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Short adjectives – One syllable

A car is faster than a bike. 

A bus is larger than a car. 

Adjectives with 1 syllable: adjective + -er + than

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Short adjectives – One syllable with a Consonant Vowel

Consonant: big, fat, hot, thin… 

A surfboard is bigger than a skateboard. 

Look at other examples:fatter than

hotter than

thinner than

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Adjectives ending in: -y

Riding a bike is easier than surfing. 

Look at other examples:prettier than

happier than

heavier than

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Long adjectives

A car is more expensive than a bike. 

Climbing is more dangerous than playing football. 

Long adjectives: adjective +more + than

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 Irregular adjectives

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better than

Bad worse than

Good

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longer than prettier than more important than

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long pretty important funny small 

interesting  tall 

funnier thansmaller than more interesting than

taller than

nice 

nicer than

exciting 

more exciting than

heavy 

heavier than

fat 

fatter than

happy

happier than

modern

more  modern than

wonderful

more  wonderful than

lazy

lazier than

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Tom is ____________ Christie.

young 

younger than

My grandparents are __________ your grandparents.

old 

older than

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 Fill in the blanks with the comparative of the adjectives.

My schoolbag is ____________ your schoolbag. heavy heavier than

Surfing is ___________________ playing computer.

interesting 

more interesting than

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Short adjectives – One syllable

My car is the fastest car in my street. 

This bike is the nicest bike in the shop. 

Adjectives with 1 syllable: the  + adjective + -est

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Long adjectives

My school is the most important schoolin my city. 

Climbing is the most exciting activityin my school. I like climbing very much. 

Long adjectives: adjectivethe most +

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 Irregular adjectives

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the best 

Bad the worst

Good

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the youngest  the easiest  the most fantastic 

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young easy fantastic pretty long 

important  small 

the prettiest the longest  the most important

the smallest 

great 

the  greatest 

exciting 

the most exciting

lazy 

the  laziest 

thin 

the thinnest 

happy

the happiest 

modern

the most  modern

interesting

the most  interesting

heavy

the heaviest 

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 Fill in the blanks with thesuperlative of the adjectives.

1. The Music Club is __________ club in school.

good 

the best 

3. Going on school trips is ___________________activity in class.

interesting 

the most interesting 

2. My friend, Simon, is __________ boy in class.

nice 

the nicest 

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4. For me canoeing is ___________ activity in the club.

great 

the greatest 

6. I’m very lucky. I’m ___________ boy at school!

lucky

the luckiest

5. He’s  __________ basketball player!

bad 

the worst