Comparative and Absolute Sizes Quiz

Study Notes

Relative Size: Describing size involves comparing objects to other objects or to a known standard. Bigger and smaller are relative terms; something is bigger or smaller than something else.
Absolute Size: Describing size by referencing a standard unit of measurement (e.g., millimeters, inches, feet) creates an absolute size.
Comparative Adjectives: Words like "bigger," "smaller," "biggest," and "smallest" describe the relative sizes of objects or groups of objects.
Quantifiers: Words like "more" and "less" are used to compare quantities. For example, "this pile has more sand than that pile."
Superlative Adjectives: "Biggest" and "smallest" indicate the extreme end of a size spectrum within a group of objects. For instance, the tallest building in a city is the biggest building.
Size Hierarchies: Objects can be ranked in a hierarchy based on their size. The hierarchical order can be from smallest to biggest (or the reverse), to aid comparative analysis.
Using "with" and "without": These words are used comparatively to denote additions or subtractions in relation to size, either comparing an object with another or with its previous size.

A car is bigger than a bicycle.
A grain of rice is smaller than a grapefruit.
The elephant is the biggest animal in the zoo.
A single grain of sand is the smallest part of a sandcastle.
This box has more candies than that box.
The smallest ant is less than 0.01 inches long.
A water bottle with a lid is bigger than the same water bottle without the lid (because the lid has added size).
A table with a lamp on it has more bulk than the same table without the lamp.
A piece of cake is bigger than a single cookie.
A dog is bigger than a cat.
Five apples are more than two apples.