Harcourt Journeys: Grammar Skills Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

Unit 4: Lesson 26

This week’s skills: Part 1: Making Comparisons with –er and -est Part 2: Using more and most Part 3: Comparing with good and bad Part 4: Sentence Fluency Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

Making Comparisons Part 1: Adding –er and –est PowerPoint Adding –er and –est PowerPoint Part 2: Projectable 26.6Projectable 26.6 Part 3: Practice Book Page 304 Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

Part 1: Adding –er and -est Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

Today, we are going to study making comparisons. Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

The suffix –er should be used when you are comparing two things and the adjective has one syllable. The dog is bigger than the cat. big bigger Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

The suffix –er can be used with some 2 syllable words when you are comparing two things He is happier than his brother. happy happier (remember to change the y to an I before adding a suffix.) Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

Add –er to most two syllable adjectives that end in -y -ple ble

Examples: jollyjollier simple simpler humble humbler

Santa is jollier than Easter Bunny.

Math is simpler than science.

Jan is humbler than Ted.

Look at the two things below. Use a comparative adjective that you can add –er to and give an example of a comparative sentence.

A Superlative The suffix –est should be used when you are comparing three or more than things and the adjective has one syllable. The dog is the biggest of all the pets. big biggest Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

The suffix –est should can be used with some 2 syllable words when you are comparing three or more things Of the three brothers, he is the happiest. happy happiest (remember to change the y to an I before adding a suffix. ) Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

You can add –est to some two syllable adjectives. These adjective end in –y, - ple and –ble. jollyjolliest simple simplest humble humblest

Use a superlative to compare one of the puppies to the others.

Use a superlative to compare the man to the others.

This is the _____________________ blanket in the house. (warm, warmer, warmest) Maria is _____________________ than Jan right now. (happy, happier, happiest) That was the_____________________ sundae I've ever eaten. (big, bigger, biggest) Katrina ran even _____________________ than I did. (fast, faster, fastest)

January is the _____________________ month of the year. (cold, colder, coldest) That is a very _____________________ fishing pole. (long, longer, longest) Mr. Jones is the _____________________ teacher in the school. (nice, nicer, nicest)

PRACTICE!

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Part 2: Using More and Most in Comparisons

Today, we are going to look at when to use “more” and “most” when comparing.

Comparative Adjectives With longer adjectives Use “more” before the adjective instead of adding –er when comparing two things. Longer adjectives have more than two syllables and include some two syllable words.

Example: Science is more interesting than handwriting. The boy is more thoughtful than his sister.

Superlative Adjectives With longer adjectives Use “most” before the adjective instead of adding –est when comparing more than two things. Longer adjectives have more than two syllables and include some two syllable words.

Example: Math is the most interesting subject of all. The brown recluse spider is the most venomous of all its species.

I saw the __________________ magic trick ever today. (amazing) The factory made ______________mistakes this year than last year. (few) He is the ____________________ boy in the class. (talkative) The road is the __________________ in the neighborhood. (smooth)

Our detergent is ________________ than the detergent my sister uses. (effective) The steamroller has the ______________________ engine. (powerful) That restaurant is the _________________ I’ve ever seen. (elegant) Math is ___________________ than reading to me. (confusing)

PRACTICE! Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

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Turn your Practice Book to page 305. Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

Part 3: Making Comparisons Using Irregular Adjectives Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

The regular way to make comparative and superlative adjectives is to add –er or -est or to use more or most. A small number of adjectives, however, are irregular and some of these can be regular or irregular. The most common ones are listed here: Irregular adjective ComparativeSuperlative goodbetterbest badworseworst Farfurtherfurthest oldeldereldest

Those french fries are the ________ I have ever tasted. (bad) I think that this computer game has the ____________ educational value. (good) When I was a kid I was a __________ swimmer than my sister. (good) Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

He is _____________ at singing than me. (bad) My cold is ____________ today than it was yesterday. (bad) Tara is the ___________ athlete in the school. (good) It is __________ to take the medicine than to suffer with a cold. Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

Turn your Practice Book to page 306. Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

Part 4: Comparative and Superlative Review

Today, we are going to review comparative and superlative adjectives. Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

Comparative and Superlative Practice – Smart Response Activity Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott

How did you do? Copyright © 2012 Kelly Mott