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Delta Modern Language School

Grade 3
st
1 term 2024- 2025

Rule 8: The comparative adjectives & the superlative

adjectives

Spelling rules:

1- We form the comparative by adding (-er) to one -

syllable adjectives.

e.g. long → longer than

The pencil is longer than the pen.

2- We just add (-r) to form the comparative. To one-
syllable ending with (-e)

e.g. nice → nicer than -Salwa is nicer than Mona

large → larger than -The book is larger than the copybook.

3- If we have one syllable adjectives ending in a consonant

preceded by a vowel, double the final consonant.

e.g. hot → hotter than -June is hotter than December.

Big → bigger than -The pyramid is bigger than the school.

4- If we have two-syllable adjectives ending in a (-y)

cross the (-y) and add (-ier).

e.g. funny→ funnier than

The clown show is funnier than the lion show.

happy→ happier than -Ahmad is happier than Marawan.

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