ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES

Adjectives are used to describe Adjectives are used to describe things, animals or people. They are things, animals or people. They are the same before singular and the same before singular and plural nouns.plural nouns.

They can go before a noun or after They can go before a noun or after the verb the verb bebe..

It’s a It’s a bigbig house house The house is The house is bigbig

Finish the sentences. Use Finish the sentences. Use adjectivesadjectives

– It is It is a big classrooma big classroom– The classroom ________The classroom ________– My father is __________ My father is __________ – It is a _________ schoolIt is a _________ school– The school ___________The school ___________

COMPARATIVE COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES

Comparative Comparative adjectivesadjectives

We often compare people, animals We often compare people, animals or things; we say how they are or things; we say how they are similar or different. similar or different.

Comparative adjectivesComparative adjectives are used are used to talk about the differences to talk about the differences between between twotwo people, animals or people, animals or things. The word things. The word thanthan often comes often comes afterafter the comparative adjective. the comparative adjective.

Examples:Examples:

My school is My school is biggerbigger than than yours yours

Jack is Jack is tallertaller thanthan Sara Sara

Circle the comparativesCircle the comparatives– My sister is nicer than my aunt. My sister is nicer than my aunt.

Everybody loves her.Everybody loves her.– My grandma is older than my My grandma is older than my

grandpagrandpa– Aunty Sara is younger than Mark Aunty Sara is younger than Mark – My cousin Carlos is shorter than My cousin Carlos is shorter than

my brothermy brother

We form the comparatives by adding We form the comparatives by adding ––erer to to short adjectives.short adjectives.

But be careful!!!But be careful!!!

Adjective Adjective ComparativComparativee

ShortShort ShortShorterer

TallTall TallTallerer

OldOld OldOlderer

YoungYoung YoungYoungerer

NewNew NewNewerer

AdjectiveAdjective ComparativComparativee

Nice Nice NicNicerer

WideWide widwiderer

Fill in the gaps. Use the Fill in the gaps. Use the comparatives of the word in comparatives of the word in brackets.brackets.

– Mary is Mary is shortershorter than Sam (short) than Sam (short)– Sara is _________ than Tom (young)Sara is _________ than Tom (young)– Karol is _________ than Laura (nice)Karol is _________ than Laura (nice)– John is _________ than Mark (old) John is _________ than Mark (old)

Be careful!!!Be careful!!! The spelling sometimes changes. The spelling sometimes changes.

Look at the following comparatives. Look at the following comparatives.

Short adjectives with one Short adjectives with one vowel and one consonant vowel and one consonant

Big bigBig biggerger

Fat fatFat fatterter

Thin thinThin thinnerner

Adjectives that end in Adjectives that end in yy Funny funnFunny funnierier

Heavy heavHeavy heavierier

Write sentences. Use the Write sentences. Use the comparatives.comparatives.

– My cousin Paquito / fat / My cousin Eulalio My cousin Paquito / fat / My cousin Eulalio __________________________________________________________________

– English / funny / MathEnglish / funny / Math_________________________________ _________________________________

– Sara’s brother / thin / SamSara’s brother / thin / Sam__________________________________________________________________

– My sisters / heavy / My baby brother My sisters / heavy / My baby brother __________________________________________________________________

SUPERLATIVE SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVES

Superlative Superlative adjectivesadjectives

Superlative adjectives are Superlative adjectives are used to talk about used to talk about differences between differences between three three or moreor more people, animals or people, animals or things. The word things. The word thethe comes comes beforebefore the superlative the superlative adjective.adjective.

Examples: Examples:

– I am I am thethe tall tallest est in my classin my class

– My grandpa is My grandpa is thethe old oldest est of of allall

Circle the superlative.Circle the superlative.– My brother is the smallest of all My brother is the smallest of all

his friends his friends – I am the youngest girl in my I am the youngest girl in my

class.class.– Camilo is the tallest boy in my Camilo is the tallest boy in my

schoolschool– Sara is the fastest runner of my Sara is the fastest runner of my

classmates classmates

We form the superlative by adding We form the superlative by adding ––estest to to short adjectives.short adjectives.

But be careful!!!But be careful!!!

Adjective Adjective SuperlativeSuperlative

ShortShort The ShortThe Shortestest

TallTall The tallThe tallestest

OldOld The OldThe Oldestest

YoungYoung The The YoungYoungestest

NewNew The NewThe Newestest

AdjectiveAdjective SuperlativeSuperlative

Nice Nice NicNicestest

WideWide WidWidestest

Complete the sentences. Use the Complete the sentences. Use the superlatives of the words in superlatives of the words in brackets.brackets.

– Who is ____________ ? (old)Who is ____________ ? (old)– Who is ____________ ? (young)Who is ____________ ? (young)– Who is ____________ ? (short)Who is ____________ ? (short)– Who is ____________ ? (tall)Who is ____________ ? (tall)

Be careful!!!Be careful!!! The spelling sometimes changes. The spelling sometimes changes.

Look at the following superlatives. Look at the following superlatives.

Short adjectives with one Short adjectives with one vowel and one consonant vowel and one consonant

Big bigBig biggestgest

Fat fatFat fattesttest

Thin thinThin thinnestnest

Adjectives that end in Adjectives that end in yy Funny funnFunny funniestiest

Heavy heavHeavy heaviestiest

Fill in the gaps. Use the Fill in the gaps. Use the superlatives of the words in superlatives of the words in brackets.brackets.

– My school ___________ (big)My school ___________ (big)– Uncle Mark is ___________ (tall)Uncle Mark is ___________ (tall)– This game ___________ (funny)This game ___________ (funny)– My sister ___________ (short)My sister ___________ (short)