PPT-COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Michael is fat Garfield is fatter than Michael Justin Bieber is the fattest The adjectives fat fatter and fattest are called the positive comparative and superlative respectively For most adjectives of one syllable and some twosyllable adjectives . One-syllable . adjectives. One-Syllable . Adjective. e.g. Long, . longer. , . longest. . One-Syllable Adjective with Final –e. e.g. Wise, . wiser. , . wisest. . One-Syllable Adjective Ending with a Single Consonant with a Single Vowel before It. By. Cheryl Hamilton. 5. th. Grade. Comparative Adjectives. Comparative adjectives are used to compare two people, places, things, or groups.. Add . er. . to most short adjectives to make their comparative forms.. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES . As you know, words are made of syllables.. Fat fat =one syllable. Rabbit rab-bit = two syllables. Beautiful Beau-ti-ful =three syllables. . Remember!!!. To make the comparative of one syllable adjectives you only should add . . & . Superlative. . adjectives. ADJECTIVES. Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES. When. . comparing. 2 . things. .. One. and . Superlative. Adjectives. Adjectives. Describe or modify nouns and pronouns. Examples. The . helpful. . robot cleaned . my room.. He’s . friendlier. . than that. killer. . robot that tried to . Prepared by . Mohd. . Kamal. Bin . Abd. Aziz. English . Proficiency for Academic Purposes. Lecturer School of Human Sciences. 0173878720. kamal.aziz@cybernetics.edu.my. Use of Comparative Adjectives. Welcome to Alison’s Grammar Breakout Room. Today we are looking at comparison of adjectives. You may leave any time you wish to return to the main tutorial.. AN ADJECTIVE AGREES WITH ITS NOUN IN NUMBER, GENDER AND IN CASE.. comparative. We use the comparative form of an adjective to compare two people or . . . . things. we add . er. . to an adjective and than after the adjective to make the comparison. Example:It,s. Author:. Jules Verne. Genre: . Science Fiction. Small Group. Timer. Review Games. Story Sort. Vocabulary. . Words. :. Arcade Games. Study Stack . Spelling City: Vocabulary. Spelling City: Spelling Words . Author:. Jules Verne. Genre: . Science Fiction. Small Group. Timer. Review Games. Story Sort. Vocabulary. . Words. :. Arcade Games. Study Stack . Spelling City: Vocabulary. Spelling City: Spelling Words . When. . do . we. use . it. ?. . . We. . use . it. . to. compare . TWO . objects. , . people. , places. …. . . There. are . five. rules. Comparative. . . Rule . 1. . . . Adjectives . Adjective and Adverb NOTES Adjectives An adjective is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun They answer the questions: What kind? Which one or ones? How many or much? Articles are Adjectives Comparative Adjectives. A comparative adjective compares only 2 nouns.. When comparing 2 nouns add . –er . to the adjective.. If the adjective is a long word, write . more. in front of it instead of adding –er to the end of the word.. 1. They modify nouns and noun phrases.. 2. There are different kinds of adjectives.. 3. They are gradable. They can take comparative and superlative degrees.. 4. They can be preceded by degree modifiers like: .