The document discusses grammar rules for forming comparatives and superlatives in English. It provides examples of how to add -er, -est, more, or most to adjectives with one, two, or more syllables. It also notes some irregular forms. Tables are included that show the comparative and superlative forms side by side. The second half provides exercises where readers are prompted to use comparatives and superlatives to compare different animals based on adjectives provided.

1. COMPARING
ANIMALS

3. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
One-syllable adjectives → -ER
Examples:
-Tall → taller
- Fast → faster
-A giraffe is taller than a lion.
-A cheetah is faster than a
turtle.
One-syllable adjectives → THE
-EST
Examples:
Tall → the tallest
Fast → the fastest
-The giraffe is the tallest
animal on earth.
-The cheetah is the fastest
animal in the world.

4. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
One-syllable adjectives ending
in –E → -R
Example:
- Cute→ cuter
-A squirrel is cuter than a hippo.
One-syllable adjectives → THE
-ST
Example:
- Cute → the cutest
-The squirrel is the cutest
animal in the world.

5. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
One-syllable adjectives ending
in consonant + vowel +
consonant → double consonant +
-ER
Examples:
-Fat → fatter
-Big → bigger
-An elephant is fatter than a
tiger.
- A hippo is bigger than a lion.
One-syllable adjectives ending
in consonant + vowel +
consonant → THE double
consonant + -EST
Examples:
- Fat → the fattest
- Big → the biggest
-The elephant is the fattest
animal at the zoo.
-The hippo is the biggest animal
at the safari park.

6. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
Two-syllable adjectives ending
in – ER / -OW / -LE → -ER
Examples:
- Narrow → narrower
- Gentle → gentler
- Clever → cleverer
-A monkey is cleverer than a
snake.
Two-syllable adjectives ending
in – ER / -OW / -LE → THE
-EST
Examples:
- Narrow → the narrowest
- Gentle → the gentlest
- Clever → the cleverest
-The monkey is the cleverest
animal at the safari park.

7. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
Two-syllable adjectives ending
in –Y → -IER
Example:
- Heavy → heavier
-A whale is heavier than a seal.
Two-syllable adjectives ending
in –Y → THE –IEST
Example:
- Heavy → the heaviest
-The whale is the heaviest
animal in the world.

8. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES
Two or more syllable adjectives
→ MORE + adjective
Examples:
-Intelligent → more intelligent
-A dolphin is more intelligent
than a turtle.
Two or more syllable adjectives
→ THE MOST + adjective
Example:
-Intelligent → the most
intelligent
-The dolphin is the most
intelligent sea animal.

9. GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
IRREGULAR
COMPARATIVES
IRREGULAR
SUPERLATIVES
-Good → better
-Bad → worse
-Far → farther / further
-Good → the best
-Bad → the worst
-Far → the farthest / the
furthest

10. Look at the pictures and make
comparisons using the adjectives given
COMPARATIVES

11. A wolf is ________________
(beautiful) a hyena.
more beautiful than

12. An elephant is _________ (big)
a monkey.
bigger than

13. A dolphin is ____________
(clever) a turtle.
cleverer than

14. A flamingo is
_________________
(colourful) an ostrich.
more colourful than

15. A seal is __________ (cute) an
alligator.
cuter than

16. A hippo is
__________________
(dangerous) an elephant.
more dangerous than

17. A cheetah is ___________
(fast) a snake.
faster than

18. A whale is ___________ (fat)
a dolphin.
fatter than

19. A lion is ___________ (fierce)
a kangaroo.
fiercer than

20. A dog is ______________
(friendly) a hyena.
friendlier than

21. A polar bear is ____________
(furry) a sea lion.
furrier than

22. A panda is ____________
(heavy) a koala.
heavier than

23. A monkey is
___________________
(intelligent) a camel.
more intelligent than

24. A sloth is ___________ (lazy)
a squirrel.
lazier than

25. A seal is ___________ (light)
a whale.
lighter than

26. A snake is ____________ (long)
a squirrel.
longer than

27. A monkey is
________________ (playful)
a hippo.
more playful than

28. A leopard is ____________
(short) a giraffe.
shorter than

29. A turtle is ____________ (slow)
a gazelle.
slower than

30. A gorilla is ___________
(strong) a monkey.
stronger than

31. A giraffe is ___________ (tall)
a deer.
taller than

32. A cat is ___________ (clean)
a pig.
cleaner than

33. A butterfly is ____________
(pretty) a fly.
prettier than

34. A parrot is ____________
(noisy) a canary.
noisier than

35. A monkey is ___________ (silly)
a gorilla.
sillier than

36. A snake is ___________ (thin)
an elephant.
thinner than

37. A flamingo is ____________
(slim) an ostrich.
slimmer than

38. A monkey is ____________
(crazy) a dog.
crazier than

39. Complete the sentences using
superlatives
SUPERLATIVES

40. The zebra is
_______________ (beautiful)
animal in the world.
the most beautiful

41. The blue whale is ___________
(big) animal in the world.
the biggest

42. The fox is one of ___________
(clever) animals in the world.
the cleverest

43. Polar bears live in one of
__________ (cold) areas in the
world.
the coldest

44. The chameleon is
______________ (colourful)
reptile in the world.
the most colourful

45. The squirrel is __________
(cute) wild animal.
the cutest

46. The cobra is
_________________
(dangerous) snake in the world.
the most dangerous

47. The cheetah is _________
(fast) animal on earth.
the fastest

48. The hippo is one of _________
(fat) land animals.
the fattest

49. The lion is __________ (fierce)
animal in the savannah.
the fiercest

50. The dog is one of
____________ (friendly)
domestic animals.
the friendliest

51. The sea otter is ___________
(furry) animal in the ocean.
the furriest

52. Guinea pigs are _________
(good) animals for kids.
the best

53. The crocodile is ___________
(heavy) reptile in the world.
the heaviest

54. Camels live in one of _________
(hot) areas in the world.
the hottest

55. Pandas are one of __________
(hungry) animals in the world.
the hungriest

56. Ants are _________________
(intelligent) insects in the world.
the most intelligent

57. The sloth is _________ (lazy)
animal in the world.
the laziest

58. The bat is one of __________
(light) mammals in the world.
the lightest

59. The python is _________ (long)
snake in the world.
the longest

60. Piranhas are the fish with
___________ (sharp) teeth of
all.
the sharpest

61. Dolphins are one of
_____________ (playful)
animals in the world.
the most playful

62. The goldfish is the animal with
__________ (short) memory.
the shortest

63. Sloths are _________ (slow)
creatures in the world.
the slowest

64. The shrew is one of _________
(small) mammals in the world.
the smallest

65. Elephants are ___________
(strong) land animals.
the strongest

66. The giraffe is _________ (tall)
land animal.
the tallest

67. The quokka is ___________
(happy) animal in the world.
the happiest