Comparative Adjective - English Grammar

Comparative of superiority
-Comparative Adjective are used to compare the differences
between 2 nouns .
Examples: The black dog is older than the white dog.
My house is bigger than my sister's house.
The yellow hat is more expensive than the green hat.

Rules for using comparative adjectives:

*-"Than" is usually used after the comparative adjective.

*-er is added to the end of a 1-syllable adjective.

Examples:
cold colder - The winter is colder than the summer.
small smaller - The green hat is smaller than the yellow hat.
tall taller - Most basketball players are taller than me.

.Adjectives that have 2 syllables and end in - y, then change the

-y to -i and add er.
Examples:
early earlier - I came home earlier than my sister.
happy - happier - I am happier now than 1 year ago.

."more" or "less" is used for adjectives that have 2 syllables that do

not end in -y.
Examples:
honest - more honest - Police officers are usually more honest than criminals.

difficult - less difficult - The last test was less difficult than the test today.
modern - more modern - Our generation is more modern than our parents
generation.

. "more" or "less" is used for adjectives that have 3 or more

syllables.
Examples:

expensive - less expensive - My car is less expensive than my sister's car.

comfortable - more comfortable - The sofa is more comfortable than the
chair.
. Adjectives that end in -e, only -r is added
Examples:
nice nicer - The beach is nicer than that park.
safe safer - Airplanes are safer than cars.
. Adjective

that end in with a consonant, vowel, consonant - the

last consonant is doubled.

Examples:
. big bigger - My house is bigger than my sisters house.
. hot - hotter - The summer is hotter than the winter.

IRREGULARS

Adjectives

Comparatives

good

better

bad
far
old

worse
farther
further
Older
Elder