Positive,Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives
Contents Introduction
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What is an adjective? What is a syllable? Syllables: further examples
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Adjectives Positive form Comparative form Building comparative form Superlative form Building Superlative form
Summary Comparison chart
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What is an adjective? Where you are:
An adjective is a word that describes a noun adjectives
noun
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big fast expensive
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What is a syllable? A syllable is the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) that comes when words are pronounced
Typ ing
Typ 1st syllable
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Syllables: examples 1. One-syllable adjectives
Cake Cheese Eat
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2. Two-syllable adjectives
Happy funny messy 3. Three-syllable adjectives
Impor tant Beautiful
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What is a “positive form�? Simple adjectives that describe the noun without a comparison.
This bus is fast.
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What is a “comparative form”? Adjectives that describe the idea of “more.”
fast-er
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My bus is fast. But that bus is faster. Previous
Building a comparative form One-syllable adjective
Bigg er
Two-syllable adjectives ending in-ly
y Tinier
Other two-and-three syllable adjectives
More important important
Irregular adjectives for example ‘old’
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What is a “superlative form”? Adjectives that describe the idea of “most”
Fast-est
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This bus is fast. That bus is faster. But this bus is the fastest. Previous
Building a superlative form Where you are:
One-syllable adjectives
Bigg est
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -ly
Tin iest y
Other two-and-three syllable adjectives Irregular adjectives for example ‘old’
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Comparison Chart Where you are:
Positive
Sweet
Big
Comparative
Superlative
Sweeter
Sweetest
Bigg er
Bigg est
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Wonderful More wonderful Most wonderful
Late
Latter
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