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Comparing with er & est
Lesson 125
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Comparing with er & est
Use er and est to compare how things are alike and different.Both adjectives and adverbs use er and est to compare.
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Comparing with er & est
Adjectives may be used to compare two or more people, places, or things.Adverbs may be used to compare two or more actions.
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Comparing with er & est
Add the suffix er to short adjectives or adverbs to compare two.Add the suffix est to compare more than two.
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Comparing with er & est
Some adjectives change the spelling of the word when adding er or est. Adverbs do not change their spellings.When an adjective ends in a consonant and y, change the y to i before adding er or est.
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Comparing with er & est
When an adjective ends with an e, drop the e before adding er or est.When an adjective has only one vowel and ends in a consonant, double the final consonant before adding er or est.
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Guided Practice
1. funny
funnierfunniest
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Guided Practice
2. slow
slowerslowest
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Guided Practice
4. The red racer snake moves the (faster, fastest) of any desert snake.
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Guided Practice
5. The temperature in desert regions is (hotter, hottest) than in mountain regions.
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Guided Practice
7. A dingo is a ____ desert animal than an armadillo lizard.
louder
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Guided Practice
8. The roadrunner runs the ____ of any bird in the desert.
fastest
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Independent Practice
1. great
greatergreatest
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Independent Practice
2. rainy
rainierrainiest
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Independent Practice
6. The camel is (larger, largest) than a horse.
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Independent Practice
7. Camels can survive (long, longer) without drinking water than people.
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Independent Practice
11. It is ____ for a camel to walk on sand than for a horse.
easier
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Apply and Write
Many stories have been written about camels living in the desert. What other information do you know
about camels?
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Special Forms for Good & Bad
Lesson 127
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Good & BadThe words good and well are often confused in sentences.Good is always used as an adjective. Well is an adverb unless it is talking about someone’s health.
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Special Adjectives That Compare
One Two More than Two
good better best
bad worse worst
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Special Adverbs That Compare
One Two More than Two
well better best
badly worse worst
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Guided Practice
1. Dr. White is a ____ doctor.
good
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Guided Practice
2. He does his job ____.
well
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Guided Practice
4. Mom makes the (good, best) spaghetti of anyone I know.
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Guided Practice
5. The chocolate cake is (better, best) than the coconut cake.
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Guided Practice
8. He wrote (badly, worst) with his broken arm.
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Guided Practice
9. Thomas ran (worse, worst) in the second race.
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Independent Practice
1. They had a ____ time at the birthday party.
good
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Independent Practice
2. Margo ran ____ in the race.
well
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Independent Practice
6. The barber gave Tony a (good, best) haircut.
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Independent Practice
7. It was (worst, better) than his last haircut.
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Independent Practice
10. The storm (bad, badly) damaged the roof of our house.
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Independent Practice
11. He coughed (worse, worst) today than yesterday.
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Apply and Write
Write one sentence using good correctly and one
sentence using well correctly.