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Adjectives with cold Adjectives with ex-pen-sive Irregular

one syllable, add: two or more Comparative
‘-er’ or ‘-r’ + ‘than’ “In Canada, syllables, add: “This book is Adjectives
winter is colder ‘more’ + ‘than’ more expensive
than summer.” than that book.” good – better than
bad – worse than

far – farther than

further than
Adjectives with Adjectives that
hap-py end in a single big
two syllables that
vowel and
end in ‘-y’, “John is “Russia is
consonant:
change ‘-y’ to ‘i’ happier than bigger than
double the final
and add: ‘-er’ + David.” Canada.”
letter before
‘than’ adding ‘than’

l Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the above boxes.

1. I (tall) my sister.
2. Sarah (busy) is busier than Mary.
3. The sun (hot) is hotter than the earth.
4. The earth (large) is larger than the moon.
5. Elephants (big) is bigger than horses.
6. Action movies (exciting) in more exciting than comedies.
7. This restaurant (good) is better than that restaurant.
8. Salads (healthy) is healthier than hamburgers.
9. I think weekends (nice) am nicer than weekdays.
10. Lions (dangerous) is more dangerous than rabbits.
11. The sun (far) is farther than the moon.
12. That hotel (bad) is worse than this hotel.
13. Cars (fast) is faster than bicycles.
14. Comedies (funny) is funnier than action movies.
15. I (nervous) am more nervous than my friend.
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