Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives
General:
A: Topic: Degrees of comparison of Adjectives
A. Concepts: The three degree of comparison modifiers are positive degree, comparative degree,and
superlative degree.
B. Skills: Critical thinking,analyzing
C. Time Frame: 60 minutes
D. Methodology: Inductive Method and 4A’s
E. Objectives: At the end of the lesson you should be able to 1. Identify the degrees of adjectives in making
comparisons.2.Form the comparative and superlative form by using the rules on the degrees of comparison.
Lesson Procedure:
Warm Up and Maintenance:
1.GREETINGS (ABOUT 2 MINUTES)
a) Introduce yourself: Good morning everyone. My name is Melissa. You can call me ‘ Miss Melissa or
Teacher Melissa’.How are you doing today?
b)Play Pass The Object
 “ Today we’re going to start our class with a game which will help us get to know each other.
 “First, I will introduce myself,then pass this object (show it to the students) to the student that is closest to
me. That student will then introduce themselves say your name, what you like and something else:Pass it
to the student next to you. MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOUR INTRODUCTION VERY SHORT. Let’s begin
2. INTRODUCING THE TOPIC (ABOUT 1 MINUTE)
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Today we will be looking at ‘Degrees of comparison.’
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Degrees of comparison are used to compare one person or one thing with another.
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We are going to look at degrees of comparison of adjectives.
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What is our topic everyone? everyone.
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Students: “Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives”
3. GAME OF CHARADES
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We will play a game of charades. Everyone say ‘Charades.’
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You will pick a word from the jar;and act it out .
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Remember, you cannot show the word to anyone or say it out: The other students will guess the word
by raising their hand and saying it quietly when picked by the teacher.
b) For example if you pick the word ‘ happy’: you will act out the word ‘ happy’. You will raise your hand
and I will pick a student to guess the word (fat,funny,hot,heavy,clever, beautiful,expensive)
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1. Adjectives
DEFINITION OF ADJECTIVE
T:The words we acted out are adjectives.
T:What then are adjectives?
T:Words that describe persons, groups or things.
T:Students, what are adjectives?
S:Words that describe persons, groups or things.
SENTENCES CONTAINING ADJECTIVES
Write these on the board
Listen, in this sentence:
A) The street is narrow. The adjective is narrow. Why, it describes the street.
B) In the second example The perfume is expensive. Adjective is expensive which describes the perfume.
C) Now it’s your turn, Third example: The problem is difficult to solve. Adjective is difficult, it describes the
problem.
DEFINITION OF DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
A) Adjectives don’t just describe nouns, they compare things, persons and places.
Adjectives that compare people, things and places are called ‘Degrees of comparison of adjectives.
TYPES OF DEGREES OF COMPARISON
A) There are three degrees of comparison: positive,comparative and superlative
B) POSITIVE DEGREE
When we describe one person or thing, we use the positive degree.
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Let’s look at an example of a sentence that describes a person.
Akbar was a great king.
The positive adjective (great)is used to describe Akbar.
Let’s look at another sentence; She is a sweet girl.
This sentence shows the use of ‘sweet’ in the positive degree.
In the following sentence the adjective is used to describe a thing;
‘This rose is old.
Can you think of other examples?
QUESTION
 But what happens when you want to compare Eva to someone else or the cheetah to another animal ?
 To compare Eva to John, we’d use the comparative adjective.
 To compare the cheetah to another animal, you’d also use the comparative degree.
 This means that the word has to change.
FORMING THE COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE
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There are two ways of forming the comparative adjective.
THE FIRST WAY
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Add ‘er’ to the end of the adjective (ONE SYLLABLE). WE ALWAYS USE THE WORD THAN AFTER THE
ADJECTIVE.
 Let’s look at this example: Eva is (smart) smarter than John.
 What did we do? We added‘er’ to the word smart
 Let’s look at another example: The cheetah is faster than the leopard
 The third example:
 This book is longer than yours
 The Italian restaurant is cheaper than Jamie Oliver’s restaurant.
