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Comparing Adjectives: From Big to Small

Learn about adjectives, comparisons, syllables, and forms of adjectives, with examples, practice exercises, and fun comparisons of animals and people.

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Comparing Adjectives: From Big to Small

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  1. Comparison of Adjectives Let’s compare! big - bigger than – the biggest small - smaller than – the smallest beautiful - more beautiful than – the mostbeautiful V.B. 2011

  2. What is an adjective? _______ is an adjective. Howmanylong adjectives can you find?

  3. Comparison of Adjectives Adjectives are divided into syllables: What is a syllable? Syllable is a part of a word containing vowel sound singing sing……… ing 1st syllable 2nd syllable

  4. Examples- syllables 1 3 2 one syllable adjectives three syllable adjectives two syllable adjectives long tall old small big smart fat short happy friendly crazy dirty hungry easy wonderful hardworking beautiful important

  5. as…..as Hi, I’m Rick. I’m 1.70 cm tall too. Hi,I’m Tom. I’m 1.70 cm tall. Rick isas tall asTom.

  6. as…..as I’m bigger than you. I’m happy,too. Koda isn’tas big as Kena. but I’m big and happy. He isas happy as Kena.

  7. Comparative Form rabbit - turtle one syllable adjective fast-er fast-slow My car is fast. But my dad’s car is faster. 1.The rabbit is fasterthan the turtle. 2.The turtle is slowerthan the rabbit.

  8. Superlative Form rabbit - turtle one syllable adjective fast-est My car is fast. My dad’s car is faster. But my friend’s car is the fastest. fast-slow 1.The rabbit is the fastestanimal. 2.The turtle is the slowestanimal. Short Adjectives : old, slow, tall, long, short + er the … + est

  9. CVC= Consonant / Vowel / Consonant rabbit - turtle Adjectives ending in CVC- double the last letter! big-bigger My ball is big. My sister’s ball is bigger. But my friend’s ball is the biggest. 1.The rabbit is biggerthan the turtle. Example: David is fatter than Miri. big – bigger biggest CVC CVC= Consonant / Vowel / Consonant

  10. funny Two syllable adjectives ending in y- drop the y and add i ! 1.The cat is funnierthan the dog. Short Adjectives: ending in yy+ ier y+ iest happy happierthehappiest hungry hungrier thehungriest easy easier thehappiest

  11. Irregular Adjectives Be careful with these words! good- better –the best bad –worse- the worst

  12. Long Adjectives beautiful, boring more the most delicious delicious Fish is a………….………… meal. but moredelicious Chicken is ………..……….……….than fish. but the mostdelicious Steak is ………..……….…….… meal.

  13. Let’s practice: strong /tall/ beautiful/short stronger shorter taller more beautiful horsedog A horse is ______________than a dog. A dog is ______________than a horse.

  14. Let’s practice: small /big/ beautiful/dangerous sharkwhale A shark is _____________than a whale. A whale is _____________than a shark. smaller bigger morebeautiful more dangerous

  15. Let’s practice: dangerous /long/ small/ poisonous spidersnake A snake is ___________than a spider. A spider is __________than a snake. smaller longer more poisonous more dangerous

  16. Let’s practice: friendly /short/ fat /heavy friendlier shorter fatter heavier elephantrabbit A rabbit is _________than an elephant. An elephant is ________than a rabblit.

  17. Let’s practice: strong /fast/ dangerous /slow stronger slower faster more dangerous camellion A lion is ________than a camel. A camel is ________than a lion.

  18. Let’s practice: big / intelligent / long/ beautiful bigger longer moreintelligent more beautiful dolphin penguin A dolphin is ________than a penguin.

  19. Compare the clowns using the words from the box Example: Joe is taller than Mike./ Joe is the tallest clown. strong, young, funny, sad, beautiful, fat, big, small, ugly, short, tall, heavy, old, bad, good Joe: Age: 25 Height:1.85 cm Weight:80 kg Funny: Tony: Age: 35 Height:1.75 cm Weight:100 kg Funny: Mike: Age: 28 Height:1.80 cm Weight:80 kg Funny:

  20. Mike: Age: 28 Height:1.80 cm Weight:80 kg Funny: Beauty: Joe: Age: 25 Height:1.85 cm Weight:80 kg Funny: Beauty: Tony: Age: 35 Height:1.75 cm Weight:100 kg Funny: Beauty: Exercise1 1.Mike is _______ than Tony. ( tall) 2.Joe is _______ than Mike. ( young) 3.Joe is ________ than Mike. (funny) 4.Tony is ________than Joe. (old) 5.Tony is ________than Mike. (short) 6.Joe is ________ than Tony. (tall) 7.Joe is ________than Mike. (beautiful) 8.Tony is _______than Joe. (happy) 9.Tony is ________than Joe. (heavy) 10. Joe is as ______as Mike. ( heavy) 11. Tony is _______than Mike. (funny) Exercise2 1.Joe is the_______. (tall) 2.Joe is the _______. (young) 3.Tony is the________. (funny) 4.Tony is the________. (old) 5.Tony is the________. (short) 6.Joe is the_______. (beautiful) 8.Tony is the______. (happy) 9.Tony is ________. (heavy)

  21. Compare the farm animals using the words from the box Example: A pig is slower than a horse./ The pig is the dirtiest animal. strong, fast, clean, dirty, beautiful, fat, big, small, colorful, friendly, short, tall cow horse sheep rooster pig

  22. cow rooster pig sheep horse Exercise1 1.The cow is _______ than the pig. ( fat) 2.The horse is _______ than the sheep. ( big) 3.The rooster is ________ than the pig. (small) 4.The cow is ________than the sheep. (fat) 5.The pig is ________than the sheep. (dirty) 6.The rooster is ________ than the horse. (colorful) 7.The horse is ________than the cow. (beautiful) 8.The sheep is _______than the horse. (short) 9.The horse is ________than the pig. (clean) 10. The horse is ______than the cow. ( strong) 11. The cow is _______than the sheep. (heavy)

  23. cow rooster pig sheep horse Exercise2 1.The cow is the_______ animal. ( fat) 2.The horse is the_______ animal. ( strong) 3.The rooster is the________ animal. (small) 4.The pig is the________ animal. (dirty) 5.The rooster is the________ animal. (colorful) 6.The horse is the________ animal. (beautiful) 7.The sheep is the_______ animal. (cute) 8. The cow is the_______ animal. (heavy)

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