Welcome to our lesson about adjectives! Adjectives are special words that describe nouns. They tell us about size, like big or small. They tell us about colors, like red or blue. They also tell us about feelings, like happy or sad. Look at these examples: a big elephant, a red apple, a happy child, and a small mouse.
Now let's learn about comparative adjectives! These special adjectives help us compare two things. We use them to show which one is bigger, smaller, faster, or slower. There are two simple rules. For short words, we add dash e r at the end. For example, tall becomes taller. For longer words, we put the word more in front. For example, beautiful becomes more beautiful. Look at this elephant and mouse. The elephant is bigger than the mouse!
Let's focus on short words first! For short words that have only one syllable, we add dash e r to make them comparative. For example, tall becomes taller, fast becomes faster, and old becomes older. But there's a special rule to remember! If the short word ends with one consonant after one vowel, we double the consonant before adding dash e r. So big becomes bigger, and hot becomes hotter. Look at these two buildings. The blue building is taller than the green building!
Now let's learn about long words! For long words that have two or more syllables, we don't add dash e r. Instead, we put the word more in front of the adjective. For example, beautiful becomes more beautiful, interesting becomes more interesting, and difficult becomes more difficult. When we make sentences with comparative adjectives, we use this pattern: A is comparative than B. Look at this example: The rose is more beautiful than the rock. Remember, we use more with long words!
Great job learning about comparative adjectives! Let's remember the key points. Comparative adjectives help us compare two things. For short words, we add dash e r to the end. For long words, we use the word more before the adjective. We use the sentence pattern A is comparative than B. Keep practicing these rules and you'll become great at using comparative adjectives!