COMPARATIVES

ADJECTIVES
PRON/SUB 1 + TO BE + ADJ* + THAN + PRON/SUB 2

BOGOTA IS COLDER THAN BARRANQUILLA

BARRANQUILLA IS HOTTER THAN BOGOTA

RULES IN COMPARATIVES:
1. ADD ER TO ADJECTIVES OF 1-2 SYLLABLES
COLD - COLDER
TALL - TALLER
SHORT - SHORTER
CHEAP - CHEAPER
FAST - FASTER
SLOW – SLOWER

2. ADJECTIVES WITH 1 SYLLABLE, END IN CONSONANT – VOWEL – CONSONANT: DUPLICATE LAST

LETTER, THEN ADD ER
HOT - HOTTER
THIN - THINNER
FAT - FATTER
BIG – BIGGER

3. ADJECTIVES WITH 1 – 2 SYLLABLES, END IN Y: CHANGE Y FOR I, ADD ER

HAPPY - HAPPIER
FUNNY - FUNNIER
EASY - EASIER
PRETTY - PRETTIER
LAZY – LAZIER

4. ADJECTIVES 3 + SYLLABLES. : MORE + ADJECTIVE

BEAUTIFUL – MORE BEAUTIFUL
INTELLIGENT – MORE INTELLIGENT
EXPENSIVE – MORE EXPENSIVE
DANGEROUS – MORE DANGEROUS
POWERFUL – MORE POWERFUL
INTERESTING – MORE INTERESTING
BORING - MORE BORING
MODERN - MORE MODERN

PARIS IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN MEXICO

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 5. With some 2-syllable adjectives, we can use "-er" OR "more":

quiet → quieter/more quiet

clever → cleverer/more clever
narrow → narrower/more narrow
simple → simpler/more simple
COMMON  COMMONER/ MORE COMMON
QUICK  QUICKER / MORE QUICKLY

6. IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
GOOD ---- BETTER
BAD---- WORSE
FAR --- FURTHER (FARTHER)

BARRANQUILLA IS FURTHER THAN MEDELLIN.

AUDI IS BETTER THAN CHEVROLET
7. AS…… AS
SUB1 + TO BE + AS + ADJ + AS + SUB 2
JENNY IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS LAURA
JENNY ISN’T AS BEAUTIFUL AS LAURA……

HAVE.

JENNY $3.000.000

JONATHAN $ 500.000

JENNY HAS MORE MONEY THAN THE TEACHER (JONATHAN)

JONATHAN HAS LESS MONEY THAN JENNY

EMILY DOESN’T HAVE MORE MONEY THAN JONATHAN

JONATHAN DOESN’T HAVE MORE MONEY THAN EMILY