Comparing Adjectives by Adding Er and Est

Name ______Class ______Date ______Comparing Adjectives by adding er and est

Add er Add est long short old young hard soft cold warm sharp slow fast If the adjective has a y at the end, change the y to an i before adding the er or est

Change y to i and add er Change y to i and add est happy silly crazy ugly pretty windy chilly stormy cloudy funny Now fit some of these words into the sentences below.

1. My hair is long, Jill’s hair is longer than mine, but Ann’s hair is the longest. 2. A dog can run fast, a rabbit can run ______, but a cheetah can run the ______. 3. I am tall, my sister is ______than me, but my Dad is the ______. 4. It is quite cold inside our classroom, it is much ______in England, but it is the ______at the North Pole. 5. Daddy bear’s bed was quite soft, Mummy bear’s bed was ______, but Baby bear’s bed was the ______. 6. My aunt is quite old, my uncle is ______than her, but my grandad is the ______. 7. I feel happy today,I felt even ______on my birthday, but I felt the ______on Christmas Day. 8. My little brother is sometimes silly, Mr. Bean is ______, but a clown is the ______. 9. I know a funny joke, my friend Ben told me an even ______joke, but my Dad’s joke was the ______.

Now put these words into sentences of your own. Write them in your homework book slow slower slowest sharp sharper sharpest funny funnier funniest bright brighter brightest pretty prettier prettiest ugly uglier ugliest