Now let’s look at a chart showing the comparative and superlative forms of the word for adjectives with two syllables. Most comparatives are followed by ‘ than ’, and most superlatives follow the word ‘ the ’. Notice the other words around the comparative and superlative adjectives.
- That was the shortest movie in the series.
- *Note : when the adjective follows the CVC, or consonant, vowel, consonant spelling, the final consonant is doubled. Let’s look at a chart showing the comparative and superlative forms of the word for the most basic one syllable adjectives, where we add ‘ er ’ for the comparative and ‘ est ’ for the superlative.
The number of syllables and whether or not the adjective ends with the letter ‘y’ also help us determine how to form a superlative adjective. Like with comparative adjectives, it’s not always as simple as adding ‘est’. Think: big, bigger, biggest, or small, smaller, smallest. Superlative Adjectives are words used to describe a noun when comparing it to two or more nouns to the highest or lowest degree. The way we form comparative adjectives is based on the number of syllables in the adjective and whether or not the adjective ends with the letter ‘y’. We usually think of ‘ er ’ words like bigg er or small er, but they can be a little trickier than that.
I hope this helps and do not hesitate to tell me what you think of them.Comparative Adjectives are words used to describe a noun by comparing it to another noun. They are mostly targeted for GCSE students but can also be used at the start of Y12 to help your students brush up on French grammar.Īnswers are provided to make your life easier These challenging but yet accessible worksheets are great for independent learning, homework, revision, extension tasks or even home learning. I made sure to use common nouns and verbs found in GCSE core vocabulary lists so that the focus can solely be on grammatical concepts.ĭo not hesitate to check my shop as more complex structures are available to help your GCSE/A level students stretch their knowledge of French grammar. Plus…de / moins…de / autant…de (comparatives with nouns) Plus…que / moins…que / aussi…que (compartives with adjectives/adverbs) There are quite a lot of sentences to translate into French and into English to help your students with their writing skills but also their translation ones.
French GCSE/early A level grammar worksheets on comparativeswhich includes grammatical rules and a variety of scaffolded activities.