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1 Comparative Adjectives Edited by Hagit Goldstein

2 What Is An Adjective An adjective is a part of speech which describes a noun. *Adjective *ESL Quiz with Images – Adjectives * *

3 Which Adjectives Describe Your Hometown?
Use this video to help you:

4 Look and Listen!! Comparative Adjective
* YouTube - grammarman episode 3 * *

5 -er is added to the end of a 1-syllable adjective cold - colder
Spelling Rules -er is added to the end of a 1-syllable adjective cold - colder small - smaller tall - taller Examples: The winter is colder than the summer. The green hat is smaller than the yellow hat. Most basketball players are taller than me.

6 .Examples: My house is bigger than, my sister’s house.
Adjectives that end in -e, only -r is added to end of the adjective nice -nicer safe –safer An adjective that ends in a consonant, vowel, consonant - the last consonant is doubled big -bigger fat- fatter hot –hotter .Examples: My house is bigger than, my sister’s house. My sister is fatter than me. The summer is hotter than the winter.

7 er is added to the end of an adjective with 2 syllables.
If the word ends in –y delete the y and add ier. early - earlier happy - happier crazy – crazier Examples: I came home earlier than my sister . I am happier now than 1 year ago My friend is crazier than me..

8 The word “more” is used for words that have more than 2 syllables honest - more honest difficult- more difficult modern - more modern Examples: The policeman are more honest than criminals. The last test was more difficult than the test today. Our generation is more modern, than our parents generation.

9 *Exercise on English Adjectives *Exercise on English Adjectives – 02
Practice * *Exercise on English Adjectives *Exercise on English Adjectives – 02 * * * COMPARISON *

10 Compare your hometown to another town from the world.
1.Choose a town from around the world. 2.Compare your town to the one you chose from the Wiki: 3.Write one sentence with a short syllable adjective. 4.Write a sentence with a long syllable adjective. 1. 2.


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