Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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Week 6
WORKING WITH WORDS

• Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
• Long u sound
• Homophones

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This weeks WWWs are

1. pretty
2. prettier
3. prettiest
4. two
5. community

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Can you put this weeks word in ABC order?

1. community
2. prettier
3. prettiest
4. pretty
5. two

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What is this weeks homophone?
two
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What homophones go with two?

• too
• and
• to

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Put the correct homophone in each sentence.

• I want (to, two, too) go outside today.
• We need (to, two, too) pieces of paper.
• I need to walk home, (to, two, too).
• Will you please take this (to, two, too) your
  mom?
• I think the park is (to, two, too) blocks away.

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What do you know about
pretty prettier prettiest
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These words are called COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE
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You use the comparative form (-er) when you are
comparing two things.
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Comparative This horse is prettier than that
one. Your dog is smarter than my dog. Our house
is bigger than their house.
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You use the superlative form (-est) when you are
comparing more than two things. It is super. It
is the best.
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Superlative That is the prettiest horse of
all. Your dog is the smartest dog I have ever
seen. Our house is the biggest on the block.
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Comparative and Superlative games and activities
http//www.learnenglish.de/Games/Adjectives/CompSu
p.htm http//a4esl.org/q/h/vm/compsup.html http
//www.stclaresenglish.net/langprac/adcomsup.htm
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What sound are we studying this week?

• LONG U
• What WWW has this sound?
• community

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Which of these words has the long u sound?

• unicorn
• undercover
• unbelievable
• unicycle
• unique

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Good Job! You are a smart class. You are smarter
than you were yesterday. You can be the smartest
class ever.