Question

lesson 2.2 comparative endings
some comparisons are made by adding the word more or most in front of the adjective instead of adding an ending
comfortable, more comfortable fearful, most fearful
underline the word or words in parentheses that correctly completes each sentence.

1. adrian millstone has been a zookeeper for 30 years, and he says that every year

has been (interestinger, more interesting) than the last.

1. \what is the (most dangerous, dangerousest) animal you work with?\ is the

question adrian is asked more often than any other.

1. people also ask him what the (rarest, rarer) animal at the zoo is.
2. the turtles’ pool is (shallower, most shallow) than the alligators’ pool.
3. adrian keeps the lights (more dim, dimmer) in the aquarium than in the other

buildings.

1. the (unusualest, most unusual) animal adrian has cared for is a cave - dwelling

lizard that has no eyes but has an amazing sense of smell.
on the lines below, write two comparative sentences using the words in the box. you do
not need to use all the words.
big wise friendly warm strange dangerous wet
1.

2.

phonics connection
circle the words from the word box that contain the soft g sound. underline the words
that contain the hard g sound.

Explanation:

For the first section, we use comparative (more/-er) and superlative (most/-est) forms correctly: multi-syllable adjectives use "more/most", while shorter adjectives use "-er/-est". For the sentence writing, we create valid comparative sentences with the given adjectives. For phonics, soft "g" sounds like /dʒ/ (before e/i/y), hard "g" sounds like /ɡ/.

Answer:

Underline the correct word:

1. more interesting
2. most dangerous
3. rarest
4. shallower
5. dimmer
6. most unusual

Comparative Sentences:

1. The elephant is bigger than the fox, and it is also friendlier to the zookeepers.
2. The jungle is wetter and warmer in the rainy season than in the dry season.

Phonics Connection:

• Soft "g" (sound /dʒ/): wise, strange
• Hard "g" (sound /ɡ/): big, friendly, dangerous