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Grade 2 Reading & Writing · World 6: Describing Woods · Level 46
Comparing: -er and -est
Tall, taller, tallest.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 46
- We add endings to compare. Tall describes one thing. Taller compares two. Tallest compares three or more!
- Use e r with than: A giraffe is taller than a horse.
- Use the and e s t for the most of a group: The oak is the tallest tree in the woods.
- Some words change. Big has one vowel and one consonant, so double the g: bigger. Happy ends in y, so change y to i: happier. Nice ends in e, so just add r: nicer.
- Your turn! Put these in order, from one thing to the most.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 2.L.GC.1.28 — Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.