Grade 3 Fall — Personal Narrative, Complex Sentences with Subordinate Clauses, and Morphology with Affixes and Roots
English · GR
G3
eng.g3.f.gr.comparative_superlative_adj_adv
Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs (L.3.1.g)
Form comparatives and superlatives following the syllable rule: short adjectives take -er/-est (taller, tallest); longer adjectives take more/most (more careful, most careful); adverbs of manner ending in -ly take more/most (more carefully, most carefully). Recognize three irregular forms (good/better/best, bad/worse/worst, far/farther/farthest).
Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
10
Typical minutes
30
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
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eng.g4.f.gr.modifier_chains
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Common misconceptions
- Double-marks: 'more taller' or 'most fastest' (uses both more/most AND -er/-est).
- Treats every long adjective as -er/-est ('beautifuller').