Printable Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Worksheets
Printable comparative and superlative adjectives worksheets for 2nd through 5th grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 3 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as visual guides, word problems, fill in the blank, and sorting activities.
Targeted Practice by Skill
About Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
What this skill is
Comparative and superlative forms show degrees of comparison among nouns or actions. Comparative forms compare two items using -er or "more" (e.g., taller, more energetic). Superlative forms compare three or more items using -est or "most" (e.g., tallest, most energetic). Solvers master comparative degree, superlative degree, suffix rules (-er/-est), irregular comparisons (good/better/best), and double comparisons across writing, grammar, and editing.
When children learn it
Basic -er and -est suffixes (faster, fastest) are introduced in 2nd grade and 3rd grade. In 4th grade and 5th grade, lessons expand to multi-syllable modifiers (more graceful, most important), irregular forms (bad/worse/worst), and avoiding double comparisons across writing units, editing tasks, and grammar drills.
Common Mistakes
- Creating double comparisons by combining both 'more' and '-er' (writing 'more faster' instead of 'faster').
- Using superlative forms when comparing only two items (writing 'he is the tallest of the two boys').
- Misspelling comparative suffixes by failing to drop silent-e or change final -y to -i (writing 'yestday' or 'prettyer').