5. What are Adjectives
We use the adjectives to describe nouns.
The adjectives modify the nouns by describing,
identifying or quantifying words.
There are comparative and superlative
adjectives.
Comparative adjectives are used to compare 2
nouns.
Superlative adjectives are used to compare 3
or more nouns.
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6. Comparative Adjectives
What are comparative adjectives?
Comparative adjectives are used to clarify the
difference between 2 objects/nouns.
Comparative adjectives are used to compare 2
nouns.
To state that one noun has more of something
than the 2nd noun.
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7. Superlative Adjectives
What are Superlative Adjectives?
Superlative adjectives are used to compare 3 or
more nouns.
Expresses the extreme or highest degree of a
quality.
To describe the extreme quality of one thing in a
group of things.
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14. Comparative Adjectives
Three or more
Syllables
You form the
comparative with
more
Examples
generous - more generous
important - more important
intelligent - more intelligent
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15. Comparative Adjectives
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careful More careful
active More active
beautiful More beautiful
delicious More delicious
intelligent More intelligent
comfort More comfort
Add ‘more’
19. Superlative Adjectives
Generous – most generous
Important – most important
Intelligent – most intelligent
Three or more syllables
adjectives
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20. Superlative Adjectives
Add ‘-est’
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smart smarter smartest
high higher highest
young younger youngest
sweet sweeter sweetest
rich richer richest
short shorter shortest
22. Superlative Adjectives
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careful More careful Most careful
active More active Most active
beautiful More beautiful Most beautiful
delicious More delicious Most delicious
intelligent More intelligent Most intelligent
comfort More comfort Most comfort
Add ‘most’
23. Superlative Adjectives
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little less least
bad worse worst
much more most
many more most
far farther farthest
good better best
Irregular
comparatives
24. Sentences
The lady is taller the man.
Merlin is older than Harry.
Legolas’s hair is longer than Edward’s hair.
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Examples of
One Syllable
Adjectives
25. Sentences
Peter is happy.
Jack is happier than Peter.
Tom is the happiest among them.
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Examples of
two Syllable
Adjectives
26. Sentences
Stacy is a beautiful lady.
Siti Nurhaliza is more beautiful
than Stacy.
Ashwarai is the most beautiful lady.
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Examples of
Three or more
Syllable
Adjectives
27. Sentences
John is the most
generous of all the
people I know.
Of all the taxi drivers,
Jack is the most
careful .
Mary is the tallest of
all the students.
One syllable adjectives
Two syllable
adjectives
Three or more
syllable adjectives
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28. Now try these questions
One syllable adjectives
+er than
Two syllable
Adjectives
+ier than
Three or more
syllable adjectives
More ……. than
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29. Now try these questions
One syllable adjectives
+er than Two syllable
Adjectives
+ier than
Three or more
syllable adjectives
More ……. than
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1. The fish I caught is (big) than the one you caught.
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2. That is the (small) umbrella I have ever seen!
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3. She is the (pretty) lady in the room.
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4. My friend is (fabulous) than yours.
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5. That building is (large) than the one next to it.
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Rewrite the following sentences with the correct adjectives
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1. The fish I caught is (big) than the one you caught.
The fish I caught is bigger than the one you caught.
2. That is the (small) umbrella I have ever seen!
That is the smallest umbrella I have ever seen!
3. She is the (pretty) lady in the room.
She is the prettiest lady in the room.
4. My friend is (fabulous) than yours.
My friend is more fabulous than yours.
5. That building is (large) than the one next to it.
That building is larger than the one next to it.
Rewrite the following sentences with the correct adjectives