Comparatives and Superlatives! Oh my!Bigger, better, fastest, MORE!

First!

Adjectives! What are they?• BRAINSTORM!

Syllable! What is it?• One or more letters that make up a unit of

spoken language. • A syllable is made up of either a single

vowel sound (as in “oh”) or a combination of vowel and consonant (as in “no” and “not”)

When do you use the comparative or superlative

form?When you want to compare different

objects.

Who is taller?

Which isBigger?

Which do you like

best?

How comparatives work.

• Use the comparative form when comparing two different objects.Example: Girls Generation is more popular than Brown Eyed Girls!

How to construct (make) the comparative form

• Add ‘er’ to the end of one syllable adjectives.

fast + er = faster

Example: cheap cheaper / hot hotter / high higher

• For two syllable adjectives that end with a ‘y’, change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ and then add ‘er’.

Example: happy happier / funny funnier

Two, Three or more syllable adjectives…

• Place ‘more’ in front of the adjective.

Example:

interesting more interesting / difficult more difficult

AND when using the comparative form (comparing and contrasting two objects)

use ‘than’.

EXAMPLES!

One syllable adjective:• MP3 players are cheaper than ipods.

Two syllable adjective ending in ‘y’:• Bart Simpson is funnier than sponge bob

square pants.

Two, three or more syllables:• Science is more difficult than English.

TWO important exceptions

1. good - adjectivebetter - comparative

2. bad - adjectiveworse - comparative

Fly Swatter Game!

•Two people will come to the board.•I will say an adjective, the person to swat the comparative form wins.•Best out of 5, wins a point for their team.•Anyone can challenge the winner to the next round.

Reviewcomparatives

White Board Game!

Smart

On the white board, you must write a comparative sentence using the adjective on each slide.

You can help each other but you must rotate the white board.For example, if I showed this slide, you would write:

Harry Potter is smarter than Ron Weasley

OR

Ron Weasley is smarter than Harry Potter.

Ron Weasley

Harry Potter

talented

Madonna Lady Ga Ga

Good

Pizza Kimchi

Which animal do you prefer?

cute

Which enemy do you prefer?

The Joker The Scarecrow

scary

Which snake is longer?

long

Royal Python

Anaconda

Now…

• Use the superlative form when speaking about three or more objects to show which object is ‘the most’ of something.Example:Seoul is the most exciting city in Korea.

How to construct (make) the superlative form

• For one syllable adjectives, place ‘the’ before the adjective and add ‘est’ to end of the adjective.

Example:cheap the cheapest / hot the

hottest / high the highest 

Two Syllable Adjectives Ending in ‘y’

• place ‘the’ before the adjective and remove the ‘y’ from the adjective and add ‘iest’.

Example:happy the happiest / funny the

funniest

Two, Three or More Syllable Adjectives

• place ‘the most’ before the adjectiveExample:  interesting the most interesting /

difficult the most difficult

EXAMPLES!One syllable adjective:• Royal Pythons are the longest

animals.Two syllable adjective ending in ‘y’:• The koala is the laziest animal.Two, three or more syllables:• However, I think Border Collies are the

most interesting animals because they are the smartest.

TWO important exceptions

1. good - adjectivebetter - comparativethe best – superlative

2. bad - adjectiveworse - comparativethe worst - superlative

Fly Swatter Game!

White Board Game

This time, each slide will have words and pictures with which to make a sentence using the SUPERLATIVE form.

Again, you may help each other, but you must rotate the white board.

Example

Royal Pythons are the longest animals.

Royal Pythons

long

animals

Blue whales

sea animals

large

Russia

big

country

Mt. Everest

tall

mountain

African Elephants

large

land animals

sea horses

slow

fish