Grades of adjectives Online version In the following story you have to answer some questions about grades of adjectives (Comparative and Superlative). by Abigail Haro 1 Who is the fastest horse or sheep? a The Horse b The Sheep 2 Is the porcupine bigger than the bird? Written answer 3 Who has the longest hair? a The Cactus b The Sheep 4 What type of grade I used in the following sentence: The porcupine is the fastest to pick up the garbage. a Superlative b The Sheep Explanation 4 ♦We use comparatives to compare two things or two people. (e.g She is taller than her husband.) ♦Superlatives are used, however, to compare to show the difference between more than two things or more than two people. (e.g Paris is the biggest city in France) ♦To form comparatives and superlatives you need to know the number of syllables in the adjective. Syllables are like "sound beats".
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