berlanjut

love your life by thinking and thanking Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Ex: • the tall professor • a solid commitment • a month's pay • a six-year-old child • the unhappiest, richest man Adjectives can also be used to compare the degrees of things. In these cases, adjectives are known as comparative or superlative. We use the comparative for comparing two things and the superlative for comparing three or more things. Ex: Positive Comparative Superlative rich richer richest lovely lovelier loveliest beautiful more beautiful most beautiful Certain adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative and superlative degrees: Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms good better best bad worse worst little less least much many some more most far further furthest Print page 2 of this document and complete the Comparative and Superlative Adjective Chart. Name: ____________________________________________ Comparative and Superlative Adjective Chart Directions: Complete the comparative and superlative adjective chart below. Positive Positive Comparative Superlative large larger largest nice harder oldest sweet uglier shortest fast slower highest good Directions: Tell whether the underlined adjective is positive, comparative, or superlative. 1. Monica is happier than Michael. _________________________ 2. That is the heaviest rock in the garden. _________________________ 3. Math is easier for her than science. _________________________ 4. The ice cream is cold. _________________________ 5. I am drinking a large soda. _________________________