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Comparatives & Superlatives

Your child can compare using the right word form. Big becomes bigger and biggest; good becomes better and best.

In curriculum terms

Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, choosing correctly between them

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How to tell they’ve got it

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If your child is comparing three things — like three books they've read — can they correctly say one is "good", another is "better", and the best one is "the best"?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Adjectives vs adverbsages 7–8Comparative/superlative forms build on distinguishing adjectives from adverbs
Comparatives & Superlativesthis skill · ages 8–9
Unlocks
Adjective Order in Sentencesages 9–10Adjective order requires familiarity with adjective types; comparative/superlative work establishes adjective awareness

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

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