Comparative Adjectives

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Comparative
Adjectives
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What are Comparative Adjectives?
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What are Comparative Adjectives?
Comparative adjectives are
words used to compare
the difference between 2
things.
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What are Comparative Adjectives?
Example
Comparative adjectives are
words used to compare
the difference between 2
things.
smaller
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bigger

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Making Comparative Words
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Making Comparative Words
To make a comparative
word you must change
the adjective to the
comparative form.
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Making Comparative Words
Example
To make a comparative
word you must change
the adjective to the
comparative form.
small
smaller
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COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
Rules

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1
With regular one syllable
adjectives, we add -er to
make the comparative
form.
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1
Example
With regular one syllable
adjectives, we add -er to
make the comparative
form.
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fast
faster

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2
With regular one and two
syllable adjectives that end
in y, we remove the y and
add -ier to make the
comparative form.
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2
With regular one and two
syllable adjectives that end
in y, we remove the y and
add -ier to make the
comparative form.
Example
happy
happier
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3
With adjectives that end
with a single vowel followed
by a single consonant, the
consonant is doubled and
-er is added.
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3
With adjectives that end
with a single vowel followed
by a single consonant, the
consonant is doubled and
-er is added.
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Example
big
bigger

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4
With two syllable adjectives
that don't end in -y, and all
three syllable adjectives we
add more before the
adjective.
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4
With two syllable adjectives
that don't end in -y, and all
three syllable adjectives we
add more before the
adjective.
Example
beautiful
more beautiful
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COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
Irregular

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Irregular Adjectives
Irregular adjectives don't
follow these rules.
So, you must memorize
them.
good
better
bad
far
well
worse
further
better
much
many
more
more
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