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    The document discusses how to add suffixes like "er" and "est" to adjectives to make comparisons. It notes that for words ending in "y", the "y" is changed to "i" before adding the suffix. Some examples provided are "happy" becoming "happier" and "happiest", and "easy" becoming "easier" and "easiest". It also provides sample sentences using these comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

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    The document discusses how to add suffixes like "er" and "est" to adjectives to make comparisons. It notes that for words ending in "y", the "y" is changed to "i" before adding the suffix. Some examples provided are "happy" becoming "happier" and "happiest", and "easy" becoming "easier" and "easiest". It also provides sample sentences using these comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

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    Comp Superlativeadjectives 120107071736 Phpapp01

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    Ati Mamora
    The document discusses how to add suffixes like "er" and "est" to adjectives to make comparisons. It notes that for words ending in "y", the "y" is changed to "i" before adding the suffix. Some examples provided are "happy" becoming "happier" and "happiest", and "easy" becoming "easier" and "easiest". It also provides sample sentences using these comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

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    Adjectives

    Adding er and est

    The car is
    slow.
    slow
    The word
    slow tells
    what kind of
    car it is. Slow
    describes the
    cars
    condition.
    Words that

    When we add er or est to some


    words we double the last letter.

    big

    bigger biggest

    hot

    hotter hottest

    wet

    wetter wettest

    red

    redder reddest

    sad

    sadder saddest

    When we add er or est to words


    ending with y we change the y to
    i.

    easy
    easier
    easiest

    happier

    happy

    happiest

    pretty prettier

    prettiest

    hairy
    hairier
    hairiest

    lazy

    lazier laziest

    tidy

    tidier tidiest

    nosy nosier nosiest

    John is the __________


    happies boy
    t
    in the whole world.
    happy

    Toby seems to be ________


    lazier
    than his brother. lazy

    The rose is a
    _________ flower
    prettier
    than the dandelion. pretty

    The boys arenoisier


    ________ than
    the girls. nosy

    Christmas is themerriest
    ___________
    time of year. merry

    Your jokes arefunnier


    _________ than
    mine. funny

    The hairiest
    __________ monster you
    ever saw in your life was
    trying to get in. Hairy.

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