Comparatives And Superlatives Worksheet Pdf

[Nathen Paisley]

Comparativesand superlatives are special types of adjectives used when comparing two or more things. The trickiest thing when using comparatives and superlatives is making sure we are writing them the correct way, but with a little practice, comparatives and superlatives can quickly be mastered.

In the sentences below, select the option that accurately shows the superlative form of the adjective. Remember, a superlative adjective describes a noun by comparing it to two or more nouns to the highest or lowest degree.

Identify the comparative and superlative adjectives in the sentences below. There may be more than one in a sentence. Make sure you specify which are comparative and which are superlative.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives are words we often see and use in our writing. Make sure you are structuring your comparative and superlative adjectives appropriately for the number of syllables in the adjective.

This is the first of five chapters about Comparatives and Superlatives. To complete this reader, read each chapter carefully and then unlock and complete our materials to check your understanding.

Because comparisons tend to be more commonly made in speech rather than in writing, learners of general English will initially find studying these constructions more useful. Examples such as those provided in the table below may very well be heard with some frequency in everyday speech:

While many of the above expressions would be too informal for academic writing, there are still a number of comparative and superlative constructions that would likely benefit those studying academically. Whether describing visual data, mapping trends or writing a compare and contrast essay, comparatives and superlatives can be very useful when creating formal assignments if learned correctly:

Chapters 2-5 now deal with comparative and superlative constructions in more detail, exploring the various forms and rules of these constructions as well as providing a number of useful academic expressions.

In this lesson, students practice comparing 3 or more things using superlative adjectives. They play a superlatives game, do a fun class survey and read an interesting book about world records.

This lesson will help your students describe the world around them and make comparisons. This lesson should be taught after the Comparing Things (Comparative Adjectives) lesson as much of that lessons vocab will be recycled.

Put students in groups of 3-4 around a table and put the set of cards face down on the table. Student A takes a card and reads the adjective to the rest of the group. He/She then takes a pencil and spins it on the table. When the pencil stops spinning the person who it is pointing at must say a sentence using the adjective on the card in the comparative form, for example:

You should model this with one group to the rest of the class so that everyone fully understands the game. It is worth writing the sentences from the model on the board so that students have a structure to follow.

6. Students test each other on comparatives and superlatives

Place students in pairs. Student A looks at his/her "Comparatives & Superlatives" worksheet and Student B turns over his/hers. Student A starts by giving a short sentence with the adjective and Student B says the comparative and superlative forms, for example:

Finally, have all students turn over their worksheets and stand up. For each student, say a sentence with an adjective and that student to change your adjective example into a comparative and superlative. They can sit down if they give a correct answer. For example:

7.Play "Let's compare things on the table"

Put students into groups of 3 or 4 and have them sit around a table. Start by modeling the activity with a group. Choose an object that all the students have, such as a pencil, pen, pencil case, bag, cell phone, shoe, notebook, etc. and get each student to place one of theirs on the table. Then students compare their objects, for example:

8.Read classroom reader "World Records"

This reader helps to reinforce the vocab and structures practiced in the previous activities. Before class, download and print off the reader "World Records". As you go through each page, have students guess the answers to each question before letting them see the picture (as the picture will have the answer!), for example:

Printable comparatives superlatives spiral puzzle worksheet. Print this activity for use with learners of kindergarten to 3rd grade. Words to practice includes: taller, slowest, shorter, better and more.

Numbered clues appear below the spiral grid. Determine the word that matches the clue, and write that word in the spiral puzzle. The word does not overlap with the next word (marked by the next number) and it must be written in the correct direction (from a lower numbered space to a higher numbered space).

For most adjectives, the comparative degree is marked by adding -τερος -α -ον to the masculine stem of the positive degree. To mark the superlative degree, the endings -τατος -η -ον are added to the masculine stem. (S 313; GPH p. 35, ). For adjectives that have these endings, the PERSISTENT ACCENT is on the ANTEPENULT.

Note that in the above examples, the final ο of masculine stems sometimes appears as ω before the addition of the τερ/τατ markers. Generally speaking, the LENGTH of this vowel is OPPOSITE the length of the preceding vowel:

As in English, some Greek adjectives form their comparatives and superlatives differently. The most common alternative marker for the comparative degree is -(ί)ων -(ι)ον. We encountered this form in our previous discussion of adjectives. To review:

In many cases, comparatives and superlatives that end in -(ί)ων /-ιστος are adjectives that, while comparative or superlative in meaning, have no positive degree form of their own. These forms are called IRREGULAR COMPARISONS (S 319). Note the following examples.

Ι. Please provide the comparative and superlative nominative singulars for each of the following positive adjectives. Each is formed regularly, i.e., the comparatives are formed by adding -τερος, α, ον, and the superlatives are formed by adding -τατος, η, ον.

II. Please provide the comparative and superlative nominative singulars for each of the following positive adjectives. Each forms the comparative degree with -(ί)ων -(ι)ον and their superlative degree with -ιστος -η -ον.

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