3. Grandfather’s Old Watch
by: Syrelle France S. Paterter
Back when we were still young, my sister and I used to go to
our grandparents’ house to play with our cousins. I could still
remember the two old rusty swings by the garden. Kuya
Anton, the eldest among us, used to sway both Alyana and
me until his arms got more tired than before.
4. One day, while we were playing inside the big house, I saw my
grandfather looking at his watch. It was quite old, but he
seemed to treasure it.
“Lolo, your watch is already old. Don’t you want to replace it
with a new one?” I used to ask him then. But he just smiled at
me and tapped my shoulders using his calloused big hands
5. What is a paragraph?
When my grandfather died, we put the watch in his
casket and buried it with him. My father said that it was
my Lola’s wedding gift to him. That’s when I realized
how important that old watch is to my Lolo.
6. 1.Who owned the old watch?
2.Why is the watch important?
3.What are the descriptive words in the story that
showed comparison?
4.What words or series of words are used to describe
an object or a person in the story?
Questions
7. Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives
Positive Degree is used when we are simply
describing a person, place or thing without
making comparison.
Examples:
Jeffrey is brave.
Sammy is handsome.
My room is clean.
8. Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives
Comparative Degree is used when we are comparing two
persons, places, or things. We add -er to the adjective to show
comparison. The word than is placed after the adjectives.
Examples:
Andy is braver than Jeffrey.
Dennis is more handsome than Sammy.
My brother’s room is cleaner than my room.
9. Superlative Degree is used when comparing three or
more persons, places, or things. We add -est to the
adjective to show comparison. The word the is placed
before the superlative adjective.
Examples:
Art is the braves among the three friends.
Jed is the most handsome.
My sister’s room is the cleanest in our house.
Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives
10. Formation of Comparative and Superlative
Degree
Positive Comparative Superlative
tall taller tallest
fast faster fastest
•One-syllable adjectives generally form the comparative by adding -
er and the superlative by adding -est.
11. Formation of Comparative and Superlative
Degree
Positive Comparative Superlative
tall taller tallest
fast faster fastest
•One-syllable adjectives generally form the comparative by adding -
er and the superlative by adding -est.
12. Formation of Comparative and Superlative
Degree
Positive Comparative Superlative
nice nicer nicest
wise wiser wisest
•When an adjective ends in -e, we add only -r and -st to
the adjective.
13. Formation of Comparative and Superlative
Degree
Positive Comparative Superlative
dry drier driest
happy happier happiest
•If and adjective ends in -y and has consonant before it,
we change -y to -I and then add -er and -est.
14. Formation of Comparative and Superlative
Degree
Positive Comparative Superlative
hot hotter hottest
big bigger biggest
•When the positive degree ends in a consonant with a
vowel before it, we double the consonant and then
add -er and -est.
15. Formation of Comparative and Superlative
Degree
Positive Comparative Superlative
useful more useful most useful
interesting more
interesting
most interesting
•Most other adjectives which have two or more
syllables form the comparative and superlative
with more and most.
16. Formation of Comparative and Superlative
Degree
Positive Comparative Superlative
good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
•The following adjectives have irregular comparative
and superlative form.
17. For the order of adjectives, we follow the Number, Opinion, Size, Age,
Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose (NOSASCOMP)
Order Type Examples
1 Number one, four, few
2 Opinion nice, cool, kind
3 Size big, medium, small
4 Age young, old, middle-aged
5 Shape square, round, circle
6 Color red, blue, white
7 Origin Philippine, Greek, French
8 Material metal, leather, wooden
9 Purpose gardening, writing,
drinking
18. Activity 1
Write the comparative form of the adjectives. Use the adjectives
inside the parentheses.
1. She is __________ (happy) today as he was yesterday.
2. John is __________ (thin) than Carlos.
3. Ana is __________ (kind) than her sister.
4. Jona;s pet is __________ (healthy) thank Jessa’s pet.
• My hair is __________ (long) than my sister’s hair.
19. Activity 2
Write the superlative form of the adjective. Use the adjectives inside
the parentheses.
1. My father is the __________ (generous) of all the people I know.
2. This is the __________ (narrow) of all the roads in Gerona.
3. After the party, the house was the __________ (messy).
4. Lance’s house is the __________ (clean) among the houses in the
subdivision.
• My sister is the __________ (pretty) in the family.
20. Activity 3
Fill in the blanks with the correct degree of comparison of
adjective.
1.The bag I bought is the __________ (cheap) of them all.
2.My essay is __________ (long) than Hanna’s.
3.Jason is __________ (obedient).
4.Her hair is __________ (neat) than yours.
5. The cake I ate at this bakeshop is __________
(delicious) than the cake I ate at home.
21. Activity 4
Choose the correct order of adjectives to fill in the blank.
1. My friend bought a pair of __________ boots.
a. new nice red rain
b. nice new red rain
c. red nice new rain
2. I was surprised to receive a __________ puppy for my birthday.
a. little cute eight-week-old golden retriever
b. cute eight-week-old little golden retriever
c. cute little eight-week-old golden retriever
22. Activity 4
3. Our work uniform consists of black plants, black shoes, and a __________shirt.
a. yellow baggy big polo
b. big baggy yellow polo
c. baggy yellow big polo
4. During my college years, I wore __________ hat to sporting events.
a. big red white and black
b. red white and black big
c. red big white and black
23. Activity 4
5. Please put the marbles into that __________ box
a. round little old red
b. little old round red
c. little old red round
