Question

making comparisons
comparative adjectives are used to compare two things.
superlative adjectives are used to compare more than two things.

adjective	comparative	superlative
smart	smarter	smartest
cold	colder	coldest
sad	sadder	saddest

a zebra is faster than a turtle.
a cheetah is the fastest animal.

circle the correct form of the adjective to complete each sentence. write c if the adjective is the comparative form. write s if the adjective is the superlative form.

1. sarah is (short, shorter) than her sister.
2. jean’s hands are (colder, coldest) than maya’s.
3. the snow at the hill is (deep, deeper) than the snow in our backyard.
4. colorado has the (deeper, deepest) snow.
5. that was the (sadder, saddest) movie i have ever seen.

revisit a piece of your writing. edit the draft to make sure that you are making comparisons correctly.

Explanation:

Question 1

To complete the sentence "Sarah is (short, shorter) than her sister", we use the comparative form of the adjective "short" because we are comparing Sarah and her sister (two things). The comparative form of "short" is "shorter". Since it's a comparative form, we write "C".

For the sentence "Jean’s hands are (colder, coldest) than Maya’s", we need the comparative form as we are comparing Jean's hands and Maya's hands (two things). The comparative form of "cold" is "colder", so we circle "colder" and write "C" for comparative.

In the sentence "The snow at the hill is (deep, deeper) than the snow in our backyard", we are comparing the snow at the hill and the snow in the backyard (two things), so we use the comparative form. The comparative form of "deep" is "deeper", and we write "C".

Answer:

shorter, C

Question 2