What are superlatives and comparatives?
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Asked by: Joe Johnson
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.
What are comparatives and superlatives examples?
One Syllable Adjectives
| ADJECTIVE | COMPARATIVE | SUPERLATIVE |
|---|---|---|
| Big | Bigger | Biggest |
| Tall | Taller | Tallest |
| Small | Smaller | Smallest |
| Hot | Hotter | Hottest |
What are superlatives?
A superlative adjective is an adjective used in comparisons to describe something as being of the highest degree or extreme. We use superlative adjectives when making comparisons of three or more people or things. The words biggest and fastest are examples of superlative adjectives.
How do you explain comparatives and superlatives to children?
The most common way is to add er to the adjective when we're comparing two things or add e-s-t when we're comparing three or more things.
How do you identify comparative and superlative?
1. Most adjectives of one syllable form the comparative by adding ‘er’ and the superlative by adding ‘est’. 2. When an adjective ends in ‘e’, add ‘r’ for the comparative and ‘st’ for the superlative forms of the adjective.
What is an example of a comparative?
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.
How do you use comparatives?
Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher). They are used in sentences where two nouns are compared, in this pattern: Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun (object).
What are the rules for comparatives and superlatives?
The rules to form comparatives and superlatives:
One syllable adjective ending in more than one consonant or more than a vowel (or long vowels) — high, cheap, soft. Comparative — ‘er’ is added — higher, cheaper, softer. Superlative — ‘est is added — highest, cheapest, softest.
How do you write a superlative sentence?
Biggest small becomes smallest fat becomes fattest tall becomes tallest. And short becomes shortest. So we simply add e-s-t to the end of the word to make the superlative.
What are the rules for superlatives?
Rule #1 – one-syllable adjectives, add -est to the end
With one-syllable adjectives, you add -est to the word in order to form the superlative. A syllable is a voiced part of a word. For example, the word water has two syllables: wa-ter.