 Use these comparative adjectives to make sentences:
 A) shorter
 B)sweeter
 C)older
THE SECOND WAY
 , Add more/less to the front of the adjective (one syllable)
 Let’s look at this example: She is more beautiful than her sister.
 What did we do? We added more infront of the adjective ‘beautiful.’
 Another example: My history class is more interesting than my math class.
 What did we do to change the adjective? We add more infront of the word ‘ interesting.
 New York is more expensive than Seattle to visit.
 A rose is more beautiful than a daisy.
 A pint is less than a quart.
 Learning Spanish is less difficult than learning English.
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE  WHEN WE USE IT
We use the superlative degree when we compare more than two persons or things with one another.
 HOW IT IS FORMED
We form the superlative by adding the est to the end of the word.
 For example: She is the smartest girl in our class.
 I am the shortest person in my family.
 Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system.
Add ‘most/least‘ to the front of the word.
I can’t find my most comfortable jeans.
This is the most interesting book I have ever read.
This is the least interesting game I have played.
James is the least worried about the game.
Application
Identify the degrees of comparisons used in the sentences.
Just say positive degree, comparative degree or superlative degree if the sentences fall under one of the
three.
1. I guess I’d rather buy this pair of shoes. It’s cheaper than the other. Comparative
2. Mexico City is the coldest city in the country. Superlative
3. My mother prepares the most delicious afritada in town. Superlative
4. The lion is a wild animal. Positive
5. Owl is more active at night. Comparative
RULE TWO (Adjective ends in e)
 Not all comparative and superlative adjectives are formed by adding er and est.
 When the adjective ends in e: able,brave, fine, large, noble,white, pure,safe
 just add r and st will work just fine.
 Example: The Suez canel is wide; The wider, widest,
EXERCISE (ONE SENTENCE)
Let’s work on this example
 The pelican was large.
 The crane was larger than the pelican and the ostrich was the largest of the three.
RULE THREE
 We have our base rule no. 3.
 When the adjective ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel.
 we double the last consonant and add er or est.
 When we compare a grizzly, a panda and a racoon.
The racoon was fat, the panda was fatter than the racoon and the grizzly was the fattest of the three.
Fat - double the consonant before adding er or est
APPLICATION
Pictures of coffee, fire and sun.
1. Coffee, fire and sun.
2. Think of adjectives we can use to describe these pictures.
3. For me it’s the word ‘hot’.
4. Describing the coffee - It is hot
5. Compare the fire with the coffee - The fire is hotter than the coffee.
6.Compare all the three. Which do you think is the hottest? Obviously its the son.
The son is the hottest among the three.
RULE FOUR
 When the adjective ends in y
 For example dry, easy, happy, pretty, heavy, wealthy, busy, lazy.
 Change the y to I and add er and est to make the comparative and superlative adjectives.
 Three kids in a playground.
 The boy is happy,
 The kid in the sandbox is happier.
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The girl climbing the monkey bar is the happiest.
Now is that rule easy, easier or easiest to remember?
FOURTH RULEAdding more/less to form the comparative
Add their superlative with most/least
An example:
Ricky took a bite of the sandwich, it was delicious,the burger however was more delicious, the pizza was the
most delicious.
The rose was beautiful.
IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
With these they don’t follow any of the rules we talked about. These just have to be memorized. way.
1. Complete the table.
Good,better,best,
bad,worse,worst,
ill,worse,worst,
far,farther,farthest,
little,less,least,
much,more,most,
many,more,most,
old, elder, eldest.
Evaluation (5 minutes)
Complete the sentences with the appropriate degrees of comparison of the adjectives.
(Powerful) 1. This rocket is ……. than that one.
(colorful) 2. The ______ room in the house is my sister’s bedroom.
(strange) 3. Alicia can make __________ voices.
(tasty) 4. The _________ treat Grandma makes is fruit salad.
(high) 5. Mount Everest is the _______ mountain in the world.
6. Don’t compare your life to others. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine
when its their time.