Worksheet for practicing comparative and superlative adjectives, featuring matching exercises with examples like "big" to "bigger" and "biggest."

Problem Overview:

The task is to match adjectives in their comparative and superlative forms. The worksheet provides a list of base adjectives on the left, comparative forms in the middle, and superlative forms on the right. The goal is to correctly pair each adjective with its comparative and superlative forms.

Solution Approach:

1. Understand the Rules:
- Comparative Form: Adjectives are modified by adding -er (e.g., big → bigger).
- Superlative Form: Adjectives are modified by adding -est (e.g., big → biggest).

2. Match Each Adjective:
- For each base adjective in the left column, identify its comparative form in the middle column.
- Then, match the comparative form to its corresponding superlative form in the right column.

3. Apply Exceptions:
- Some adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms (e.g., good → better → best, bad → worse → worst). However, this worksheet focuses on regular forms.

Step-by-Step Matching:

#### Left Column (Base Adjectives) → Middle Column (Comparative Forms):
1. big → bigger
2. small → smaller
3. tall → taller
4. short → shorter
5. fast → faster
6. quick → quicker
7. angry → angrier
8. happy → happier
9. hungry → hungrier
10. smart → smarter
11. funny → funnier
12. sad → sadder
13. skinny → skinnier
14. light → lighter
15. tough → tougher

#### Middle Column (Comparative Forms) → Right Column (Superlative Forms):
1. bigger → biggest
2. smaller → smallest
3. taller → tallest
4. shorter → shortest
5. faster → fastest
6. quicker → quickest
7. angrier → angriest
8. happier → happiest
9. hungrier → hungriest
10. smarter → smartest
11. funnier → funniest
12. sadder → saddest
13. skinnier → skinniest
14. lighter → lightest
15. tougher → toughest

Final Answer:

Here is the complete matching:

| Base Adjective | Comparative Form | Superlative Form |
|----------------|------------------|------------------|
| 1. big | bigger | biggest |
| 2. small | smaller | smallest |
| 3. tall | taller | tallest |
| 4. short | shorter | shortest |
| 5. fast | faster | fastest |
| 6. quick | quicker | quickest |
| 7. angry | angrier | angriest |
| 8. happy | happier | happiest |
| 9. hungry | hungrier | hungriest |
| 10. smart | smarter | smartest |
| 11. funny | funnier | funniest |
| 12. sad | sadder | saddest |
| 13. skinny | skinnier | skinniest |
| 14. light | lighter | lightest |
| 15. tough | tougher | toughest |

Boxed Final Answer:

\[
\boxed{
\begin{array}{ccc}
\text{Base Adjective} & \text{Comparative Form} & \text{Superlative Form} \\
\hline
1. \text{big} & \text{bigger} & \text{biggest} \\
2. \text{small} & \text{smaller} & \text{smallest} \\
3. \text{tall} & \text{taller} & \text{tallest} \\
4. \text{short} & \text{shorter} & \text{shortest} \\
5. \text{fast} & \text{faster} & \text{fastest} \\
6. \text{quick} & \text{quicker} & \text{quickest} \\
7. \text{angry} & \text{angrier} & \text{angriest} \\
8. \text{happy} & \text{happier} & \text{happiest} \\
9. \text{hungry} & \text{hungrier} & \text{hungriest} \\
10. \text{smart} & \text{smarter} & \text{smartest} \\
11. \text{funny} & \text{funnier} & \text{funniest} \\
12. \text{sad} & \text{sadder} & \text{saddest} \\
13. \text{skinny} & \text{skinnier} & \text{skinniest} \\
14. \text{light} & \text{lighter} & \text{lightest} \\
15. \text{tough} & \text{tougher} & \text{toughest} \\
\end{array}
}
\]