Im Stronger Than You!Comparative Adjectives

What is an adjective?An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun.An adjective describes or changes a noun.

Look at the elephant!

Look at the big elephant! Look at the girl!

Look at the beautiful girl! Look at the teacher!

Look at the clever teacher! For example:

What is a comparative adjective?A comparative adjective is used to compare the difference between two nouns. Than is usually used after the comparative adjective.

For example:

This flower is bigger than this flower.This dog is younger than this dog.

Adjective Comparative AdjectiveSyllablesShort =1 syllableBor-ing =2 syllablesBeau-ti-ful =3 syllablesIn-ter-es-ting =4 syllablesShort =Boring =Beautiful =Interesting =

Adjective Comparative Adjectiveshort =1 syllableboring =beautiful =interesting =+ er2 + syllables+ more _______.Words ending with y- y+ ier funny =shorter

more boring.more beautiful.more interesting.funnier happy =happier tall =taller

Adjective Comparative AdjectiveExceptions to the rulesgoodbettermuch/many/somemorefunfarlittlemore funfurtherlessbadworse

StrongWeakerer

TallShorterer

SlowFasterer

HeavyLighterier

BeautifulUglyMoreier

BoringFunnyMoreier

BigSmallgerer

HighLow erer

Wet Dry terier

CloseFar rFurther

Short erLong er

Old New erer

Easy Hard erier

DarkLighterer

Clean Dirty erier

Comparatives Game!!

Which one is older?Which one is smarter?Which one is taller?Which one is faster?Which one is stronger?