‘My spider is more beautiful than yours. A ‘Uesson\1 Comparative — ‘No, it isn’t. My spider is as beautiful as yours. We use the comparative to compare two people, animals or things, We often use the word than after the comparative. Our cat is smaller than our dog. ‘An elephant is bigger than a tiger. Short adjectives We add -er to adjectives with one syllable. long longer When the adjective ends in close closer ‘When the adjective ends in vowel + consonant, we double the last consonant and add -er. big bigger ‘When the adjective ends in -y, we take off the -y and add -ier. pretty prettier , we just add —1 Irregular adjectives ‘There are irregular adjectives, which do not follow these rules. good better bad worse for further or forther Long adjectives ‘+ We form the comparative of two-syllable adjectives by using the word more before the adjective. boring more boring Some two-syllable adjectives have two comparative forms, clever _cleverer or more clever We form the comparative of adjectives with three of more syllables by using the word more before the adjective exciting more exciting The words much, many, a lot of, lots of, alittle and a few also have a comparative form. more more more ‘more less fewer ‘much many alot of lots of alittle a fewe Complete the tables. Oe ‘Adjective | Comparative big bigger [amazing | wore amazing fast bad far beautiful good boring high dose horrible | dangerous hot exciting | interesting happy pretty hard serious | tong @ complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. 1 Egypt is ___hetter_than England. (hot) 2 Paulis_________than his brother. (lazy) 3> My binoculars are _________ than Teddy’s. (expensive) 4 Theroadis___________ than the path. (wide) 5 The orange butterfly is___________ than the blue one. (small) 6 Kathy's science mark is___________ than mine. (bad) 7 Simon is _____________ than Henry. (intelligent) 8 Kate's hair is ____________ than mine. (short) 9 The lake is__.______ than the river. (clean) 10 John’s house is __ away than mine. (far) e Complete the sentences with the comparative form of these adjectives. The red torch is __cheager The tiger is The blue fish is than the blue torch ‘than the leopard, than the pink one, 5 The elephant s__________ John’s drawing is _______ The penguin's home is ‘than the pig ‘than Paul's eee an tie [onsas... as, We can also use as + adjective + as to compare two people, animals or things, We use as ... as when the two ‘people, animals or things are the same. Sally is as sweet as Julie, We use not as + adjective + as when the two people, animals or things aren't the same, The dolphin isn't as big as the whale. @ complete the sentences. Use as... a5 and not as... as. 1 Miranda is__as old. as__ Tily. (old) 2° Miranda is ily. aly 3) Miranda is —_ ________ Tilly. (heavy) hcl ese ee ee nN CE) 5 Mirandais Tilly. (expensive) Use the comparative form and talk about pets with your Partner. Use the suggestions to help you. Cats are nicer than dogs Dogs are friendfier ‘than rabbits. scat + spider * friendly + nice + dog * rabbit * good + sweet, + mouse * ‘lizard * horrible + tiny 7