LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH V

DEGREE OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

I. OBJECTIVES
1. Determine how the degrees of comparison of adjectives are formed.
2. Give examples of adjectives in the degree of comparison and use it in a sentence.
3. Learn how to be contented and live life without comparing oneself to others.
II. SUBJECT MATTER
a. Focus Skill: Degree of Comparison of Adjectives
b. Materials:
Laptop
Overhead projector
Objects
Cartolina
Pentel pen
c. Reference:
English For You And Me (Language)
English Expressways (Language)
III. PROCEDURE
Teachers Activity
1. Preparatory Activity
a. Review
Good afternoon class!
Who can still remember the definition of
adjectives?
Very good!
By looking at this picture who can give me
a sentence that will describe this picture?
Very good! Class our lesson for today is
Degree of Comparison of Adjectives.
b. Motivation
Class, before we proceed with the lesson, I
want you to meet first my three friends.

Pupils Activity

Adjectives are words that describe a noun

or a pronoun.

The place is beautiful.

The place is colourful.

These are my friends. Their names are

Wormy, Earthy, and Sandy.
What can you say about them?

They are adorable.

They are cute.

Yes I agree. Earlier before I went here, I

heard them talking to each other.
Lets see what they are talking about.
c. Development of the Lesson
(Teacher calls three pupils)
Please read the dialogue.

(Pupils read the dialogue)

Wormy: My body is long.

Wormy: My body is long.

Earthy: My body is longer than yours.

Earthy: My body is longer than yours.

Sandy: I am sorry friends. I have the

longest body among the two of you.

Sandy: I am sorry friends. I have the

longest body among the two of you.

Thank you.
I have here another situation.
(Teacher calls again another pupils)

(Pupils read the dialogue)

Earthy: Look I can carry this big rock.

Earthy: Look I can carry this big rock.

Sandy: Oh thats too small! I can carry

bigger rock than you.

Sandy: Oh thats too small! I can carry

bigger rock than you.

Wormy: Youre both weak. I can carry the

biggest rock in this garden.

Wormy: Youre both weak. I can carry the

biggest rock in this garden.

Very good!
Now class, what are they talking about?

Thats correct.
d. Lesson Proper
Lets go back to their dialogue.
Jane, can you give me the word used by
Wormy to describe her body in this
sentence?

They are talking about each own self and

ability.
They are comparing oneself to the other.

My body is long.
The word long is an adjective in a positive
degree which is the simplest form of an
adjective.
Who can tell me how the adjective in a
positive degree is being used?

Long.

The positive degree of comparison is used

to describe only one person, places, or
things.

How about in this sentence, Carl?

My body is longer than yours.

Longer.

Please identify the word used by Earthy to

compare her body to Wormy.
Very good!
What happened to the word long when it
was used by Earthy when she compared her
body to Wormy?

The word long was added with er.

Are there things or person being compared

in this sentence?

Yes maam.

How many were being compared to in the

sentence?

There are two things being compared in

the sentence.

Vey good!
I have here another sentence.
Dianne, can you please read it?
Mary is beautiful.
Linda is more beautiful than Mary.

Mary is beautiful.
Linda us more beautiful than Mary.

What is the adjective used to compare Linda

to Mary?

Beautiful.

What happened to the adjective beautiful

when it was used to compare Linda to
Mary?

The word beautiful was added with more.

We can also use the word less to compare a

person, places or things.
Please read.
I learned that cake is less delicious than
vegetables.
My older sister is less affectionate than my
youngest sister.

I learned that cake is less delicious than

vegetables.
My older sister is less affectionate than my
youngest sister.

Good!
Everyone please read the sentences.
My body is longer than yours.
Linda is more beautiful than Mary.
My older sister is less affectionate than my
youngest sister.
Alright. So the words longer, more beautiful
and less affectionate are example of words
in comparative degree.
Now, who can tell me how comparative
degrees of adjective are formed?
Very good!
(Teacher calls a pupil to stand in front of
the class)
Lovely, can you please describe Lances
height?

My body is longer than yours.

Linda is more beautiful than Mary.
My older sister is less affectionate than my
youngest sister.

Comparative degree of adjectives are

formed by adding er or more/less.

Lance is tall/short.

(Teacher call another pupil to stand in front

of the class)
Icee, can you please compare Troys height
to Lances using the comparative degree of
adjective?

Troy is taller/shorter than Lance.

Very good!
Lances eyes are bigger than Troys.
Clauie, can you please describe Lance and
Troys eyes using the comparative degree of
adjective?

Now, lets go back to the dialogue of my

three best friends.
Wormy: My body is long.
Wormy: My body is long.
Earthy: My body is longer than yours.
Earthy: My body is longer than yours.
Sandy: I am sorry friends. I have the
longest body in this garden.

Sandy: I am sorry friends. I have the

longest body in this garden.

What happened to the word long when

Sandy used it to compare her body to
Wormy and Earthy?

The word long was added with est.

How about this sentence.

Please read.
Mayon Volcano is the most majestic volcano
for me.

Mayon Volcano is the most majestic

volcano for me.
Majestic.

What is adjective in the sentence?

What is added to the word majestic to
compare Mayon Volcano to other
volcanoes?

The word added is most.

We can also use least to compare a person or

thing to other objects.
Please read.
For me, action movies are the least
interesting
of all the movies.

For me, action movies are the least

interesting of all the movies.
Intersting.

What is the adejective?

What is the word added to compare the
action movies to any other movies?

Less.

Now, lets read the sentences again.

I have the longest body in this garden.
Mayon Volcano is the most majestic volcano
for me.

I have the longest body in this garden.

