Strong Weak

Tall Short

Slow Fast

Heavy Light

Beautiful Ugly

BoringFunny

Big Small

Easy Hard

Wet Dry

Old New

Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

Adjectives 1. One-syllable adjectives 2. Two-syllable adjectives 3. Three-syllable adjectives long strong slow hap beau pymodern dir ty tiful wonderful Back

good modern Comparative form longer one syllable adjectives two syllable adjectives ending in -y funn other two and three syllable adjectives irregular adjectives Back y ier modern more better bad worse

y Superlative form (the) longest one syllable adjectives two syllable adjectives ending in -y funn other two and three syllable adjectives irregular adjectives Back iest modern modern most good best bad worst

Complete the table Back hot hotterthe hottest nice nicerthe nicest short shorterthe shortest good betterthe best exciting more excitingthe most exciting happy happierthe happiest big biggerthe biggest expensive more expensivethe most expensive thin thinnerthe thinnest bad worsethe worst

1) This is a nice cat. It's much nicer than my friend's cat. 2) Emily is six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is older. 3) He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the most interesting hobby in the world. 4) Her mum is a good cook, but my mum is better. 5) This magazine is expensive, but that one is more expensive. 6) We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even smaller than ours. 7) Its hot today, but it was hotter yesterday. 8) I got a bad mark for Maths, but Lauras mark was the worst in the class. Comparison of adjectives in sentences

Spelling of the adjectives using the endings -er/-est Back Change -y to -i (consonant before -y) dirtydirtierdirtiest Leave out the silent -e largelargerlargest large largerlargest Double the consonant after short vowel big bigger biggest

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Sunny

Beautiful

Hot

Cold

Foggy

Cloudy

It s raining

Its snowing

Stormy

Windy

Across 5. We wear _____ to keep the hands warm in the winter. 7. In China, the winter is usually in ______, January and February. 9. We wear _______ and shorts in the summer. 10. What's the opposite of wet? Down 1. I usually wear my orange _____ in the winter. 2. It's usually hot and sunny in _______. 3. In winter the weather is snowy and _____. 4. What do you ____ in the summer? 6. It's usually rainy and wet in ______. 8. What's the ____ like in autumn? SUMMER COLD WEAR SUNGLASSES MITTENS COAT DECEMBER SPRING WEATHER DRY

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