Name ______________________________ Section _______________ Date ______

03 Activity Title: Comparison of Adjectives/Sequence of Adjectives

Comparison of Adjectives
POSITIVE
 Use to describe noun/pronoun
without any comparison.
Examples: The BIG ship left 10
minutes ago.
Stefan Salvatore is a FRIENDLY
man.
COMPARATIVE
 Use to compare the quality
of quantity of two nouns
 Add –ER
 Add MORE/LESS to more
than two syllable adjectives
The box is BIGGER than that
cabinet.
Katrina is LESS FRIENDLY
than Elena.
SUPERLATIVE
 Use to compare the quality or
quantity of a noun to three or
more nouns
 Add –EST
 Add MOST/ LEAST
Our mango tree is the BIGGEST of
the four trees in the yard.
Damon is the LEAST FRIENDLY
among of their friends.

ACTIVITY: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Among my three siblings, Mijoy is the _________________.
a. lovelier b. loveliest c. more lovely d. most lovely
2. Between James and Robert, James is __________________.
a. good b. better c. best d. goodly
3. I admire her because she is an ______________ woman.
a. intelligently b. most intelligent c. intelligent d. more intelligent
4. Joseph is the ___________ of all of my students.
a. active b. less actively c. activeliest d. least active
5. Professor Marinas is as _____________ as Professor Vivas.
a. least efficient b. less efficient c. efficient d. more efficient

Sequence of Adjectives
Determiners Numbers Intensifier Descriptive Noun Head
noun
Articles Ordinal Quality Size/Shape Color Modifier NOUN
Demonstrative
Possessive Cardinal
Infinitive

1. The ten very Healthy big white African Kittens

2. The first Wooden round brown table

Examples:
1. The ten very healthy, big, white, African kittens were placed in a big basket on display during the exhibit.
2. We saw in the hut the first, wooden, round, brown table of my ancestors.

ACTIVITY: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. _____________ boys are our representatives to the National Debate Contest.
a. four healthy intelligent c. healthy intelligent four
b. healthy four intelligent d. intelligent four healthy
2. ______________________________ beggars were hauled in a bus.
a. poorly-clothed weak six those c. those six poorly-clothed weak
b. those weak poorly-clothed six d. weak those six poorly-clothed
3. A ____________________________ seeds were sown in that box.
a. brown handful of tiny papaya c. tiny brown handful of papaya
b. handful of tiny brown papaya d. handful of brown tiny papaya
4. Those _____________________ professors are scholars from the Philippines.
a. beautiful three tall Filipino c. Filipino beautiful three tall
b. tall three beautiful Filipino d. three beautiful tall Filipino
5. I bought ____________________________________ meat.
a. 2 kilos of deer red fine c. 2 kilos of red deer fine
b. 2 kilos of red fine deer d. red fine deer 2 kilos of