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Comparing Things: Comparatives and Superlatives

A Grade 3 ELA worksheet to practice forming and using comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.

Grade 3 ELA GrammarLanguage and VocabularyLanguageComparatives and Superlatives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.G

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grammarcomparativessuperlativesadjectivesadverbsELAgrade 3
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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.

a

tallest

b

taller

2. My apple is (sweeter / sweetest) than your orange.

a

sweeter

b

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.

T

True

F

False

2. 'Happiest' is a comparative form of 'happy'.

T

True

F

False