 Comparative: er

→ Short words ( 1 syllabe)

Old → older slow → slower cheap → cheaper nice →nicer

IMPORTANT:
1. Sometimes a words end in a vowel + a consonan, for example: hot, big …
When it happens, before add er, the consonant at the end is “dobled”.
Like these: big → bigger hot → hotter

2. Words ending in y → cut Y and add ier. For example:

easy → easier heavy → heavier early → earlier

3. far – good – bad : They are different :

Far → further good → better bad → worse

NOW READ THE SENTENCES BELLOW:

1- Rome is old but Athens is older.

2- Athens is older than Rome.
3- Is it cheaper to go by bus or by car.
4- To go by bus is cheaper than go by car.

 Comparative : more … than

→ Long words ( 2/ 3/ 4 syllabes) we use: more + adjective + than

careful → more careful
polite → more polite
expensive → more expensive

NOW READ THESE SENTENCES:

1- Susan is more careful than Jack.
2- Your job is more interesting than mine.

 Comparative : less … than → to express inferiority

1- My car is less expensive than a Ferrari. = My car is cheaper than a Ferrari.

 A bit / much → That house is a bit bigger than mine. / Xuxa´s house is
much bigger than mine.
The hotel was much more expensive than I expected.

bigger
older
a bit better than
much more difficult
more expensive
 not as … as

1. Rome is not as old as Athens.

2. The Grand Hotel isn´t as expensive as Palace hotel.

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 3. I don´t play tennis as often as you.
4. Petrópolis isn´t as cold as Aspen.

 as … as
1. My car is as beautiful as yours.
2. Jane is as thin as Gisele.

 the same as

1. The weather today is the same as yesterday.

2. My hair is the same color as yours.
3. I arrived at the same time as Tim.

 not as much as…. not as many as

1. I haven´t got as much money as you.
2. I don´t know as many people as you.
3. I don´t go out as much as you.

 Superlative:

The superlative form is →the + adjective + est or the most + adjective

→ Short words ( old/ cheap/ nice…) → the + est. For example:

Old → the oldest cheap → the cheapest nice → the nicest
IMPORTANT: 1. Sometimes a words end in a vowel + a consonan, for example: hot,
big …
When it happen, before add est, the consonant at the end is “doubled”.
Like these: big → the biggest hot → the hottest

2. Words ending in y → cut Y and add iest. For example:

easy → the easiest heavy → the heaviest early → the earliest

3. far – good – bad : They are different :

Far → the furthest good → the best bad → the worst

→ Long Words (careful / expensive / interesting) → the most :

Careful → the most careful interesting → the most interesting

NOW READ THESE SENTENCES:

1. The cathedral is the oldest building in the town.

2. Money isn´t the most important thing in life.

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