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2  Tells us something about a noun.  Example: Jim is wearing a nice shirt.

3  Before nouns: That’s a beautiful photo.  After the verb “to be” and linking verbs: It’s cold. I feel cold.

4  We use the comparatives form of adejctivs to compare two items (people, places, things, ideas, etc.) - He looks younger than he actually is. - Fruit is more expensive now than it was last month.

5 A. -er thanB. more ____________than

6  For one syllable adjectives:  Is Dana old er than Avi?  This is nice r jacket than the other one.

7  For two-syllable adjectives ending in y:  easy-easier  funny-funnier  dirty-dirtier  silly-sillier This exam is easier than that one.

8  For certain other two-syllable adjectives.  quiet-quieter  simple-simpler  clever-cleverer  gentle-gentler There is a simpler solution to that problem.

9  For adjectives of three or more syllables. The adjective itself does not change its form.  This is more interesting than I thought it would be.  This road is quicker but more dangerous.

10  tired  bored  amused  annoyed  surprised I’m more surprised than you can imagine.

11  For most two-syllable adjectives.

12  Isn’t your road narrower than it used to be?  I think it’s more pleasant today than it was yesterday.  The weather seems to be pleasanter this year than last year. politenarrowstupidpleasant

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14  A few adjectives have irregular comparative forms: goodbetter illworse little (size)smaller badworse far further (American: farther)

15  Italians footballers are good, but I think the Brazilians are better.  Yesterday’s lesson was bad, but today’s is even worse.  Haifa is quite far from Tel-Aviv, but Nahariya is even further.  Luxemboug is little but Monaco is smaller.

16  I can’t answer that without further information.

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