Comparatives and Superlatives PowerPoint

In this PPT, you will:

• Learn about comparative and superlative words

• Learn how to compare two things in English

• Make comparative and superlative sentences

• Compare pictures

• Complete sentences

Warm Up Questions

What’s the most difficult school subject for you?

What’s the heaviest animal you’ve ever seen?

Are you taller than anyone in your family?

What’s your least favourite food?

Comparatives

Comparatives are used to compare two things

For short adjectives we often add ‘ -er ’ to the adjective:

tall

tall er

For longer adjectives we add ‘ more ’ or ‘ less ’ before the adjective:

beautiful

more beautiful

popular

less popular

Comparatives

taller

tall

Superlatives

Superlatives are used to compare three or more things

For short adjectives we add ‘ -est ’ to the adjective:

fast

fast est

For long adjectives we use ‘ most ’ or ‘ least ’ before the adjective:

interesting

most interesting

expensive

least expensive

Superlatives

fast

faster

fastest

828m

468m

Which building is taller?

Burj Khalifa

Oriental Pearl Tower

Burj Khalifa is taller than Oriental Pearl tower.

828m

468m

492m

Which building is the tallest in the world?

Shanghai World Finance Tower

Oriental Pearl Tower

Burj Khalifa

Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world.

Which animal is faster?

Monkey

Sloth

A monkey is faster than a sloth.

Which animal is the fastest in the world?

Sloth

Monkey

Cheetahs

Cheetahs are the fastest animals in the world.

Which clothing item is more expensive?

T-shirt $12

Leather jacket $120

The leather jacket is more expensive than the t-shirt.

What is the most expensive clothing item in the shop?

Leather jacket $120

T-shirt $12

Wedding dress $1200

The wedding dress is the most expensive clothing item.

People’s preference

Which summer drink is less popular?

Lemonade

Orange juice

Summer drinks

Lemonade is less popular than orange juice.

What is the least popular holiday activity?

Holiday activity

Popularity

Hiking

15%

Sightseeing

50%

Eating out

35%

The least popular holiday activity is hiking.

Use the adjectives to compare the pictures. Complete the two sentences.

Hot

Cold

June in South Africa

December in South Africa

December is than June in South Africa.

December is hotter than June in South Africa.

June is than December in South Africa.

June is colder than December in South Africa.

Use the adjectives to compare the pictures. Complete the two sentences.

Big

Small

John’s house

Carl’s house

John’s house is than Carl’s house.

John’s house is bigger than Carl’s house.

Carl’s house is than John’s house.

Carl’s house is smaller than John’s house.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

Giraffes are than lions.

tallest

taller

tall

taller

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

A cheetah is the animal.

fast

faster

fastest

fastest

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

Summer is the season.

more hot

hottest

hotter

hottest

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

A leather jacket is a t-shirt.

more expensive than

more expensive then

most expensive than

more expensive than

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

Football is one of sports in the world.

the most popular

a most popular

populest

the most popular

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

Avocado ice-cream is the dessert in my city.

less popular

populest

least popular

least popular

Complete the table

Adjective

Adjective

Comparative

tall

tall

Comparative

Superlative

heavy

taller

Superlative

heavier

tallest

expensive

heavier

hot

hot

heaviest

more / less expensive

hotter

most / least expensive 

popular

most / least expensive 

cold

hottest

more / less popular

more / less popular

cold

most / least popular

colder

fast

fast

coldest

faster

big

small

bigger

fastest

bigger

difficult

smaller

difficult

biggest

smallest

smallest

more / less difficult

most / least difficult

Look around the classroom

Can you find…

• the tallest student

• a student with a shorter name than yours

• someone who is younger than you

• a classmate with the longest hair

• the biggest school bag

• students with shorter hair than yours