Comparative elementary

By Patricia López

TYPES OF ADJECTIVES

1-SYLLABLE 2-SYLLABLE -Y LONGShort Pretty ComfortableBig Happy ExpensiveFast Funny StubbornSmall Friendly Exciting Hard Easy Boring

Quick Ugly Interesting Nice Noisy Handsome

1-Syllable adjectives

• To form the comparative add –er Short-shorter

Fast- Faster Small- smaller

Nice- nicer• If the adjective ends in 1 vowel + 1

consonant, double the consonant:Big- bigger Thin- Thinner

2-Syllable adjectives -y

• To make the comparative drop the –y and add –ier

Happy-happierFriendly-friendlier

Ugly- uglierNoisy- noisierFunny-funnier

Long adjectives

• To make the comparative add MOREMore comfortable

More stubbornMore exciting

More interestingMore expensiveMore handsome

More boring

THAN

• When you compare two things we sometimes use THAN

E.G. My brother is younger than yours Mark is more intelligent

than Jim You are funnier than me

Irregular adjectives

• Good- better• Bad- worse• Far - Farther (usually only for

distance) - Further (it can also have abstract

meaning)