This document provides information about adjectives and how to compare things using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. It defines what an adjective is, gives examples of how they are used to provide more information about nouns. It outlines the basic rules for forming comparatives which involve adding "-er" or "-est" or using "more" or "most". Comparative forms are used to compare two things while superlative forms indicate the highest degree. Examples are provided to illustrate comparative forms for both short and long adjectives.

2. How do you describe her?
DIANA ADAM
Can you make a complete
sentence with your

3. What is an
adjective?
Why do we use adjective?
We often use adjectives to give
more information about
things / people (nouns)

4. For example: JIM CARREY
He is a man.
What kind of man is he?
He is a crazy man.

5. We can also compare
nouns by using the
comparative and
superlative forms of an
adjective.

7. Comparatives are used to
compare two
things/people.
What are the basic
rules?

8. Adjectives Comparatives
With most short adjectives + er
- tall taller (than)
- short shorter (than)
With short adj. ending in e +r
- nice nicer (than)
- large larger (than)
With short adj. ending in a - y + ier
consonant + y
- heavy heavier
- happy happier

9. Adjectives Comparatives
With short adj. ending in Double the
a vowel + a consonant consonant + er
- big -bigger (than)
- thin -thinner (than)
With adj. of three or more + more
syllables
- beautiful -more beautiful
- interesting (than)
-more interesting
(than)

10. What about other adjectives such
as “good” and “bad”?
What the girl said?

11. Back

12. She said,
“The weather in picture 1 is better
than the weather in picture 2.”
What adjective did the girl use?

13. Adjectives Comparatives
adjectives change the word
- good better (than)
-bad worse (than)

15. What are the basic rules?
The basic rules are comparatives.
We add –est to short adjectives
and use “most” for long
adjectives.

16. Can you make sentences to compare
the following people?

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TEACHER: DIANA ADAM