No Gain Without Pain

Tongue twisters

Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

Seven slick slimy snakes slowly sliding southward

Riddle

Do you know what word becomes shorter if you add two letters to it? You think there is no answer to that question. Can you make a word shorter if you add two letters to it? You are sure, you can't. But you can.

Add er to the word short. It becomes shorter.

Adjectives. degrees of comparison

Positive Comparative Superlative

- er- the -est-

small smaller the smallest

big bigger the biggest

happy happier the happiest

beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful

Exceptions

good better the best

bad worse the worst

little less the least

many\much more the most

plural nouns

singular plural

1)a ball balls

2) After letters ss; x; ch; sh; tch; o →es

a dress dresses

3) If we have consonant + y→ i + es

a family families

4) If the word ends in -f, -fe →v, ve + es

a wolf wolves

a wife wives

Exceptions

singular plural

man men

woman women

mouse mice

tooth teeth

foot feet

goose geese

ox oxen

child children

sheep sheep

deer deer

fish fish

The topic is revision of degrees of comparison and

plural nouns

The lesson is over

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