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Quarter 2 - Module 5:
Adjectives
(Degrees of Comparison, Order)

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Department of Education Republic of the Philippines

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English – Grade 4
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Quarter 3 - Module 1: Adjectives, Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives & Order of
Adjectives in Series
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 Lesson
Adjectives
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What’s New

Direction: Read the selection properly and notice the underlined words.

One day, my little kitten jumped into the green couch and played with his new
toy. I liked to watch him play and it made me feel happy. Soon, my lovely and playful
kitten yawned. He was a tired kitten. I picked him up and laid him on his soft, round
bed. Soon, my sleepy kitten was snoring away.

Answer the following.

1. Describe the kitten. _______________________________
2. Describe the couch. _______________________________
3. Describe the bed. _________________________________

What is It

Think!
These are the underlined words in the text. Let us read them.

Little green new lovely playful tired soft round sleepy

The words in the box above are used to describe the kitten, the toy and the
bed. They tell about the kind, color, and size.These words are called adjectives.
They describe a person, place, thing or animal.

What’s More

Direction: Read the sentences and write the adjective in each

sentence in your activity notebook.

1. The carabao is big.

2. There are tall trees near the river.

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 3. Ana’s hair is long.
4.My mother bakes a delicious cake.
5. I have cute kittens.
6. My daughter has curly hair.
7. Aling Maria is a generous neighbor.
8. Marian is a beautiful lady.
9. There are wild animals in the forest.
10.The painting is beautiful

What I Have Learned

Direction: Read the paragraph and answer the activity that follows.

The Philippine Tarsier

The Philippine tarsier is the smallest monkey in the world. It is found in

the province of Bohol. It is about twenty centimeters long. It has a long tail. Its
tail is twice as long as its body. It has a round and small head. It has big round
eyes. The brown and gray fur covering its body is thick and soft.
Source: English for You and Me, Language Textbook for Grade 4, page 153

List down six adjectives used to describe the tarsier.

1. _______________________ 4. _____________________
2. _______________________ 5. _____________________
` 3. _______________________ 6. _____________________

What I can Do

Direction: Describe your favorite person. Write it in three to

four sentence paragraph.
_______________________
___________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

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 Post Assessment

Direction: Write a simple sentence describing the noun given in each

number.

1. mother - ___________________________________________
2. plaza - ____________________________________________
3. book - ______________________________________
4. turtle - ____________________________________________
5. carabao -__________________________________________

Lesson
2 Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives

An adjective has three degrees of comparison, namely: positive degree,

comparative degree, and superlative degree.

What’s New
Direction: Study the two sets of pictures. Read the sentence under
each picture and answer the questions below.

Set A:

This plate is big This plate is bigger This plate is the biggest
than the first. among the three.

Set B:

This flute is long. This flute is longer This flute is the longest
than the first. among the three.

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What do you call the underlined words? ______________________
What happen to the underlined words in each set? _______________

What is It
An adjective has three degrees of comparison, namely: positive degree,
comparative degree, and superlative degree.
Positive Degree - simply describes a person, place or thing.
Example: The tree is tall.
Comparative Degree - compares two persons, places or things.
• To form the comparative degree, add -er for one syllable adjectives.
Example: The mango tree is taller than the atis tree.
• Add more for two or more syllable adjectives.
Example: Carlos is more obedient than Sonia.

Superlative Degree - compares three or more persons, places or things.

• To form the superlative degree, add -est for one syllable adjectives.
Example: The acacia tree is the tallest of them all.
• Add most for two or more syllable adjectives.
Example: Carlos is the most intelligent boy in class.
• When the adjective ends in 'y' and has a consonant before it, we change 'y'
into 'i' and then add 'er' and 'est'.
Example: happy – happier – happiest
• When the adjective ends in a consonant with a vowel before it, we double
the consonant & then add '-er' and '-est'
Example: hot – hotter – hottest

What’s More

Direction: Complete the table with the comparative and superlative

forms of the adjective in the first column. Do this in your activity notebook.

Positive Comparative Superlative

1. happy
2. large
3. dark
4. cold
5. fair

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 Positive Comparative Superlative
6. honest
7. respectful
8. beautiful
9. obedient
10.industrious

What I Have Learned

Direction: Copy the adjective in each sentence. Identify whether it

shows positive, comparative, or superlative degree of comparison. Do this in your
activity notebook.
1. Rizza’s hair is blonde. ___________________
2. Ron is taller than Ken. ___________________
3. This is the prettiest dress in the mall. ___________________
4. The doctor is very handsome. ____________________
5. This house is the biggest in the subdivision. ______________

What I Can Do

Direction: Write the correct form of adjectives in parentheses to complete the

sentences. The adjectives with comparison clues are in italics. Do this in your
activity notebook.

Example: He is the braver of the two boys. (brave)

1. Are you ______________than your sister? (tall)

2. Mama had the _______________of the three pillows. (soft)
3. My dog is _________________ than his (smart)
4. This book looks ______________than this. (heavy)
5. Both Mary and John are ___________ . (healthy)

Post Assessment

Direction: Copy the correct form of adjective in each sentence. Then,

identify whether it is in the positive, comparative, or superlative degree. Do this
in your activity notebook.

1. Of all the rivers in the country, Pasig River is the (polluted, more
polluted, most polluted).

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 2. Pollution is the (serious, more serious, most serious) environmental
problem in our country today.

3. The smog looks (dark, darker, darkest) in the morning than in the
afternoon.

4. We can all work together to make our environment (clean, cleaner,

cleanest).

