Comparatives & Superlatives: Fruit

Comparatives & Superlatives: fruit When we talk about two things, we can ‘compare’ them. We can see if they are the same or different. can use comparative adjectives to describe the differences: A B “A is bigger than B.” “B is smaller than A.”

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“bigger” or “smaller” 1.

A watermelon is ________________ than a grape.

2.

An apple is ____________________ than a pineapple.

3.

Grapes are ____________________ than lemons.

4.

Bananas are ___________________than strawberries. Comparison is between two things: A, B “A is bigger than B”. But the superlative is the extreme between three or more things: A, B , C “A is the biggest.” “C is the smallest.”

“Biggest or smallest” 1. grapes, watermelons, pears.

Grapes are the ________________.

2. lemons, pineapples, oranges.

Pineapples are the _____________.

3. bananas, strawberries, apples

Strawberries are the ____________.

4.

A _____________ is the smallest, a ______________ is the biggest.

“round, rounder, roundest” 1.

The lemon is __________________ than the pear.

2.

The apple is __________________.

3.

The orange is the ________________.

“long, longer, longest” 1.

The _______________ fruit is the banana.

2.

It is ________________ than the carrot.

3.

The yam is not _____________.

“short, shorter, shortest” 1.

The yam is _______________.

2.

It is ______________ than the banana and the _____________.

3.

It is the shortest of the three.

“heavy, heavier, heaviest” 1.

The banana is ______________.

2.

The ________________ is heavier than the banana.

3.

The pineapple is the _________________ of all the fruit.

“light, lighter, lightest” 1. 2. 3.

The grape is not heavy, it is ____________. It is the ____________ of all the big fruit. No fruit is _______________ than the grape.

“smooth, smoother, smoothest”