1. Comparative Words
1st Grade Math

2. Using Comparative Words in Math
When we compare objects in math we use words such as: long, longer, longest, short, shorter, shortest, tall, taller, tallest, and high, higher,highest.

3. Long, Longer, Longest The first alligator is long.
The third alligator is longer.
The second alligator is the longest.

4. Which alligator is the longest?
Long, Longer, Longest
Which alligator is the longest?
The second alligator is the longest.

5. Short, Shorter, Shortest
The first alien is short.
The second alien is shorter.
The third alien is the shortest.

6. Short, Shorter, Shortest
Which alien is the shortest?
The third alien is the shortest.

7. Tall, Taller, Tallest The third giraffe is tall.
The second giraffe is taller than the third giraffe.
The first giraffe is the tallest.

8. Which giraffe is the tallest?
Tall, Taller, Tallest
Which giraffe is the tallest?
The first giraffe is the tallest.

9. High, Higher, Highest The second cloud is high.
The third cloud is higher.
The first cloud is the highest.

10. High, Higher, Highest Which cloud is the highest?
The first cloud is the highest.