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Animal Record Holders

Read a short article about record-setting animals, then use comparative and superlative forms and choose adjectives or adverbs.

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Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
  • Students tell whether a word describes a noun or a verb and choose an adjective or adverb to match.

How to use

Read the article together and talk about each record. Then have students answer on their own and read each finished sentence aloud to check it.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.1.g

Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between adjectives and adverbs depending on the word being described.

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Animal Record Holders

Read about record-setting animals and compare with -er, -est, more and most.

Read the article

Read the article. Then answer the questions.

Animal Record Holders

1Some animals are famous for being the best at something. They might be the biggest, the fastest or the tallest of all. People sometimes call these animals record holders. Here are a few of them.

2The cheetah is the fastest land animal. It can run faster than a racehorse, but only for a short time. After a quick sprint, a cheetah must rest and catch its breath.

3Giraffes live on the grasslands of Africa. The giraffe is the tallest animal. Its long neck helps it reach leaves high up in trees. A giraffe's legs alone are taller than many adult people.

4The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived. It is even heavier than the biggest dinosaurs were. Blue whales swim in oceans around the world.

5Some record holders are tiny. The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world. It is not much bigger than a bee, which is how it got its name.

6Other animals set records for how long they live. A giant tortoise moves more slowly than most animals, but it lives much longer. Some giant tortoises have lived for more than 100 years.

7Which record holder do you think is the most amazing?

Comparing with -er, -est, more and most

Use -er or more to compare two things. Use -est or most to compare three or more things.

1.
Read paragraph 3. Underline the sentence that compares the giraffe with all other animals.

Giraffes live on the grasslands of Africa.The giraffe is the tallest animal.Its long neck helps it reach leaves high up in trees.A giraffe's legs alone are taller than many adult people.

2.
Use each word in the word bank once to complete the sentences.
Word bank: tallest · tall · taller

1. A giraffe is very  .
2. A giraffe is   than an elephant.
3. The giraffe is the   animal on Earth.

3.
Which word completes the sentence?
Of all the animals in the article, the blue whale is the ______.
  • A. heavy
  • B. heavier
  • C. heaviest
  • D. heavily
4.
Write the form of the word in ( ) that completes each sentence. Watch the spelling.

1. A blue whale is (big)   than a school bus.
2. The bee hummingbird is the (tiny)   bird in the world.

5.
Does each sentence compare two things, or three or more things? Sort the sentences.
A cheetah runs faster than a racehorse.The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird.Of all the land animals, the cheetah runs the fastest.A blue whale is heavier than an elephant.A giant tortoise lives longer than a rabbit.The blue whale is the largest animal of all.
Compares two thingsCompares three or more things

Adjective or adverb?

An adjective describes a noun (a quiet hunter). An adverb describes a verb (hunts quietly).

6.
Which word completes the sentence?
A giraffe bends its long neck ______ to drink water.
  • A. careful
  • B. carefulness
  • C. more careful
  • D. carefully
7.
Read paragraph 2. In the sentence "After a quick sprint, a cheetah must rest and catch its breath," what kind of word is quick?
  • A. an adverb that tells how the cheetah rests
  • B. an adjective that describes the sprint
  • C. an adverb that tells how the cheetah runs
  • D. an adjective that describes its breath
8.
Is each word in dark type an adjective or an adverb? Sort the phrases.
a tiny birdflaps quicklyswims wella friendly dolphinsings loudlya long neck
Adjective (describes a noun)Adverb (describes a verb)
9.
The underlined words are not written correctly. Write the correct word on each line.

1. A cheetah runs more fast than a lion.  
2. A giant tortoise lives more long than a dog.  
3. A hummingbird flaps its wings very quick.  

10.
Choose two animals from the article. Write one sentence that compares them using an -er word or more. Then write one sentence about a record holder using an -est word or most.

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