• 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

• 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

• 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Use Adjectives to Make Comparisons

• Add -er to many adjectives to compare two things.
EXAMPLE	Frankenstein is taller than Wolf Man.
• Add -est to many adjectives to compare three or more things.
EXAMPLE	Godzilla is the tallest monster of all.
• Sometimes you need to make a spelling change before you add -er or -est. If the adjective ends in a consonant plus y, you usually change the y to i before you add -er or -est.

Practice Together

Say each sentence. Choose the correct adjective.

• 1. This monster movie is (longer/longest) than that one.

• 2. It is the (creepy/creepiest) movie I have ever seen.

• 3. It is about the (uglier/ugliest) monster in the world.

• 4. The creature is (hairier/hairiest) than Wolf Man.

• 5. Its teeth are (sharper/sharpest) than a knife.

• 6. Its skin is (scaly/scalier) than a crocodile’s skin.

Try It!

Read each sentence. Write the correct adjective on a card. Then hold up the card as you say the sentence.

This monster was scarier than others in the museum.

• 7. The Monster Museum is the (odder/oddest) place I have ever visited.

• 8. One creature was (slimy/slimier) than an eel.

• 9. It had the (skinnier/skinniest) legs I have ever seen.

• 10. The (scarier/scariest) monster in the museum had long claws.

• 11. The (silly/silliest) monster of all looked like a blob of jelly.

• 12. It felt (softer/softest) than a pillow.