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Comparative adjectives
1. Comparative adjectives
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talltaller
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hothotter
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happyhappier
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Rule 1:Mark
is shorter than
Alan
Alan.
Adj+er+ than
Alan
is taller than
Mark.
When we want to compare
between two things we use
‘adjective+er +than’
Mark
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Ice is colder than ice-cream.cold
colder
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The purple pencil is longer than thegreen pencil.
long
longer
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Jumbo is fatter than Tom.Tom
fat
Jumbo
fatter
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Spelling:1- When we add er to the adjectives that end with Y we change y into i
happy
Funny
heavy
happier
funnier
heavier
2- When we have a word that ends with a
consonant /vowel / consonant we double the last consonant.
thin
thinner
fat
fatter
big
bigger
3-When we add er to the adjectives that end with ‘e’ we only add ‘r’:
huge
huger
large
larger
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Bob is ____________________than Homer (YOUNG).
younger
Homer is ___________________
than Alice (OLD) .
older
Alice is ______________________
than Bob (SLIM).
slimmer
BOB
28 years old
55 kilos
1.50 mt
shorter
Bob is ____________________
than Homer (SHORT) .
fatter
Homer is _________________
than Bob (FAT) .
uglier
Homer is _________________
than Alice (UGLY) .
slower
Homer is _________________
than Bob (SLOW) .
HOMER
39 years old
80 kilos
1.55 mt
Bob is _________________
than Homer (TIDY) .
tidier
nicer
Alice is _________________
than Bob (NICE) .
longer
Alice has _________________
hair than Bob (LONG) .
faster
Alice can run _________________
than Homer (FAST) .
ALICE
9 years old
33 kilos
1.20 mt
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Rule 2:More dangerous
More difficult
More crowded
If the adjective has 2 or more
syllables (except when the last
syllable is -y) we use
‘more + adjective’.
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The steak is more expensive thanthe fish.
$10
$7
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The butterfly is more beautifulthan the frog.
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English is more popular thanSpanish.
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Practice:more difficult than French.
He thinks Chinese is _________________
Cars are ____________________
more comfortable than bikes.
more beautiful than
This dress is ____________________
that dress.
more crowded than Yaroslavl.
Tokyo is __________________
Snowboarding is __________________
football.
more exciting than
Difficult
Comfortable
Beautiful
Crowded
Exciting