Forming Comparative Adjectives

Short Adjectives ● Short adjectives have one syllable ● Usually, we add -er to the end of adjectives when we are comparing two objects. Ex: Cold ---> Colder Today is colder than yesterday

Short Adjectives ● When an adjective ends in “e”, we just add -r to form the comparative. Ex: Safe ---> Safer A small town is safer than a big city. ● When the last three letters of an adjective are a consonant, a vowel and a consonant, you must double the last letter before adding -er. Ex: Thin ---> Thinner Susan is thinner than Sally.

Long Adjectives ● Long adjectives have two or more syllables. ● Usually, we add the word “more” in front of the adjective to form the comparative. Ex: Modern ---> More modern Beautiful ---> More beautiful This painting is more modern than that one.

Long Adjectives ● If an adjective has two syllables and ends in y, to form the comparitive we take off the “y” and add “-ier”. Ex: Happy---> Happier The big dog is happier than the small dog.

Irregular Adjectives ● The following adjectives are irregular: ● Good ● Well ● Bad ● Far

Irregular Adjectives ● The following adjectives are irregular: ● Good ---> Better ● Well ---> Better ● Bad ----> Worse ● Far ----> Farther/Further

Forming Sentences ● When you use a comparative adjective in a sentence, you must always put “than” after the adjective. Ex: The big dog is happier than the small dog. Susan is thinner than Sally. A small town is safer than a big city. Today is colder than yesterday. This painting is more beautiful than that one.

Review ● How do we form short comparative adjectives? ● How do we form them if the adjective ends in -e? ● How do we form them if the adjective ends in a consonant, vowel and consonant? ● How do we form long comparative adjectives? – How do we form them if the adjective has two consonants and ends in -y?

Review ● When forming sentences, what word must we add to the sentence? ● Where does the word go? ● Most importantly, when do we use comparative adjectives?

Practice ● She’s much __________ her husband. (young) ● It’s a __________ day _____ yesterday. (warm) ● The vegetables in the shop are __________ ­­­ _____ the one ones in the supermarket. (fresh) ● The train is __________ _____ the bus (expensive) ● The new TV programme is __________ _____ the old one. (funny)

Practice ● Mrs. Jones is a __________ teacher ____ Mr. Andrews. (good) ● My office is __________ _____ Helen’s. (near) ● The traffic is _______________ it was last year. (noisy) ● You have a __________ life _____ I have. (busy) ● Drivers in this country are _______________________ _____ drivers in my country. (dangerous)

Practice ● The exam today was _______________ _____ last year’s exam. (difficult) ● She’s __________ _____ her sister. (smart) ● Michael is __________ _____ than Matthew. (Rich) ● The students ask _______________ questions _____ they did before. (intelligent) ● Her second book is _______________ _____ her first one. (interesting)