Grade 4 English: Degrees Of Comparison

Netsport

Description

A workbook that provides practice in degrees of comparison.

Sujets

• Préscolaire
• Primaire
• École maternelle
• Littérature sud-africaine
• Littérature Sud-Africaine

Informations

• Publié par: Netsport
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• Langue: English

Extrait

g ood bad far little/ few many / much ill

rosy

( e n d in g o n ‘y ’)

T w o s y lla b le w o r d s

brav er add –er

sly er

shy er

y oung er

larg er

larg e

D o n o t c h a n g e ‘y ’ t o ‘ie ’

E x a m p l e

( n o t e n d in g o n ‘y ’ o r ‘e ’)

1

R u l e

old

S u p e r l a t i v e

taller

y oung est

C o m p a r a t i v e

( e n d in g o n ‘e ’)

boring

happier

E x c e p t i o n

y c h a n g e t o – ie r

most boring

best worst farthest/ furthest least most worst

more boring

better worse farther/ further less more worse

6

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R u l e s

5

more famous

tired

more delig htful

tinier

rosier m o r e

dirtier

1

E n g l i s h 1 s t L a n g u a g e

2

larg est

a d d – s t

D o u b le t h e c o n s o n a n t f o r s h o r t v o w e l s o u n d s e. g . big big g er/ big g est thin

older

smaller

nicest

a d d – e r

taller

brav est add –est

happiest

D e g r e e s o f C o m p a r i s o n

T w o / m o r e s y lla b le w o r d s

A l w a y s u s e m o r e / m o s t f o r w o r d s e n d in g o n – o u s , - e d , - r e , - in g , - f u l

small

tall

y c h a n g e t o – ie s t

shy est

sly est

dirty

happy

3

( e n d in g o n ‘y ’)

O n e s y lla b le w o r d s

brav e

shy

sly

delig htful

famous

rosiest m o s t

tiniest

dirtiest

4

O n e s y lla b le w o r d s

more tired

smallest

D e s c r i p t i o n

tiny

S o m e w o r d s c a n t a k e m o r e / - e r o r m o s t / - e s t narrow clev er common pleasant

most famous

most delig htful

nice

O n e s y lla b le w o r d s

y oung

E x c e p t io n s

e x c e p t

dry — drier— driest

a d d – r

nicer

a d d – e s t

oldest

most tired