Mayon Volcano is the most majestic
volcano for me.
For me, action movies are the least

For me, action movies are the least

interesting of all the movies.

interesting of all the movies.

The words longest, most majestic and least

interesting are adjectives in a superlative
degree.
Who can tell me how superlative degrees of
adjectives are formed?

Superlative degrees of adjectives are

formed by adding est and most/least.

How can we say that it should be er or est

that we have to add and not more/less or
most/least?

-er or est is added to one syllable

adjective while more/less or most/least is
added to other adjective.

e. Values Integration
Going back to the dialogue of my best
friends, what do you think will happen if
they will always compare themselves to
each of them?
So there will always have a conflict
between them, right?
So what can you say to my three best
friends so they will not argue?

f. Generalization
What are the degrees of comparison?
How are the comparative and superlative
degrees formed in one-syllable adjective?

How about those words with two or more

syllables?

They will always argue.

They will fight.
Yes, maam.
Be contented with who and what you are.
Be true to yourself.
Be humble.
Dont compare yourself to other because
God made you special in His own way.
The degrees of comparison are adjective,
comparative and superlative.
Adjectives with one syllable form their
comparative degree by adding er, for the
superlative degree, -est is added.
Adjectives with two or more syllables form
their comparative degree by adding more,
for the superlative degree, most is added.

g. Post Activity
Class lets play The Singing Degree.
Provide the correct degree of comparison to
complete the song.
(Teacher play the audio video)
You may be very fast,
But theres always someone faster than
you. You are not the ______.
Maybe you are strong but, others are even
_____ than you. You dont need to be the
strongest.
You are good the way you are. Youre
much ___ than you think. You dont need to
be the best.
Youre not as bad as you believe. Most of
us are worse. You will never be the ____.
You may be very smart, but theres always
someone smarter than you. You are not the
_______.
You may be beautiful, but others are more
beautiful than you. You dont need to be the
______.

You may be very fast,

But theres always someone faster than
you. You are not the fastest.
Maybe you are strong but, others are even
stronger than you. You dont need to be the
strongest.
You are good the way you are. Youre
much better than you think. You dont need
to be the best.
Youre not as bad as you believe. Most of
us are worse. You will never be the worst.
You may be very smart, but theres always
someone smarter than you. You are not the
smartest.
You may be beautiful, but others are more
beautiful than you. You dont need to be
the most beautiful.

h. Group Activity
Alright very good class!
Now Im confident that youre now ready
for the group activity. I will divide you into
three groups.
Choose a leader from your group who will
present your answers in front.
Group1.
Direction: Fill in the blanks the correct
degree of comparison of adjective. Use the
given adjective at the left.
(healthy) 1. Julius is _____ than Randy.
Jasmine is the _____ of them all.
(neat) 2. My hair is _____ than yours.
(bright) 3. Which star is the ____ among
the stars you saw last night?

Direction: Fill in the blanks the correct

degree of comparison of adjective. Use the
given adjective at the left.
(healthy) 1. Julius is healthier than Randy.
Jasmine is the healthiest of them all.
(shiny) 2. My hair is shinier than yours.
(bright) 3. Which star is the brightest
among the stars you saw last night?

(delicious) 4. The cake I ate at this

bakeshop is the ____ than the cake I ate at
home.
(powerful) 5. Is the president _____ than
the vice-president?
Group 2.
Direction: Give the comparative and
superlative degrees of the adjectives below.
Positive

Comparative

1.Affectionate
2.Interesting
3.Famous
4.Handsome
5.Brave

Group 3.
Direction: Identify the degree of
comparison used in the sentence.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Superla
tive

(delicious) 4. The cake I ate at this

bakeshop is the more delicious than the
cake I ate at home.
(powerful) 5. Is the president more
powerful than the vice-president?

Direction: Give the comparative and

superlative degrees of the adjectives
below.
Positive

Comparati
ve
1.Affectiona More
te
affectionate
2.Interesting More
interesting
3.Famous
More
famous
4.Handsome More
handsome
5.Brave
Bravier

Superlati
ve
Most
affectionat
e
Most
interesting
Most
famous
Most
handsome
Braviest

Direction: Identify the degree of

comparison used in the sentence.

6. 1. This blanket is warmer than that blanket.

2.Planes are the most convenient means of
This blanket is warmer than that
travelling.
blanket.
3. The jeans are very dirty.
Planes are the most convenient means
4.The road was longer than we had
of travelling.
expected.
The jeans are very dirty.
5.Ventspils is the farthest town in Latvia I
The road was longer than we had
have been to.
expected.
Ventspils is the farthest town in Latvia I Anwers:
1. Comparative
have been to.
2. Superlative
3. Positive
4. Comparative
5. Superlative

IV. EVALUATION
Direction: Underline the adjective and write P for positive, C for comparative, and S for
superlative. Write your answer in a sheet of paper.
____1. Earthworms are seen on the soil surface after a heavy rain.
____2. The most important bacteria that induce nitrogen in plants are rhizobium.
____3. Iodine from bamboo is the most antidote for skin exposed to pollution.
____4. The rapid destruction of forest is caused by cutting of trees.
____5. A submarine has a more powerful engine than an ordinary boat.
____6. They are the most popular tourist destinations in the Cordilleras.
____7. Rice terraces are the highest, best built and the most extensive in the world.
____8. The weather today is worse than the weather yesterday.
____9. Sometimes friends are more devoted than a relative.
____10. They are very upset with the result.
V. ASSIGNMENT
Direction: Construct sentences using the positive, comparative, ans superlative degree of
adjectives with the following adjectives.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Strange
Dull
Handsome
Shy
blue

Prepared by:
Estella Marie P. Tapel