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Comparative Adjectives https://youtu.be/9KIiaLupHuA

COMPARATIVE .
We use comparative adjectives to compare two people, animals or things.
*New York is bigger than Madrid
*Sally is more beautiful than Pat
FORM
* (ONE SYLLABLE) :
COMPARATIVE - Adjective + -er + than - John is taller than Charles

* (TWO or MORE SYLLABLES)

COMPARATIVE - More + adjective + than - Mary is more intelligent than Jane
* (IRREGULAR)
good(bueno) - better (mejor)
bad (malo) - worse (peor)
far (lejos) - farther / further (más lejos)
little(poco) - less (menos)
much(mucho) - more (más)
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SPELLING
*Adjectives of one syllable that end in -e: add -r / -st
large - larger -
nice - nicer
* Adjectives that end in a vowel + consonants -t, -d, -g, -m, -n : double the consonant
and add -er/
fat - fatter -
slim – slimmer -
big - bigger -
* Adjectives of two syllables that end in -y: change the -y to an -i and add -er
busy – busier -
easy – easier -
early - earlier –
*Long words(2 / 3 / 4 syllables): add more
modern - more modern -
beautiful - more beautiful -
expensive - more expensive -
Exercise 1
Write the comparative form: Write the opposite.
new ___newer_________ younger_____young____

long ____longer____ cleaner ______clean____

nice ____nicer______ darker _______dark_______

big ___bigger_____ more boring ____boring____

good ____better______ hotter ______hot________

fat _____fatter_______ happier _____happy_______

modern _more modern__ easier ____easy___

friendly _More friendly_ smaller ______small_____

famous _most famous_ cheaper __cheap_______

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Exercise 2: Write comparative sentences using the verbs in brackets

1. My house is (big) ___bigger__________than yours.

2. This flower is (beautiful) __more beautiful___than that one.

3. A holiday by the sea is (good) __better___than a holiday in the mountains.

4. The weather this summer is even (bad) __worse__than last summer.

5. I think mathematics is (difficult) __more difficult__than English.

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences. Use the comparative.

1. Joe’s car isn’t very fast. He wants a _faster_________ one.

2. My job isn’t very interesting. I want to do something __more interesting_____

3. The weather isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was ____warmer_____

4. People aren’t very polite today. In the past they were __more polite___

5. This sofa isn’t very comfortable. That one is ____more comfortable____

6. This coat is nice, but I think the other one is __thinker___

Exercise 5: Write three sentences using comparative adjectives

1. __my father is taller than my mother _______

2. ___Barranquilla is more hotter than Neiva_____

3. ___Pedro's house is newer than his parents' ___

Exercise 6: Make the comparative form. If it’s possible, use ‘er’. If not, use ‘more’.
1. Dogs are ____more intelligent______ (intelligent) than rabbits.

2. Lucy is _________older____________ (old) than Ellie.

3. Russia is far ___________larger____________ (large) than the UK.

4. My Latin class is _______more boring__________ (boring) than my English class.

5. In the UK, the streets are generally ___narrower____ (narrow) than

the streets in the USA.

6. London is _____busier________ (busy) than Glasgow.

7. Julie is ______quieter_____________ (quiet) than her sister.

8. Amanda is _____more ambitious________ (ambitious) than her classmates.

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Exercise 7: Complete with a comparative adjective and all the necessary words.
1. Snakes are .....faster than........................ (fast) snails.

2. London is ....bigger........................ (big) Madrid.

3. Snails are ....slower than......... (slow) snakes.

4. My literature book is ..more difficult than.... (difficult) my English book.

5. Lord of the Rings is ..more interesting than.... (interesting) Mission Impossible.

Exercise 8: Make sentences comparing these things, as in the example.

1. English / maths (important) English is more important than maths

2. A tortoise / a cat (slow) ..a tortoise slower than a cat .....

3. My friend / I (handsome) ..I am more handsome than my friend..

4. Chocolate milkshakes / lemonade (good) ...chocolate shake is better than lemonade...

5. A tiger / a rabbit (dangerous) ..a tiger is more dangerous than a rabbit...

6. The North Pole / Africa (cold) ..the north pole is colder than africa....

7. Swimming / skating (easy) ...swimming is easier than skating....

8. The Eiffel Tower / my house (big) ...the eiffel tower is bigger than my house..

9. A stone / a feather (heavy) ....a stone is heavier than a feather.....

10. Planes / cars (fast) ....planes are faster than cars......

Exercise 9: Write the comparative form.

1. big ...bigger ........ 6. good ....better......

2. happy ...happier ......... 7. easy .....easier.....

3. expensive ....more expensive...... 8. great ....more great......

4. intelligent ...more intelligent....... 9. interesting ....more interesting......

5. boring ...more boring....... 10. bad ....worse......

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Exercise 10: Complete with the comparative form of the adjectives in the box.
Far cold hot modern

1. Summer is …..hotter ........ than spring.

2. Winter is ...colder.... than summer.

3. The Eiffel Tower is ....more modern...... than the Coliseum.

4. China is ....more far...... than Italy.