Superlative Adjectives Comparative Adjectives Comparative adjectives are used

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Superlative Adjectives

Superlative Adjectives

Comparative Adjectives • Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two nouns

Comparative Adjectives • Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two nouns they modify. The Butterfly Circus is more colorful than the other circus. The underlined words are nouns. The words in blue are the comparative adjective.

Comparative Adjectives • Example of comparative adjectives: The greater the struggle, the more glorious

Comparative Adjectives • Example of comparative adjectives: The greater the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. • How many nouns are compared in this sentence?

Superlative Adjectives • Example of superlative adjective: Come on in, ladies and gentlemen, come

Superlative Adjectives • Example of superlative adjective: Come on in, ladies and gentlemen, come on in. We have the best show in town. How many nouns the adjective best is comparing?

Superlative Adjective • Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two nouns

Superlative Adjective • Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two nouns they modify. • Superlative adjectives are used to compare differences between three or more nouns they modify.

Superlative Adjectives • Superlative adjectives are used in sentences where three or more nouns

Superlative Adjectives • Superlative adjectives are used in sentences where three or more nouns are compared: Come on in, come on in. We have the best clowns in town. How many nouns the adjective best is comparing?

Superlative Adjectives • There are three basic rules forming superlative adjectives: – First Rule:

Superlative Adjectives • There are three basic rules forming superlative adjectives: – First Rule: for one syllable adjectives – Second Rule: for two syllable adjectives. – Second Rule: for three or more syllable adjectives. • Let’s discover these rules!

Superlative Adjectives • Examples for First Rule: old, oldest long, longest cold, coldest rich,

Superlative Adjectives • Examples for First Rule: old, oldest long, longest cold, coldest rich, richest calm, calmest quick, quickest thin, thinest smart, smartest • What do all these words have in common?

Superlative Adjectives • Examples for the Second Rule: simple, simplest early, earliest famous, most

Superlative Adjectives • Examples for the Second Rule: simple, simplest early, earliest famous, most famous perfect, most perfect • What do all these words have in common?

Superlative Adjectives • Examples of the Third Rule: beautiful, most beautiful difficult, most difficult

Superlative Adjectives • Examples of the Third Rule: beautiful, most beautiful difficult, most difficult expensive, most expensive Dangerous, most dangerous • What do all these words have in common?

Superlative Adjectives • The three rules are: – First rule: adding “est” to one

Superlative Adjectives • The three rules are: – First rule: adding “est” to one syllable word. – Second rule: adding “est” or “most” to two syllable words. – Third rule: adding “most” to three syllable words.

Superlative Adjectives • But what happens with… – big, biggest – fine, finest –

Superlative Adjectives • But what happens with… – big, biggest – fine, finest – pretty, prettiest – bad, worst

Superlative Adjectives I present you the master of the flying trapeze and the oldest

Superlative Adjectives I present you the master of the flying trapeze and the oldest performer in the air, Poppy! • This quote has one superlative adjective. Can you find it? • What does this sentence mean?

Superlative Adjectives My boy here would sure like to say hello to the strongest

Superlative Adjectives My boy here would sure like to say hello to the strongest man in town. • This quote has one superlative adjective. Can you find it? • What does this sentence mean?