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12. 4 Special Adjectives that Compare Objective. -To identify and correctly use irregular comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Special Adjectives that Compare. The comparative and superlative forms of some adjectives are not always in the regular manner.
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12. 4 Special Adjectives that Compare Objective -To identify and correctly use irregular comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
Special Adjectives that Compare The comparative and superlative forms of some adjectives are not always in the regular manner. Comparative- compares ____________ things Superlative- compares ______________things
Example AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative • good better best • bad worse worst • many more most • much more most • little (amount)less least
Examples • She felt _______than I did. (good) • He did the ______ on the test out of the whole class. (good) • I had the ________amount of time out of everyone. (little)
Write the correct comparative or superlative form of the adjective in parenthesis. • The carolers had ________ spirit than I did. (much) • Her tree has the ______ornaments on it than her 2 sisters. (little) • She had the _______ respect out of all the choir members. (many) • The ______singer of the group was heard the loudest. (good) • The __________excuse was given not to sing. (bad) • She had _______enthusiasm than my brother did. (little) • He had a ________attitude about the holidays than his dad. (good) • I did ______in the Christmas play than he did. (bad)