

7. I saw the beautiful lady bought (brown, expensive, three) bags.
8. The (delicious, five, green) apples came from Australia.
9. My Aunt Samantha gave me (pink, ten, pretty) ribbons.
10. The girl who is carrying (several, black, small) shoes is my niece.
Additional Activities
A. Compare the objects or pictures below. Write at least three (3) sentences that show
comparison.

B. Write two sentences describing the fruits in the box. Use two or more adjectives in every sentence
which are properly arranged.