Grade 5 English HL Worksheets • Teacha! - Free Printable

Let's solve the exercise on Degrees of Comparison.

We need to fill in the Comparative and Superlative forms for each adjective listed under the Positive form.

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🔹 Rules for Degrees of Comparison:

1. One-syllable adjectives:
- Comparative: add -er
- Superlative: add -est

2. Two-syllable adjectives:
- If they end in -y, change -y to -i and add -er/-est
- Otherwise, use more / most

3. Three or more syllables:
- Use more / most

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Now let’s go through each word:

| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------|
| mad | madder | maddest |
| pretty | prettier | prettiest |
| tall | taller | tallest |
| beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
| neat | neater | neatest |
| large | larger | largest |
| small | smaller | smallest |

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✔ Explanation:

1. mad → one syllable → madder, maddest
2. pretty → ends in -y → change to -i → prettier, prettiest
3. tall → one syllable → taller, tallest
4. beautiful → three syllables → more beautiful, most beautiful
5. neat → ends in -y → neater, neatest
6. large → one syllable → larger, largest
7. small → one syllable → smaller, smallest

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✔ Final Answer Table:

| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------|
| mad | madder | maddest |
| pretty | prettier | prettiest |
| tall | taller | tallest |
| beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
| neat | neater | neatest |
| large | larger | largest |
| small | smaller | smallest |

This completes the exercise! 🎉