Comparing with Adjectives What are adjectives Adjectives can
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Comparing with Adjectives
What are adjectives?
Adjectives can also show people, places, or things are alike or different. • Add –er to most adjectives to compare two persons, places, or things. Mars is a smaller planet than Jupiter. • Add –est to most adjectives to compare more than two persons, places, or things. Pluto is the smallest planet of all.
Which adjective completes the sentence correctly? Venus has a ______ year than Jupiter. shorter shortest
Which adjective completes the sentence correctly? Jupiter is a _______ planet than Venus. colder coldest
Which adjective completes the sentence correctly? Mercury is ______ of all to the sun. nearer nearest
Which adjective completes the sentence correctly? Uranus is ______ than Neptune. warmer warmest
Which adjective completes the sentence correctly? A year on Earth is ______ than a year on Mars. shorter shortest
HELP! Please edit this list of facts from a website about jupiter. It has 5 errors. • Jupiter is greater in size than its neighbor Mars. • It is the greater in size of all the planets. • Earth is nearest to the Sun than Jupiter is. • Jupiter has a longest year than Earth. • It is the brighter of all the planets except one. • Only Venus appears brightest than Jupiter. Click here to see correctionsl
We can use adjectives that compare to help expand sentences and make them more interesting. Example: Alaska is a large state. Of all of the states of the United States of America, Alaska is the largest.
Can you expand these sentences by adding comparative and superlative adjectives to make them more interesting? • The lion tamer is tall. • The man on stilts is tall. • The white horse is fast. • The elephant is big.
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