1. Comparatives and Superlatives Lesson 3 Grade 6 Dongdab Elementary School

2. Warm up game! Catch the ball and tell me your favorite food! “My favorite food is ____.”

3. Comparative Examples bigger heavier more popular weaker more intelligent worse nicer spicier

4. Guess the comparative! AdjectiveComparative sweetsweeter beautifulmore beautiful heavyheavier good better bad worse

5. The RULES 1.Most adjectives are made comparative by adding ‘er’. oldolder 2. If the adjective ends in ‘e’, just add ‘r’. nicenicer

6. Remember the RULES 3. For longer words, add ‘more’ or ‘less’ in front. deliciousmore delicious 4. Shorts words ending in a consonant often means you have to double the consonant. bigbigger hothotter

7. LAST RULE… There are some irregular comparatives: goodbetter badworse farfurther

8. When we compare more than 2… talltallertallest

9. Watch this short video. What do you see?

10. When we compare more than 2… largelargerlargest The first apple is large. The second apple is larger than the first. The third apple is the largest.

11. When we compare more than 2… heavyheavierheaviest Mario is heavy. Luigi is heavier than Mario. Bowser is the heaviest.

12. When we compare more than 2… The cat is small. The bird is smaller than the cat. The ant is the smallest.

13. Superlative Examples sweetest heaviest most popular strongest most intelligent worst nicest spiciest

14. Instead of ‘er’ we add ‘est’ AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative sweetsweetersweetest coldcoldercoldest prettyprettierprettiest

15. For longer words… AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative beautifulmore beautifulmost beautiful popularmore popularmost popular

16. Class Activity Fill in the blanks!

17. FILL IN THE BLANKS AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative bigbigger_______ weakweaker_______ heavyheavier_______ intelligentmore intelligent __ _______ nicenicer_______ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

18. Summary longest iestfunn most best longer ier funn beautiful more better long funny beautiful good comparativesuperlative beautiful

19. Irregular comparatives furthest further good bad far comparativesuperlative better best worse worst

20. Pair Activity Study these pictures and answer the Questions!

21. YOSHIPIKACHU SONIC Height: 132 cm Weight: 45 Kg Speed: 20 km/h Height: 70 cm Weight: 80 Kg Speed: 40 km/h Height: 100 cm Weight: 50 Kg Speed: 90 km/h Who is the tallest? Who is the fastest? Who is the heaviest?