COMPARATIVES

“RULE”
SUPERIORITY: INFERIORITY: EQUALITY:
1 syllable / 2 syll. -y: adjER than Less adj than As adj as
2 syll: more adj than
I’m less happy than you I’m as happy as you
I’m happier than you
He’s more clever than you

Cada vez más I’m getting happier and happier

1 syll. / 2 syll in -y: adjER and adjER It’s getting more and more expensive
2 or more syll: more and more adj

Cuanto más..más The harder I study, the better

marks I get

1 syll. / 2 syll in -y: The adjER S+V, the adjER S+V The less time I spend studying,
2 or more syll: The more adj S+V, the more adj S+V the worse my marks are

Modifiers I’m much taller than you

He’s not nearly as handsome as you
Before the comparative adjective This bag is a bit more expensive than that one
Much, A lot, a bit, nearly as, etc.