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English
Quarter 2 – Module 5:

Order and Comparison of Adjectives

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
Name of School: ___________________________
 What I Need to Know
At the end of the lesson the pupils are able to:

• Identify adjectives in a sentence

• Identify the positive, comparative and superlative degrees of regular
adjectives
• Use the positive, comparative and superlative degrees of comparison of
adjectives in a sentence
• Give the correct order of adjective in a sentence

What’s In
In this part, we will have a review on your previous lessons. Read each
sentence below. Circle the personal pronoun that best complete each
sentence.

1. Kate gave (he/her) old clothes.

2. (Them/ They) are very good friends.
3. Please tell (they/them) that our class is about to start.
4. (His/He) rides his bike to the dike.
5. (They/Them) prepare the ingredients before cooking.

What’s New
You did good in answering the activity about personal pronoun.
Before we go to our topic today, read this poem carefully.

What Am I?

I can roll downhill

Or lay flat on your dish
I come from a chicken.
You can scramble me if you wish!
What am I?

I’m needed everywhere.

I begin with small drops.
In dry deserts I am rare,
But I am very good for crops!
What am I?

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 I wrote it, I stamped it,
I sent it on its way.
I heard it was a big hit
At your birthday party today!
What am I?

Look at these sentences from the poem and read them carefully.
• I begin with small drops.
• In dry desserts I am rare.
• I heard it was a big hit

What is it
What are the underlined words in each sentence? (small, dry and big)

What do they do in each sentence? (They describe the nouns).

Those underlined words are called adjectives.

• Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns. They tell
about the kind, color, or number of a noun or pronoun.

For example: 1. Jennifer is wearing her shiny shoes.

2. Cardo is a strong man.

In the first example, shiny is the adjective. It describes the shoe which is
the noun. In example 2, strong is the adjective that describes the man.

To check if a word is being used as an adjective, ask yourself “Does it

describe a person, place, thing or idea? Does it give details about the noun?

Degrees of Comparison

There are three degrees of comparison of adjectives. They are positive,

comparative and superlative degrees.

➢ Positive degree – Simply describes person or things

For example: Jenny has long hair.

➢ Comparative degree – compares two persons or things, it is formed by

adding -er for one syllable adjectives.

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 For example: Claire’s hair is longer than Jenny’s hair.

➢ Superlative degree – compares three or more persons or things, it is

formed by adding -est for one syllable adjectives.

For example: Josy has the longest hair of them all.

There are rules in forming degrees of comparison of adjectives

1. For adjectives with one syllable, add -er in the positive degree to form the
comparative degree and add -est to form the superlative degree.

clear clearer clearest

2. For adjectives with one syllable ending with -e, add -r for comparative
degree and -st for superlative degree.

wise wiser wisest

3. For adjectives ending with one vowel and one consonant, double the last
consonant, then add -er for comparative degree and -est for superlative
degree.

thin thinner thinnest

4. Adjectives with two syllables ending in -y, change y to i then add -er for
comparative degree and add -est for superlative degree.

busy busier busiest

5. For adjectives with two syllables or more,
Add more form its comparative degree.
For example: Carlos is more obedient than Sonia.

Add most to form its superlative degree.

For example: Jerry is the most obedient boy in class.

Order of Adjectives

When you use more than one adjectives, you have to put them in the right order
according to their type. This is called Order of Adjectives. Here’s the right
order when using series of adjectives.

For example: Handsome little Sonny will have a birthday party.

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 Mother will buy him a new yellow shirt.

She will bake two big round brown cake.

Mother will prepare five delicious dishes.

What’s More

Activity 1

Directions: Write P if the underline word is in positive degree, C for

comparative degree and S for superlative degree.

________1. Mary is the wisest girl I know.

________2. Karl is tall for his age.
________3. James is lazier than Robert.
________4. Peanuts are cheaper than cashews.
________5. The closet is the fullest it’s ever been.

Activity 2
Directions: Write each adjective below in its comparative and superlative form.

Comparative Superlative

1. fast faster _________

2. quick __________ quickest

3. big bigger _________

4. small __________ smallest

5. heavy __________ heaviest

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 Activity 3

Directions: Choose the correct order of adjectives. Circle the letter of the
correct answer.

1. A. five little kids 4. A. four round red tables

B. little five kids B. four red round tables

2. A. blind six men 5. A. two little soft pillows

B. six blind men B. two soft little pillow

3. A. full three boxes

B. three full boxes

Activity 4

Directions: Underline the correct degree of comparison that best complete the
sentence.

1. My house is (bigger / biggest) than yours.

2. John is the (taller / tallest) in our class.

3. The test is (more difficult / most difficult) than last week.

4. Gina is considered as the (quieter / quietest) girl in our group.

5. Everybody knows that Allan is (stronger / strongest) than Joey.

Independent Activity 1

Directions: Complete the chart. Fill the blank space with the right adjective.

Positive Comparative Superlative

slow slower slowest
fast faster
calm
generous most generous
important more important

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 Independent Activity 2

Directions: Write C if the word is in comparative degree and S if the word is

in superlative degree.

1. Cleverer __________
2. Fattest __________
3. Thinner __________
4. Latest __________
5. Oldest __________

Independent Activity 3

Directions: Arrange the adjectives inside the parentheses in a correct order.

