What is the difference between comparatives and superlatives adjectives?
Comparative adjectives are used to compare two people or things and superlative adjectives are used to compare more than two people or things. For example: My house is bigger than her house.
How do you introduce comparatives and superlatives?
Make sure students understand that the comparative is formed by using “more” plus the adjective. Students compare cities and countries trying to use long adjectives. Introduce the superlative: T: Paris is a very beautiful city, but in my opinion Rome is the most beautiful city in the world.
What is comparative example?
Adjectives in the comparative form compare two people, places, or things. For example, in the sentence, ‘John is smarter, but Bob is taller,’ the comparative forms of the adjectives ‘smart’ (smarter) and’ tall’ (taller) are used to compare two people, John and Bob.
What is a superlative adjective examples?
As an adjective, superlative is used to mean something is the best or highest of its kind, surpasses all others, or is excellent. For example, a superlative cheeseburger would be a cheeseburger that is extremely delicious or is very high quality. Superlative is also used as a noun, which we will explore more later.
How do you form comparatives?
Adjectives with two syllables can form the comparative either by adding -er or by preceeding the adjective with more. These adjectives form the superlative either by adding -est or by preceeding the adjective with most. In many cases, both forms are used, although one usage will be more common than the other.
What is an example of a comparative?
We use comparative adjectives to say that one person or thing demonstrates a high degree of a quality or is a better example of a quality than the other. Words like taller, smarter, and slower are examples of comparative adjectives.
How do you introduce comparatives?
Comparatives take the following forms:
- the adj+er: in most cases, adjectives with 1 or 2 syllables take the “er” form (e.g. fast – faster / heavy – heavier)
- the more + adj: in most cases, adjectives with 3 or more syllables take the “more ~” form (e.g. expensive – more expensive / beautiful – more beautiful)
How do you practice comparatives?
Try These Activities for Using Comparatives and Superlatives
- Look Around You Race. Start with a simple activity right where you are by having students compare the people in your classroom.
- These Are the People in Your Family.
- Home Style Interview.
- The “Most” Students.
What are superlatives examples?
Superlative adjectives
- My house is the largest one in our neighborhood.
- This is the smallest box I’ve ever seen.
- Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.
- We all threw our rocks at the same time. My rock flew the highest. (” of all the rocks” is understood)