Describing and Comparing Things

What are we learning today?

You will use adjectives to describe things. You will also compare things and say who owns them.

Explanation

• Adjectives describe nouns: strong arms, a fantastic result.
• Possessive adjectives show who owns something: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
• Add -er to short adjectives to compare: strong, stronger; fast, faster.
• Change y to i in heavy, heavier.
• To say the top, use the strongest or the best.

Examples

1. Her arms are very strong.
2. A stone is heavier than a ball.
3. He broke his own record.

Remember!

• Say stronger, not more strong.
• Say best, not goodest.

Check yourself

1. What is the comparative of fast?
2. Complete: Tatyana has strong arms. ___ arms are very strong. (her / his)
3. What is the superlative of good?