5. The fog is (thick, thicker, thickest) in that place than in the park.

zLesson
3 Order of Adjectives in Series

Adjectives tell about the number, kind and color of a person, animal or thing.
When several adjectives are used in one sentence, the order of adjectives is as
follows: number, kind or quality, and color.

What’s New

Direction: Read and understand the story and answer the questions that
follow. Write your answers in your activity notebook.

One sunny day, the Rivera family got up early. They were all excited to meet the
Biso family, their cousins from Canada.

“Children, let’s help one another to clean our house. Each one of you should do
your assigned work, “said Father. Everybody agreed and they all started to work.
“I’ll go to the market and buy some food for dinner. I’ll prepare delicious food for
all of us. Surely, your cousins will enjoy them,” said mother.
At five o’clock, the van stopped in front of their house. The Rivera family rushed
to welcome their visitors.
“Welcome to the Philippines cousins. We are so glad to see all of you, shouted
Khlea and Sky as they waved their poster to welcome their visitors.
They all went to the living room and share experiences. After dinner, the Biso family
brought their presents from Canada. Father received two blue polo shirts and mother
got three beautiful yellow dresses. Ten small toy cars were given to Sky and four
beautiful dolls were given to Khlea. The Rivera family was so grateful and happy.

1. Who were excited to meet the Biso Family?

2. What were the presents the Rivera family received from the Biso family?
3. How were the presents described in the selection?
4. What is the correct order of the adjectives based on the selection read?

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 What is It

Direction: Read the sentences taken from the story and pay attention to the
underlined words.

1. Father received two blue polo shirts.

2. Mother got three beautiful yellow dresses.
3. Sky received ten small toy cars.
4. Khlea received four beautiful dolls.

The underlined words are adjectives, and they describe the noun in each
sentence. As you have noticed, the adjectives used tell about numbers, kind and
color. They are arranged according to number, kind or quality and color.

Example: Mother got two beautiful yellow dresses.

(number) (kind/quality) (color)

What’s More

Direction: Arrange the adjectives in the correct order. Write your answers in
your activity notebook.

1. I gave ________________(beautiful, two, white) shirt for his birthday.

2. Have you seen my ________________(new, black) jacket anywhere?
3. A ___________________ (black, big,) dog chased me while I was jogging.
4. She was eating a _____________________(green-bean, delicious) soup.
5. My mother bought ___________________ (white, two dozen, large) plates
for the dinner party.

What I Have Learned

Direction: Arrange the series of adjectives in the correct order.

Then, use them in a sentence. Do this in your activity notebook.

1. blind six men - _______________________________________

2. expensive black two cars - _____________________________
3. big five red lollipop - ___________________________________
4. green ten sweet guavas - ______________________________
5. short two crayons yellow - ______________________________

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 What I can Do

Direction: Get five (5) things from your bedroom. Describe them
using the correct order of adjectives in series. Write your answer on the space
provided. An example is given for you.

Example: hairclips - I received two unique red hairclips during my birthday.

1. ________ - _____________________________________.
2. ________ - _____________________________________.
3. ________ - _____________________________________.
4. ________ - _____________________________________.
5. ________ - _____________________________________.

Post Assessment

Directions: Arrange the adjectives inside the parentheses in the

correct order. Write your answer on the space provided.

1. Father gave Drex (beautiful, white, a) polo shirt on her birthday.

____________________________________
2. Rosa ate (sour, green, two) mangoes yesterday.
____________________________________
3. There are (black, five, small) goats in the farm.
____________________________________
4. Mother bought (sweet, red, three) apples for the children.
____________________________________
5. Mark has (fat, yellow, two) kittens as his pets.
____________________________________

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What I have Learned
What ’s In
Sentences may vary
1. big-positive
1. six blind men
2. tall-positive
2. two expensive black cars
3. longer-comparative
3. five big red lollipop
4. most delicious-superlative
4. ten sweet green guavas
5. cute-positive
5. two short yellow crayons Lesson 3
Post Assessment What’s More
1.most polluted superlative 1.happier happiest
2.most serious superlative 2.larger largest
3.darker comparative 3.darker darkest
4.clean positive 4.colder coldest
5.thicker comparative 5.fairer fairest
6.more honest Most honest
What’s more 7.more respectful Most respectful
1. big 6. curly 8.more beautiful Most beautiful
2. tall 7.generous 9.more obedient Most obedient
3. long 8. beautiful
10.more industrious Most industrious
4. delicious 9. wild
5. cute 10. beautiful What I Have Learned
1.blonde positive
What I Have Learned
2.taller comparative
In any order:
3.prettiest superlative
-smallest monkey
-twenty cm long 4. handsome positive
-long tail 5.biggest superlative
-round and small head What’s New
-big round eyes adjectives
-brown and gray fur
-thick and soft fur Added with -er and -est
What’s New What I can Do
Little, lovely, playful, tired, sleepy 1. taller
green 2. softest
soft, round 3. smarter
What I can do and Post Assessment 4. heavier
Answers may vary 5. healhty
Lesson 2
Lesson 1
Answer Key
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References:
What’s More
1.Two beautiful white
Whats New
2. new black 1. Rivera Family
3. big black
2. Father received two blue polo
4. delicious green-bean shirts.
5. two dozen large white Mother got three beautiful yellow
dresses.
Post assessment Sky received ten small toy cars.
1. a beautiful white Khlea received four beautiful dolls
2. two sour green 3. In series
3. five small black 4. Number, quality, color
4. three sweet red What I can do
5.two fat yellow Answers may vary