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Today’s Bellringer 02/28/13. Classify the following sentence: The old farmer and his wife had never gone outside of their little township. Rules for Comparative and Superlative Forms. Comparative Form- used to compare TWO nouns. Rule #1. Use – er with most 1 or 2 syllable words.
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Today’s Bellringer 02/28/13 Classify the following sentence: The old farmer and his wife had never gone outside of their little township.
Rules for Comparative and Superlative Forms Comparative Form-used to compare TWO nouns. Rule #1.Use –erwith most 1 or 2 syllable words. Rule #2.use more most –lyand -ful words or whenever the –er sounds awkward. Rule #3.Use more for all 3 or more syllable words. Superlative Form- used to compare THREE or more nouns. Rule #1. Use –estwith most 1 or 2 syllable words. Rule #2. Use mostwith most –lyand –fulwords or whenever the –estsounds awkward. Rule #3. Use most for all 3 or more syllable words.
Irregular Adj and Adv Forms 1.) Gus played well today. 2.) Gus played _________ than Joe today. 3.) Gus played the __________ of all. 1.) Maria was a good reader. 2.) Maria was a _______ reader than my sister. 3.) Maria was the _________ reader of all my friends.
Let’s practice 1.) He read the lesson __________. (carefully) 2.) I am __________ than my brother. (tall) 3.) She was _____________ than my sister. (pretty) 4.) Of all the girls, she was the ___________ to go. (eager) 5.) She read the story __________ than Sue. (good) 6.) I am the _________ on in my family. (tall)
