Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Worksheets
Comparative adjectives (-er, or more) compare two things; superlatives (-est, or most) crown a winner among three or more. Third graders handle spelling changes along the way (big/bigger, happy/happiest) and learn which adjectives take more/most instead, per the grade-3 standard.
By grade
What students need to know
Use -er to compare two things and -est to compare three or more: taller of the two, tallest of all.
This skill runs from 2nd grade through 4th grade. Pick a grade above for level-matched sentences, teaching notes, and worksheets.
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives across the grades
2nd Grade
Adjectives grow endings to compare: tall, taller, tallest. Second graders learn the pattern with short, friendly adjectives and use the sentence's clues (than, of the two, of all) to pick the right form.
3rd Grade
Comparative adjectives (-er, or more) compare two things; superlatives (-est, or most) crown a winner among three or more. Third graders handle spelling changes along the way (big/bigger, happy/happiest) and learn which adjectives take more/most instead, per the grade-3 standard.
4th Grade
Fourth graders work the full system: -er/-est with spelling changes, more/most for longer adjectives, and the irregulars good/better/best and bad/worse/worst. The sentence's comparison cue (than, of the two, in the whole school) always points to the answer.