Adjectives: Comparing Nouns


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Important Points


to Remember!

 

       An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing).
    
       An adjective tells more about a noun (person, place, or thing).

       An adjective makes a sentence more interesting.

       An adjective effects the meaning of a sentence.
    
       An adjective can be used to tell what kind and how many.

 

Directions: Read each sentence.

THINK

and

REMEMBER

+

compare two add "er"
 

  compare more than two add "est"

     

Decide on the adjective with "er" or "est", then
check your answer by choosing the down arrow.

 

 

    
       Mark had the longer/longest hit on the team.
                        

 

    
       Can you give me the brighter/brightest crayon in
      the crayon box?
                        
 
    
       A dog is larger/largest than a bird.
                          
 

       How much higher/highest can a cat jump than a
      frog?
                          
 


       My mother is the happier/happiest mother in the
      whole, wide world!
                        
 

       Your worm is longer/longest than mine.
                          
 

       Do I have the smarter/smartest dog in our town?
                          
 

       The ceiling is higher/highest than the floor.
                          
 

       My ball bounces farther/farthest of all!
                        
 

       Wood is harder/hardest than putty.
                          
 

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