3rd Grade Comparative Adjectives

Comparative Adjectives

3rd grade

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What are Adjectives?

pretty

angry

tall

old

crazy

warm

sad

cold

hungry

young

yummy

skinny

Adjectives

Words that describes a noun.

Describe this cat using adjectives!

What can you tell me about this picture using adjectives?

Did you know that we can use adjectives to compare?

These are called comparative adjectives!

EXAMPLES

The mouse is smaller than the elephant.or The elephant is bigger than the mouse.

Example #2

Mr. Mittens is angrier than Señor Fluffytail

Math is more dificult than English.or English is more dificult than Math.

Did you notice what letters go at the end of the adjectives?

If you said -er you are CORRECT!

Most comparative adjectives will end in -er.

coolerfaster taller shorter

When adjectives end in y...

Replace the -y with an i and add -er.

ugly = ugliercrazy= crazier funny = funnier hungry = hungrier

When writing comparative adjectives...

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS AAAAAAAALWAYYYYYYYYYYYYS

Write the word "than" after it.

She is taller than her brother

Ms. Cortés is cooler than him.

The dog is uglier than the cat.

Luna is smarter than Henry.

English is ____________________ Science.

Let's Practice!

Earth is ____________________ the sun.

Red is ____________________ blue.

Fill in the sentences with comparative adjectives.

Fortnite is ____________________ Animal Crossing.

My hair is ____________________ yours.

Some comparative adjectives do NOT use -er at the end.

All adjectives that have two or more sillables don't use -er at the end. BUT They MUST have the word "more" before it.

EXAMPLES:

I am more beautiful than a snail.He is more interesting than a his brother. Math is more difficult than a science. They are more dangerous than a lion.

Practice

Write one sentence using these comparative adjectives:

1. more difficult than
2. more expensive than
3. more dangerous than

GREAT JOB!

If you have any questions or doubts you may ask!