Comparative adjectives

1. Comparative adjectives

2.

tall
taller

3.

hot
hotter

4.

happy
happier

5.

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

6.

Ice is colder than ice-cream.
cold
colder

7.

The purple pencil is longer than the
green pencil.
long
longer

8.

Jumbo is fatter than Tom.
Tom
fat
Jumbo
fatter

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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’.

12.

The steak is more expensive than
the fish.
$10
$7

13.

The butterfly is more beautiful
than the frog.

14.

English is more popular than
Spanish.

15.

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

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