Comparative Adjectives

Student’s name: Jork Arthur Coley Ariz 8-04 Level: Basic 03

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SLOW SLOWER HEAVYHEAVIER DANGEROUS MORE DANGEROUS

Short words (1 syllable)  - er Long words (2, 3, 4 syllables) 

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old  older slow  slower
warm  warmer tall  dangerous  more
taller dangerous expensive  more
expensive Irregular
big  bigger, hot  hotter comparative forms: good 
heavy  heavier, happy  happier better, far  further bad 
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
cheaper_______cheap___
famous___more famous

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.

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 ___nicer

Write three sentences using comparative adjectives

1. You are more polite than me _
2. My house is bigger than yours _
3. Your dog runs faster than my dog. _