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COMPARATIVES
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
One-syllable adjectives and two-syllable
adjectives ending in –y add –er
•small
•smaller
•nice
•nicer
•big
•bigger
•warm
•warmer
•hot
•hotter
•pretty
•prettier
•dirty
•dirtier
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
We use more with two-syllable adjectives
and longer ones
interesting
more interesting
expensive
more expensive
dangerous
more dangerous
common
more common
comfortable
more comfortable
boring
more boring
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
Some adjectives have irregular forms:
•good
•better
•bad
•worse
•far
•farther/further
COMPARATIVE PATTERNS
We use as…as to say that two things are equal or
unequal.
Our house is as big as yours.
It isn’t as cold as yesterday.
We often use a phrase with than after the comparison.
Fruit is healthier than cakes.
After than we use an object pronoun or a personal
pronoun with a verb.
She is younger than me / than I am
He speaks English better than me / than I do.
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
Now let’s practise!
Use the adjectives given to compare the
pictures.
Practice 1
FRUIT
healthy
expensive
sweet
tasty
expensive
CHOCOLATE
Practice 2
ENGLISH
FRENCH
difficult
easy
useful
beautiful
Practice 3
SPAIN
cold
hot
big
populated
popular with tourists
CANADA
Practice 4
COOKING
CLEANING
boring
useful
time-consuming
creative
good
Practice 5
A BIKE
AN SUV
slow
cheap
eco-friendly
polluting
comfortable
Practice 6
FOOTBALL
popular
dangerous
expensive
amusing
SNOWBOARDING
Practice 7
TOKYO
cosmopolitan
crowded
polluted
cheap
noisy
GIJON