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Comparatives & Superlatives

Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, choosing correctly between them

Lesson

Set out your lesson

Choose comparison forms that fit the number and kind of things compared.

Before teaching

Use this short check, then start teaching.

Activity

Comfort with the particular task and communication mode; optional oral/scribed work is recorded separately.

Policy

Check the learner can access these words/materials and prerequisite ideas; historical authorship is not readiness or mastery. If not, demonstrate briefly or revisit the named prerequisite.

Printer, credit, and teaching notes

Check the learner can access these words/materials and prerequisite ideas; historical authorship is not readiness or mastery. If not, demonstrate briefly or revisit the named prerequisite.

Read the comparison cards. Use imagined objects rather than comparing people’s bodies or abilities. No printer: view only the active learner card on screen, or an adult copies its exact prompts onto plain paper without answers. Oral pointing/dictation is an access option; record it as adapted/supported and do not claim handwriting from it. Keep adult keys/scripts separate; supply only the current stage.

Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view.

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Adult extras
Teaching limits and safe use

These are finite task opportunities, not proof of mastery. Record what was attempted and what support was used.

  • Finite adjective/adverb sample; not all irregular forms.

Use fictional cases and invented identifiers; never record personal conflicts, health, bank details or family spending. Adult prompts/keys are private companion files, never learner links.

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Learning resources

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Library of Congress · Practice link — not the full lesson

The Ass & the Load of Salt

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Before you open · source notes

The Ass & the Load of Salt supports reading and discussion for this literacy topic. Not a novel study.

Free public-domain story text, no sign-in.

Before you open

Ask the learner one question about a character choice or what happened in the story.

Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.

Source, access and review notes

Public Library of Congress Read.gov Aesop page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt. The story text is public domain on this page. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. This is reading text, not an automatically marked comprehension quiz.

Library of Congress / Read.gov. “The Ass & the Load of Salt.” Public-domain text linked only; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute a separate edition.

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Check understanding

  • Form comparatives and superlatives for 'big' (bigger/biggest), 'beautiful' (more/most beautiful), and 'good' (better/best)
  • Choose the correct form in 'She runs _____ (faster/more fast) than her brother' and explain the rule
  • Write sentences using both a comparative adverb ('more carefully') and a superlative adjective ('tallest') correctly
“If your child is comparing three things — like three books they've read — can they correctly say one is "good", another is "better", and the best one is "the best"?”

Curriculum record

Type
Procedural
Subject
English
Domain
Grammar & Punctuation
Age range
Ages 7–9

Standards

ccss-ela:L.3.1gthe-ontario-curriculum-language-2023:ON-LANG-2023-G2-B3.2