Comparative Adjectives

Arcentales Guzmán Jonathan

Student’s name: __________________________________ Level: Basic 03

20 kg
50 kg

SLOW SLOWER HEAVY HEAVIER DANGEROUS MORE DANGEROUS

Short words (1 syllable)  - er Long words (2, 3, 4 syllables)  more…

old  older slow  slower dangerous  more dangerous

warm  warmer tall  taller expensive  more expensive
Irregular comparative forms:
big  bigger, hot  hotter good  better, far  further
heavy  heavier, happy  happier bad  worse, little  less

Write the comparative form: Write the opposite.

newer
new ________________ older
younger __________________
longer dirtier
nicer
long ________________ cleaner __________________
nice ________________ darker clearer
__________________
bigger
big _________________ more entertaining
more boring ________________
better
good ________________ hotter colder
__________________
fatter
fat __________________ sadder
happier __________________
more modern
modern ______________ easier more difficult
__________________
friendlier
friendly ______________ smaller bigger
__________________
more famous
famous ______________ more expensive
cheaper __________________

Write comparative sentences using the verbs in brackets

1. bigger
My house is (big) _____________than yours.
2. more beautiful
This flower is (beautiful) _________________than that one.
3. better
A holiday by the sea is (good) ____________than a holiday in the mountains.
4. worse
The weather this summer is even (bad) __________than last summer.
5. I think mathematics is (difficult) more difficult
_____________than English.

Complete the sentences. Use the comparative.

1. faster one.
Joe’s car isn’t very fast. He wants a __________
2. more interesting
My job isn’t very interesting. I want to do something ___________________
3. warmer
The weather isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was ___________________
4. more polite
People aren’t very polite today. In the past they were ___________________
5. more comfortable
This sofa isn’t very comfortable. That one is _____________________
6. nicer
This coat is nice, but I think the other one is ______________

Write three sentences using comparative adjectives

My mom said me who of my brothers was more restless when they

1. __________________________________________________________ were babies
The green color is more feminine than orange for me.
2. __________________________________________________________
The rabbits are cuter than hamsters.
3. __________________________________________________________