Comparing: Bigger, Biggest

🎯 What You'll Learn

You will learn to compare things using words like bigger, biggest, taller, tallest.

🌟 Let's Start

Tunde is tall. Emeka is taller than Tunde. But Chidi is the tallest of all! When we compare things, we change the adjective. Let us learn how.

📚 New Concept

Comparing two things — add -er:

• tall → taller ("Emeka is taller than Tunde.")
• fast → faster ("A car is faster than a bicycle.")
• old → older ("My sister is older than me.")
• small → smaller ("An ant is smaller than a dog.")

Comparing three or more — add -est:

• tall → tallest ("Chidi is the tallest boy in the class.")
• fast → fastest ("The cheetah is the fastest animal.")
• old → oldest ("Grandpa is the oldest in the family.")

Some special words:

• good → better → best
• bad → worse → worst
• big → bigger → biggest (double the g)

🎮 Let's Practice

1. Compare: "A goat is big. A cow is ___."
2. Which is correct: "She is the taller girl in the school" or "She is the tallest girl in the school"?
3. Fill in: "Jollof rice is good. Grandma's jollof rice is the ___!"

Click to see answers

1. "A cow is bigger." (comparing two things, use -er)
2. "She is the tallest girl in the school." (comparing many girls, use -est)
3. "Grandma's jollof rice is the best!" (good → better → best)

💡 Remember

Use -er to compare two things (bigger, faster). Use -est to compare three or more (biggest, fastest). Some words are special: good/better/best!