Comparative
How do you use the superlative form?
Use the superlative form of an adjective or adverb when you compare someone or something with more than one other person or thing.
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Good is always an ______.
Good is always an adjective.
What is a linking verb?
A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a word or words in the predicate.
Say a sentence that has a direct object.
What are the three kinds of verbs?
action verb, linking verb, helping verb
Say the comparative or superlative and say S for superlative and C for comparative.
This ribbon is longer than other one.
longer C
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that modifies, or describes. a noun or a pronoun.
What are predicate adjectives?
Predicate adjectives are adjectives that follows a linking verb and describes or modifies the subject.
What is a direct object?
A direct object is a noun o pronoun that names the receiver of the verb's action.
A verb is a word used to express an ______, a ______, or a _______.
action, condition, state of being
Underline the superlative or comparative adjective in the sentence and identify if it is a superlative or comparative.
That dog must be the largest dog in the whole universe!
Largest, superlative
Is bad an adjective or not? If it is, is it always an adjective or not?
Bad is an adjective and it is always an adjective.
What are 6 common linking verbs?
ex) is, feel, seem, look, appear, became, are, taste, become
Write two sentences that have indirect objects.
ex) Tom gives friends advice.
She asked Millie to come to her house.
Say 6 types helping verbs.
ex) has, have, had, do, does, did
How do we use the comparative form of an adjective or adverb?
We should use the comparative form of an adjective or adverb when you compare a person or thing with one other person place or thing.
Identify the adjectives and the articles.
Sunhye, Lily, and Minjeong was working hard on the difficult work they were doing. The three hard-working girls finished the 3 works in Tuesday.
Sunhye, Lily, and Minjeong was working hard on the difficult work they were doing. The three hard-working girls finished the 3 works in Tuesday.
hard working, difficult, and 3 is the adjectives and the is the article
What are predicate nouns?
Predicate nouns are nouns or pronouns that follows a linking verb and identifies, renames, or defines the subject.
Say all the indirect objects in the following sentence.
Minki gave Roy cake but kicked him in the next minute.
Roy
The action verb tells what the ____ does. The action may be ____ or ____.
subject, physical, mental.
What should we add in one-syllable modifiers, two-syllable modifiers and three-syllable modifiers?
One-syllable modifiers add -er to form the comparative and -est to form the superlative. With two-syllable adverbs, we use the words more and most. To form the comparative and superlative form of most modifiers with three syllables.
Is badly always an adverb? What does it modifies?
Badly is always an adverb and it modifies a verb, adverb, or adjective.
Identify the predicate adjectives and adjectives from the sentences below.
a. The rich generous billionaire was a wanted criminal.
Rich, wanted, and generous is the adjectives. Criminal is a proper adjective.
Say the direct or idirect objects in the sentence below and say DO for direct objects and IO for indirect objects.
a. Imagine a city under the sea.
b. You can rent videos at the store.
c.Andrea showed her classmates her family photographs from her trip.
a. city, DO
b. videos, DO
c. family, IO classmate, IO
Say all the linking verbs that are the forms of be.
be, is, am, were,was, been, being