ADJECTIVES

old hard happy thirsty

young soft sad comfortable
good high uncomfortable
bad low
tall dirty interested
short clean dark honest
patient white
beautiful Impatient black generous
handsome intelligent
angry fool ancient tired
calm bright hungry
nice popular kind innocent
famous polite silly
excellent brilliant responsible serious
clever friendly
Unfriendly tolerant
Pretty lazy boring jealous
 COMPARATIVE FORMS

Examples:

Ed is taller than Joe.

Joe is shorter than Ed.

A carrot is healthier than a candy.

A candy is more delicious than a carrot.

A cup of chocolate is hotter than a glass of slushy.

A glass of slushy is colder than a cup of chocolate.

RULES
Common Comparative Explanation
adjective adjective
Short Shorter One syllable adjective, it is only
Long Longer added “er”
Big Bigger One syllable adjective and ending in
Thin Thinner consonant-vowel-consonant, the last
Hot Hotter consonant is duplicated and added
“er”. Excep. “w” and “x”
Happy Happier Adjectives ending in “y” preceding by
Easy Easier consonant, Change “y” by “i” and
Busy Busier added “er”
Famous More famous Two or more syllable adjectives, the
Important More important word “more” is placed before the
comfortable More comfortable adjective
Good Better They are irregular adjectives, no
Bad Worse rules to change
little Less
 EXERCISE. WRITE THE COMPARATIVE FORM OF THE FOLLOWING
ADJECTIVES:

EXERCISE. FILL IN THE CORRECT COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES IN THE

1. Noisy 11. Loose 21. Honest
2. Difficult 12. Strong 22. Proud

3. Tight 13. Wild 23. Young

4. Early 14. Hot 24. Near

5. Innocent 15. Warm 25. Funny

6. Soft 16. Messy 26. Easy
7. Upset 17. Fresh 27. bad

8. Dirty 18. Slow 28. late

9. Strange 19. Boring 29. dangerous

10. Careful 20. Useful 30. weak

SENTENCES
a) My brother has a ___________________ (tidy) room than me.
b) Australia is __________________________ (big) than England.
c) I'm ___________________________________ (good) now than yesterday.
d) She's got ____________________________ (little) friends than you, but she doesn't
care.
e) Daniel is _____________________________ player(bad) than Robert.
f) Cats are ______________________________ (intelligent) than dogs.
g) The red jacket is ___________________ (cheap) than the blue jacket.
h) The shoes are ___________________ (nice) than the boots.
i) The pink socks are __________________ (expensive) than the white socks.
j) The brown sweater is ______________ (good) than the blue sweater.
k) The chocolate looks ________________ (bad) than the candy.
l) The radio is __________________________ (new) than the DVD player.
m) The CDs are___________________________ (old) than the DVDs.
n) These apples are ___________________ (bright) than those apples.
o) This dress is _________________________ (beautiful) than that dress.