Adjectives That Compare

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Adjectives That Compare

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REVIEW What Is An Adjective?
An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. It
answers the questions what kind? or how many? or
which one?

• EXAMPLES OF ADJECTIVES
• Happy
• Strong
• Sad
• Weak

• This
• That
• These
• Those

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Tonight at 900, When Adjectives Compare!!!
To compare two things, add er to short
adjectives. For long adjectives, use the word
more. Also, use than.
examples My dog is bigger than yours. New York
City is more crowded than Hazleton.
To compare three or more things, add est to
short adjectives. For long adjectives, use
the word most.
examples My dog is the biggest dog in the
world. Tokyo is the most crowded city in the
world.
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Try These

• Forests are more/most peaceful than towns.
• Rain forests are the lusher/lushest
  (lushexquisito) forests of all.
• The prettier/prettiest rain forests in the world
  is near my old home in Costa Rica.
• The trees here are shorter/shortest than trees in
  Costa Rica.

--more peaceful
--lushest
--prettiest
--shorter
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Thats It!
Really. Thats all there is to know about
adjectives that compare.