1. Mother gave Ana a (yellow beautiful) dress on her birthday.

_______________________________________________

2. I ate (sweet red ten) strawberries last night.

_______________________________________________

3. There are (brown seven big) cows in our farm.

_______________________________________________
4. Father bought a (sweet green twelve) apples for the children.
________________________________________________
5. Andrew has (fat white six) rats as his pet.
________________________________________________

Independent Activity 4

Directions: Write the adjective in the blank in correct order.

red, big sweet

1. I ate a _____________________apple yesterday.

green, new, small

2. Mike is riding his ___________________bike.

big, eight, red

3. Joshua is playing ____________________marbles.

long, pink, shiny

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 4. I love that ____________________dress.

square, big, brown

5. I put my clothes in that ___________________box.

What I Have Learned

1. Identifying adjectives in a sentence
2. Identifying the positive, comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.
3. Using the positive, comparative and superlative degrees of comparison of
adjectives in a sentence
4. Giving the correct order of adjective in a sentence

What I Can Do
Directions: Simple Recall Read each sentence carefully, underline
the adjective in the sentence.

1. Lino’s dog is naughtier than my dog.

2. My friend is the tallest in class!
3. Sheena is wearing a nice white dress.
4. My classmate has eight colorful ball pens.
5. We are a big family

Assessment
A. Directions: Arrange the adjectives in the correct order. Circle the letter of
the correct answer.

1. I was afraid of _________dogs in the village.

A. two big black C. black two big
B. big black two D. big two black
2. Mother bought a _________ jacket.
A. red new large C. large red new
B. new large red D. new red large
3. The ____________ girls are my friends.
A. three little young C. young little three
B. young three little D. three young little

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 4. The ___________ plates are expensive.
A. half dozen golden round C. round half dozen golden
B. half dozen round golden D. golden round half dozen
5. The _______________car belongs to her.
A. shiny white small C. shiny small white
B. white shiny small D. small white shiny

B. Directions: Read the sentences carefully. Write the letter of your answer on
the space before the number.
____ 1. Father likes to drink ____ coffee in the morning.
A. hot B. hotter C. hottest D. more hot
____ 2. Typhoon Yolanda is the _______ typhoon to hit the country
in the last 15 years.
A. strong B. stronger C. strongest D. very strong
____ 3. The _______ boy in the class is Nikko.
A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. more tall
____ 4. My mother has _______ free time on weekends than on weekdays.
A. many B. much C. most D. more
____ 5. My sister is _________ than me.
A. heavy B. heaviest C. very heavy D. heavier

References:

Source: John Paul Lazareno, Degrees of Comparison: Regular and Irregular Adjectives Lesson Plan,
http://www.academia.edu/30088761

Source: Grammarhere, comparative-superlative-adjectives/irregular-adjectives-comparatives-

superlatives-and-example-sentences, englishgrammarhere.com, last modified December 2019

Source: Grade 4 English Learners Material pages 229, 241, 243, 256-257

Development Team

Writer: Ellaine Joy T. Apolinario

Tigpalay Elementary School
Editors/QA: Cheryl B. Velasco
Mardie A. Acotanza
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Management Team:
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OIC-Schools Division Superintendent

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 I Am a Filipino
by Carlos P. Romulo
I am a Filipino–inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain future. As such
I must prove equal to a two-fold task–the task of meeting my responsibility to the
past, and the task of performing my obligation to the future.
I sprung from a hardy race, child many generations removed of ancient Malayan
pioneers. Across the centuries the memory comes rushing back to me: of brown-
skinned men putting out to sea in ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout.
Over the sea I see them come, borne upon the billowing wave and the whistling
wind, carried upon the mighty swell of hope– hope in the free abundance of new land
that was to be their home and their children’s forever.
I am a Filipino. In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes–seed that flowered
down the centuries in deeds of courage and defiance. In my veins yet pulses the
same hot blood that sent Lapulapu to battle against the first invader of this land, that
nerved Lakandula in the combat against the alien foe, that drove Diego Silang and
Dagohoy into rebellion against the foreign oppressor.
The seed I bear within me is an immortal seed. It is the mark of my manhood, the
symbol of dignity as a human being. Like the seeds that were once buried in the
tomb of Tutankhamen many thousand years ago, it shall grow and flower and bear
fruit again. It is the insignia of my race, and my generation is but a stage in the
unending search of my people for freedom and happiness.
I am a Filipino, child of the marriage of the East and the West. The East, with its
languor and mysticism, its passivity and endurance, was my mother, and my sire
was the West that came thundering across the seas with the Cross and Sword and
the Machine. I am of the East, an eager participant in its spirit, and in its struggles
for liberation from the imperialist yoke. But I also know that the East must awake
from its centuried sleep, shake off the lethargy that has bound his limbs, and start
moving where destiny awaits.
I am a Filipino, and this is my inheritance. What pledge shall I give that I may prove
worthy of my inheritance? I shall give the pledge that has come ringing down the
corridors of the centuries, and it shall be compounded of the joyous cries of my
Malayan forebears when first they saw the contours of this land loom before their
eyes, of the battle cries that have resounded in every field of combat from Mactan to
Tirad Pass, of the voices of my people when they sing:
“I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until freedom shall have been
added unto my inheritance—for myself and my children and my children’s
children—forever.”

(Reprinted from The Philippines Herald, August 16, 1941)