Comparing Things: Comparatives and Superlatives
A Grade 3 ELA worksheet to practice forming and using comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
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Comparing Things: Comparatives and Superlatives
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. Remember, comparative words compare two things, and superlative words compare three or more things.
Complete each sentence with the correct comparative form of the word in parentheses.
1. My dog is than your cat. (fast)
2. This book is than that one. (interesting)
3. The blue car is than the red car. (big)
4. Today is than yesterday. (cold)
5. She sings than her brother. (loudly)
Complete each sentence with the correct superlative form of the word in parentheses.
1. The elephant is the animal in the zoo. (large)
2. This is the movie I have ever seen. (funny)
3. Mount Everest is the mountain in the world. (high)
4. He is the student in the class. (smart)
5. She ran the of all the runners. (fast)
Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. Emily is the (tallest / taller) girl in her family.
tallest
taller
2. My apple is (sweeter / sweetest) than your orange.
sweeter
sweetest
Write one sentence using a comparative word and one sentence using a superlative word.
1. Comparative sentence:
2. Superlative sentence:
Read each statement. Mark T for True or F for False.
1. You use 'more' or '-er' to form a comparative word.
True
False
2. 'Happiest' is a comparative form of 'happy'.
True
False