Comparatives and Superlatives And: Comparing Two Things: Use Spelling Comparatives
Comparatives and Superlatives And: Comparing Two Things: Use Spelling Comparatives
Unit
31
Vocabulary
Comparatives
and
Superlatives
-er
and
-est
Comparing
Two
Things:
Use
-er
Spelling
Comparatives
My
notebook
isthicker
than
your
harsh
harsher,
harshest
notebook.
(ends
with
consonant
digraph
=
no change)
Summer
is hotter
than
autumn.
The
mouse
turned
out
to be
braver
weak
weaker,
weakest
than
the
lion.
(vowel
digraph
=no change)
slim
slimmer,
slimmest
Comparing
Three
or More
(closed
syllable,
final
consonant
=
Things:
Use
-est
double
the
consonant)
Her
notebook
isthe
thickest
notebook
wide
wider,
widest
in
the room.
(final
silent
e, drop
e before
August
isusually
the
hottest
month
of adding
-er,
-est)
the
year.
early
earlier,
earliest
The
bravest
people
are not always
the
(ends
with
-y,
change
yto ibefore
strongest
or
the biggest.
adding
-er,
-est)
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